Social Media Shares Police Tactics

Anybody can buy a police scanner and hear the conversations between dispatchers and officers. Now that information is more accessible to Anchorage residents... courtesy of a man who follows the audio traffic and converts it into tweets.

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By Bill McAllister
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Story Created: Aug 19, 2011 at 7:10 PM AKDT

Story Updated: Aug 19, 2011 at 7:10 PM AKDT

  

 

 

 

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jjj said on Tuesday, Aug 23 at 3:55 PM

I LOVE THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN ALL ITS FORMS!!!! good job scanner guy, keep it up! I believe most police in this country act like goverment thugs rather than civil servents, and i don't think i'm the only one who thinks that!

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AnchScanner.twiiter.com said on Friday, Aug 19 at 11:00 PM

If this was the same exact broadcast I saw earlier, I feel better about it. I have had many people thank me for letting them know what was going on in their neighborhood, and in reality, if a bad guy buys a scanner, he will hear it anyhow, this probably helps APD to have reasons for the encrypted traffic- better officer safety- should have been available years ago for our guys out there on the line protecting us!! Great job yesterday APD!! Thanks KTVA for your interview!!

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AnchScanner said on Friday, Aug 19 at 10:54 PM

racist comments- stating the reported race of persons involved, white/balck/native/samoan... I dont think it is racist. I do encourage membership to pay for equipment I have invested. This hobby takes many hours to maintain. Thanks for your opinion mike.

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Mike J. said on Friday, Aug 19 at 8:02 PM

AnchScanner dude often makes racists comments and rude speculation in his tweets, depending on the area, place or name involved in an incident. He's also a bit arrogant encourage folks who do comments in the ADV or TV sites that they heard it from him first. He forgot to mention that he has a website where he charges for membership where he provides recordings and such of past high profile happenings. So yeah, he has alternate motives besides what is shown in the interview.

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