WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

yorky wrote:Interesting tid bit, AG203 on the weekend performed a traffic stop without its light bar LED's on, only the rotators!

Ahhh, that's what that extra switch is for!

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Will do gents!

'ex Camera Operator' = Multanova Operator...

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Job has been filled - congrats to the ex Camera Operator who is taking up the role =D> More jobs to come - currently they have 'run out' of Escort Wardens due to the sheer volume of heavy stuff moving to the North West of the state. Given the shortage, 'escorts' are being staffed by TEGS Officers us...

auntys_eyes wrote:

Tom wrote:...and normal GD's markings.

So have they done away with the "stretched" chequerboard and the WAPol Swan logo?

Yep, 3% budget cuts do that....

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Search teams and base using Ch57 analogue for those in range.

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dsjmd45 wrote:Is it likely to get a TE callsign around Kalgoorlie ??

Regards
DSD

Yes, they are currently involved in a operation running out to the WA / SA border. You will probably see them for the next week or so.

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AY204 - FG XR6 Sedan - Dark Blue - Deckblasters - Wheatbelt District Traffic
TE446 - Nissan X-Trail - Silver - Midwest Traffic (Multanova)

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TE221 - FG Falcon (Dark Blue) - WAPOL C/s - Excalibur LB - Spots + Next G Ant. - TEGS

It will probably happen purely for the fact that it's hard to find operators especially in regional centres. Take for instance the Mid West based Multanova. It has been out of action for months. Why? Because the job is used as a stop-gap by people before they find something else. The two operators t...

50km/h zone...

Also used by WAPOL on occasion for Pursuit Training...

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robbage wrote:I heard some traffic on the air wing band yesterday...

131.600MHz?

Probably the search off Mandurah...

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singkenten wrote:the astra = the cadets car... pretty much stays at the station unless their desperate

Obviously the Cadet does the paperwork run then into town quite regulary then!

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I remember the general ruling was no, its still a red light. You cannot legally proceed through it to let the emergency vehicle through without 'running a red light'.. Correct, you cannot run the red light just to allow the emergency vehicle to clear the area. For one you could get booked (generall...

now those Astra's look hot. Unfortuantely this is probably the only WAPOL vehicle I have yet to nail with pictures WF, it tends to spend a lot of time at the Infringement Ops Branch (old Wellington Street Traffic Branch). Not sure why - lots of hoons in Canning Vale? - but it's always in the Carpar...