News: Police scanner app outrage
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:17 am
SMART PHONE apps are allowing Tasmanians to listen in on sensitive police radio communications.
The applications, which cost $2 and are also available for free, allow listenters to evesdrop as police discuss operational matters including the names and addresses of those involved in domestic disputes and the names of people with mental illnesses.
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The union says socially-based technology has overtaken police technology in Tasmania.
It says it is fed up waiting for the State Government to deliver on its promise to iron out those problems in the digital network that have forced police to rely on out-dated analogue channels.
http://www.themercury.com.au/article/20 ... -news.html
The applications, which cost $2 and are also available for free, allow listenters to evesdrop as police discuss operational matters including the names and addresses of those involved in domestic disputes and the names of people with mental illnesses.
...
The union says socially-based technology has overtaken police technology in Tasmania.
It says it is fed up waiting for the State Government to deliver on its promise to iron out those problems in the digital network that have forced police to rely on out-dated analogue channels.
http://www.themercury.com.au/article/20 ... -news.html