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winonaforever2 — 9 years ago(February 08, 2017 03:20 PM)

I find that hard to believe. It was a good film, but this threw me off a bit.
I mean, the same radios police use to communicate and dispatch are available for sale to be purchased by an average person? If this fell on to the wrong hands it could be very dangerous (like in the film).
I suppose that is illegal.
I also find hard to believe that you can go to a website and look up names and addresses by the car plate number. Isn't that private information? Only DMV or government agencies/departments have that kind of information.
Can someone shed some light on this?
Thanks

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Thank you,
I did not know that was possible.

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It varies state to state, but no it is not illegal to listen to police scanners. There are certain states dont allow them in your car, and you cant use them to aid in committing a crime, but otherwise it is legal.
In most states, 911 calls are public records. Lots of police activity is not as secret as you would think.
I dont believe that there is an easy way to look up license plates like that though.

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