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Started 1 year ago by drew
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Rockmastermike
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Corey Aumiller wrote >>
I've had nothing but positive experiences with the CPD, but of course that's anecdotal. If you want to know how busy the police are, and the wide variety of assignments they are asked to check on, you can listen to the scanner at http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=187

If you use this just keep in mind this is only a very small fraction of the police radio channels and is not really a total indicator of 'how busy' things are. A LOT happens on channels that are not covered by this service.

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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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buckeye212 wrote >>
The price you pay to live in an "up and coming" neighborhood...

Sure, it would be naive to think that there wouldn't be increase crime when moving into certain areas, but that doesn't mean anyone should tolerate it.

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redfish-bluefish
clintonville
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Rockmastermike wrote >>

Corey Aumiller wrote >>
I've had nothing but positive experiences with the CPD, but of course that's anecdotal. If you want to know how busy the police are, and the wide variety of assignments they are asked to check on, you can listen to the scanner at http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=187

If you use this just keep in mind this is only a very small fraction of the police radio channels and is not really a total indicator of 'how busy' things are. A LOT happens on channels that are not covered by this service.

I'd love to know what all those helicopters with FLIR are doing flying all over clintonville all night. Wish there was a channel for that.

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Twixlen
Westgate, Columbus
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^^^ Do you have an iPhone? (Or maybe the other smart phones have comparable apps?).... I use 5-0 app... it has the CPD channel on it, as well as a great listing of all the codes. I use it pretty frequently, specifically when the 'copters are nearby.

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Corey A
Clintonville
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Twixlen wrote >>
^^^ Do you have an iPhone? (Or maybe the other smart phones have comparable apps?).... I use 5-0 app... it has the CPD channel on it, as well as a great listing of all the codes. I use it pretty frequently, specifically when the 'copters are nearby.

The 5-0 app is pretty cool, I just stumbled upon it last week.

Perhaps this may be an interesting direction to take this thread: for those who listen to the police scanner, what have been some of the most interesting things you've heard?

In the same day I heard about a dispute between two neighbors, one of whom owned an AK-47 and had had a police stand-off in 2009, and also an officer who was asked to check on a dog napping in a parked car in the shade. The latter officer sounded really bummed he hadn't gotten the AK-47 call.

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phaedrus
Clintonville / Beechwold
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Twixlen wrote >>
^^^ Do you have an iPhone? (Or maybe the other smart phones have comparable apps?)

Android's Scanner Radio app covers the Columbus PD as well.

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myliftkk
Columbus, OH
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Interesting article on the partial privatization of police duties in some cities.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-10-11-1Acitizenpolice11_ST_N.htm

Ã¢â‚¬Â¢ San Francisco. Police officials plan to hire 16 civilians to investigate burglaries and other property crimes. The $1 million pilot program and others like it are being designed to allow dwindling numbers of uniform officers to focus on more serious violent crime.

San Francisco Assistant Chief Thomas Shawyer says the civilians will save up to $40,000 per person in training, equipment and benefit costs required to hire an officer.

Ã¢â‚¬Â¢ Mesa, Ariz. Eight civilian investigators hit the streets in June 2009 when the department could not afford to hire uniformed police. The unit's membersÃ¢â‚¬â€ some drawn from the customer service ranks of Southwest Airlines, Costco and Barnes & Noble, where they are accustomed to dealing with the public Ã¢â‚¬â€ respond to property-related offenses, including burglary, fraud and vehicle theft.

All eight, says Sgt. Stephanie Derivan, have been trained to lift fingerprints, photograph crime scenes, interview witnesses and victims. They do not carry guns.

Derivan says the department is saving an estimated $15,000 per investigator in salary.

"It's an efficient way to do business," Derivan says.

Wonder if response times improved for smaller crimes?

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Whatever you do, don't jaywalk near the campus area. Seems to be a big crime while people get shot in the parking garages and robbed and assaulted on the side streets.

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