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   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article , Heron   
    wrote:   
      
   > The police are paid by the people so the people have every right to listen   
   > to what the police are saying when they're saying it out in the open.   
      
   yep.   
      
   > You can take a picture of anything in public that itself isn't illegal,   
   > and specifically you can take pictures of the police doing what they do.   
      
   technically yes, but cops often think otherwise.   
      
   > > largely digital (mostly DMR) but with a suitable radio you can still   
   > > listen to them even from the UK! Barmy IMO.   
   >   
   > I think in the USA non-commercial drivers can also "listen" to police radar.   
      
   they can 'listen' to anything to anything they want, including   
   detecting the existence of a signal that is sent into the vehicle.   
      
   decrypting the content, if applicable, is a separate issue.   
      
   > You just can't jam those radar frequencies - but you can detect them.   
      
   true.   
      
   > It's interesting that 1/5th of all US states allow laser jammers though.   
      
   laser is not regulated by the fcc. it's just light, so specific laws   
   must be passed to ban it.   
      
   > Somehow Virginia got around the radar detector laws by some legal loophole.   
      
   they didn't get around anything. radar detector bans are illegal.   
      
   the problem is that challenging that is expensive and nobody (so far)   
   has been interested in pursuing it, thus it remains.   
      
   > > The latter have now gone   
   >   
   > In the USA, I think it's legal to take a picture of anything in full view in   
   > the public, such as the front of a house (but not the back of the house).   
      
   it is if the back of the house is visible without trespassing.   
      
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