is a police scanner in a vechicle against the law in california?
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I's illegal to use in a vehicle in the furtherence of a crime
999768
Actually, the police are trained in identifying plates and expiration stickers from other states.  If you are doing something suspicious or possibly violating a traffic law, you could get stopped and cited.
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There has to be probably cause to raid the house.  If an officer observes and illegal act through a window he can enter without a warrant.  If he only suspects illegal activity but has no patent proof he cannot enter the residence.\n\nOhio recently had a case that changed our law.  Under old rules if there were multiple leasees and one agreed to a search it was okay to search.  Now everyone must agree to the search, if one says no then the search is illegal.
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His search was illegal. Police can search you or your vehicle if you are arrested. They may not search your vehicle because you are on "private property". I'm not sure where these other people are getting their misinformation.\n\nIf what some of these people are saying is true, they could search every vehicle that they stop for speeding. \n\nAs a general rule, if they ask your permission, then they don't have probable cause. If they have probable cause, they don't need your permission. \n\nMy advice is to hire an attorney and sue the department for a violation of your fourth amendment rights.
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The answer is simple.....I have a police scanner and YES these numbers are different from city to city and state to state...SO..Goto Radio shack and pick up a copy of your states Police scanner code books..
1025417
Funny you mention that. The police chief of Chiago already wants cameras in the homes of felons. Yes we are entering a total police state here in the USA. There are also directional mics in the public areas with those cameras to listen in on your conversations. The justification for these mics is classic disinfo. I have heard that the mics are to triangulate gun shots, yeah they can do that, but mostly they are here to spy on us. But don't just worry about the cameras. State governments are implementing RFID technology into your cars registration stickers. And there are even plans on making a system like Onstar mandatory so basically you will have to "check in" with your state government in some way before you can even drive your car! It is really beyond 1984 what is being set up here in the US, and the national news will NOT tell you its happening.
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If you're asking about a California *Penal* Code section, there is no such section.\n\nIf you're asking about a California *Evidence* Code section, the answer is above mine.
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I don't know about federal, but it's definitely against state laws, the D.O.T. can tell if your running it in on road vehicle , because of the red dye they put in it, to detect if someone is using it illegally.
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Interesting answers.  Have to have the window down a certain amount??\n\nThe answer to your question in California is yes; you can be pulled over, cited, and if found guilty in court, fined.
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If the search warrant is a reality, meaning if it exists, yes. You (the owner) can ask to see a copy of it and they must produce one or every thing they found is inadmissible in court. But you don't have to see it before they enter your home.
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As mentioned above, a scanner can be used for putting a picture or text onto your computer. If you haven't seen one, they mostly look like very small copy machines(with the glass window where the object is placed). I doubt you are referring to the radio scanner, but they are devices that scan through a set of frequencies you enter, so that you can hear the police ar other emergency workers talking over their radios.
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Certainly, the vehicle can be timed with such photo-technology.  However, the question is, can such evidence be used in court and that has many nuences.  \n\nThis has been addressed by a friend of mind in California and his case he won.  He has a blog which addresses this type of situation as well as other legal issues.  The address is in the source links:
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While I'm not sure what state you are in it is possible for you to be charged with carrying a concealed weapon in your car in California.  (where I am from).\n\nIn California if I we're to take a gun to a gun shop I must have it in plain view, unloaded and be on the way to a gun shop.  Otherwise it could well be considered a concealed weapon in the car.  \n\nIt depends on where it was in the car - if it was hidden there is a good chance you will face charges.  If it was in plain view you could argue you we're moving it from home to the office, from home to a gun shop or that you we're intending to go shooting that night?\n\nBy the way - how did they find it?  They had to have cause to search unless you gave them consent?
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In public, without using electronics? No.\n\nIf you are wiretapping or using other electronic devices, probably.  If you provide more details, you might get more specific help.\n\n(The laws in question will probably be Tennessee, but federal law may or may not be implicated.)
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This site tells all of the police scanner codes for various places in Minnesota\n\nhttp://www.bearcat1.com/radiomn.htm
105468
A scanner can help you.
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I believe they can do so under color of law. \n\nWhen a "peace officer" activates that red light on their car your only lawful action is to yield to that red light. If the officer keeps that red light on and is behind your car, you are not free to go, you are under arrest, although most police will say its only a detention. The test is to ask if you are free to go, if you are not free to go you are under arrest.\n\nThe officer under California law can perform a warrantless arrest under the vehicle code. However as you pointed out the vehicle code can only be used upon commercial vehicles, this is why the DMV is so adamant in issuing Commercial Class C drivers licenses to all people so the officers can pull over just about any car as the vast majority of citizens have admitted to being Class C or other commercial class of driver. Once you show your License you establish you are a driver and subject to regulation.\n\nIf you are not driving a commercial vehicle, California law Vehicle Code Sec. 260(a),(b) can be enlightening. Section 260(a) defines the type of vehicle required to be registered (regulated) under the Vehicle Code, commercial vehicles. Section 260(b) flat out states private cars and housecars are not commercial vehicles. As a citizen you are supposed to have the logical brain power to infer if Commercial Vehicles are required to be regulated, and private cars are not commercial vehicles, then priavte cares are not required to be registered (regulated). \n\nThis is why in farming communities a truck with the NOT FOR HIRE sign can use the public roads unregistered (politicians have placed restrictions on this in recent decades, talk to some old timers they will set you straight).\n\nSo when a peace officer who has taken POST training demands a license, he is making several assumptions, one you have a Drivers License and two, you were engaged in the activity of driving, moving goods or persons for hire via the public easement. If these two presumptions can be proven unfounded then you as a citizen would have excellent grounds for filing a Title 42 Section 1983 action against the offending officer, as well as a Title 18 Section 242. Even if the officer beats the Civilr Rights case, he can't beat the ride you get to take him on through the federal court. So if you feel an offcier has violated your freedoms by giving you a ticket, sue him, at the very least you can pay him back for making you jump trough the Superior Court System, by making the officer jump through the Federal Court System.\n\nThe right to travel is a god given right, including the right to travel in the conveyance of the day unhindered by government actors.