Threats Over Police Radios Have Officers and Scanner Buffs on the Case

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I don't see what "scanner buffs" have to do with this.

 

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A male voice came over the police radio, speaking in standard departmental jargon as he asked to be patched through to the duty captain in the Midtown South Precinct in Manhattan on July 30. The captain responded.

 

 

ARTICLE: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/08/nyregion/threats-over-police-radios-have-officers-and-scanner-buffs-on-the-case.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0

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A parallel search for the culprit seems to be underway within the community of amateur radio operators and those known as scanner buffs — people who listen to police frequencies at home.

 

It looks like the buffs are trying their best to search their own groups for the suspect.