So the bad guys scope out a Hyundai or whatever and then listen to the scanner for a while until they're confident there are no cops in the area and then steal the car? Is it feasible to call in a distraction and listen for that?
I'm not saying there's no concern. I'm just not sure if this 30 min delay is as effective as it sounds at first glance. My gut reaction has been wrong enough times in my life that I have gotten in the habit of challenging my own assumptions.
So tell me. What car thief is going to be doing any of this, instead of chucking a piece of broken spark plug through a window and driving off with the car 30 seconds later?
Notably, when I did a ride along once, the burglary call we responded too, the officer got a call from his Sergeant and they didn’t put anything over the radio until they already cleared the place.
As to if the perps had cleared out already due to some SDR MAC address magic (good call!) I guess we’ll never know. Everyone just assumed it was a false alarm. /s
I'm not saying there's no concern. I'm just not sure if this 30 min delay is as effective as it sounds at first glance. My gut reaction has been wrong enough times in my life that I have gotten in the habit of challenging my own assumptions.