>> ... If you make too big of an issue out of this motor vehicle divisions >> around the country may begin to treat radio operator pates as vanity plates and charge accordingly ...
Originally this was almost a joke to me. But then I remember that my wife (who was in the car with me) asked me - quite seriously - "Is it OK for me to reach into my purse ... " while the original officer was back in her unit on her the radio ... And from one with experience for decades in law enforcement: > ------------------ > It's kind of amazing that it generally works as smoothly as it does. > But that doesn't for one second diminish K6LCS's potentially > life-threatening experience yesterday. His saving graces were most > likely his own super-careful and cooperative actions in the moment, as > well as the officers' safe handling of what, unknown to them *at the > time*, could have been anything from a serious crime to, as it > seemingly turned out, some sort of either system, typo, or other GIGO > problem somewhere in the long, complex chain between Clint Bradford's > license plate application form and the Riverside PD's dispatcher's > screen. > ------------------ Yes, if I was belligerent or otherwise not 100% cooperative, weapons would have possibly been drawn. This could have been very weird, indeed. SO - If you are going to blame me for "making a big issue" as I attempt to clean up the mess that California has created with plates not conforming to CLETS and NCIC standards and, as a result, you pay a little more in another state for your plates, well, I couldn't really care. It is my intention to effect change so that no one else in California ever has to have what happened to me Monday occur to them. I think that is a responsible campaign on my part. QST magazine has picked up on it, and will publish a piece on the situation. But I have to go - RPD is on the phone, returning my call ... Clint Bradford, K6LCS 909-241-7666 _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
