Two APD Officers Fired After Video Beating Incident

If its one thing I hate it's cops that think they are above the law can do what whatever they want. Case and point, this beating incident caught on a surveillance camera.

The video shows APD Officer Robert Woolever tackling and holding down a suspected car thief while while Officer John Doyle kicks and stomps the suspect repeatedly in the head.

After the suspect is restrained, the officers are shown in the video walking away and celebrating with a chest bump. (note: click full screen to see chest bumping a little better)

This is what APD Chief Ray Schultz had to say: "I've never seen something like this internal to the department of this level -- obviously shocking to me."

Schultz also said there's no question that the men involved used excessive force, and that's exactly why he fired them and that the men's behavior in the video is disturbing and criminal.

While the investigation is ongoing, I believe that these officers should be charged with felony assault. There is just no excuse for this kind of conduct in law enforcement. Watch the video and judge for yourself...

From our Facebook page, Mary F. left the following comment about the video:

      "So outrageous. These bad apples are why young people are losing respect for law enforcement. As with everything, it only takes a few rotten apples to ruin the bunch! Sad :( "

I totally agree with Mary as I could not have said it better myself...

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-RF 

Scanner Audio Recording Software

Scanner audio recording software programs allow you record audio signal such as radio scanner communications to .WAV, .MP3, and other file format for easy playback via Windows Media, RealPlayer, WinAmp, and other media players.

Why Use Recording Software?

There are several reasons to use scanner audio recording software.

It's great for recording scanner transmissions when you are unable to listen to your scanner at a particular time for whatever reason, and listen to it when it's more convenient.

It's great for recording police & fire channels that hardly ever have any activity and catch rarely heard conversations.

It's great if you want to record events such as pursuits or other interesting happenings and then share them via your Web page like here, or your Facebook page, blog, etc.

ScanRec Software

Although any audio recording software will work, there are some audio recording programs specifically designed for use with radio scanners.

I use ScanRec, which comes in a freeware, lite, and pro version. I like it because it works great and only records when  a signal is actually present.

Voice Activated Recording (VOX)

ScanRec provides a switched voice activated (VOX) recorder that listens to the sound coming into the audio card and if the sound is above the minimum threshold, the recorder operates.

If the sound level falls below the threshold, the recorder pauses. This allows the user to save disk space when no sound is present in the signal.

The output WAV file also includes a text file log with the time stamp and duration of all transmissions recorded in the file. A link to download ScanRec is included below.

What You Will Need

Beside the software, you will need a 3.5mm mono or stereo male-male line jack such as the one pictured below.

You can find the line-in cable at any Radio Shack, Best Buy, Walmart, etc. for about $5.00

You simply plug one end into your headphone jack on your radio scanner and then plug the other end into the "Line In" jack of your computer's sound card or microphone jack on you laptop.

You can set the audio level of which  Scanner Recorder starts to record the scanner's audio.

Scanner Recording Software Links:

Below are three of the most popular scanner recording programs available for download. You  can also search Google using "scanner recording software" and look around in the results  for a recording program you like.

+ Scanner Recorder

+ Xcorder

+ ID Tracker/ID Tracker II/ID Tracker III - ID Tracker's main purpose is to  help find and identify new trunk system IDs. Supports recording of scanner audio to WAV  files with time and date indexes.

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-RF

Nationwide Emergency Alert System Test

This Wednesday, November 9, at 2 pm Eastern Standard Time, the first-ever nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) will take place.

At that time, the Federal Government will interrupt every TV broadcast, cable channel, radio station, and satellite radio program in the United States for 30 seconds.

This Is A Test, This Is Only A Test

No need to panic, there's no major emergency or other widespread disaster. But if there were such a national event, this is how the Federal Government would get the word out.

The Emergency Alert System (EAS)

The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is intended to provide key information immediately to all Americans in the event of a national emergency or major disaster.

This national emergency broadcast system will look and sound much like the current (and local) emergency warnings often seen on TV or heard on radio, but the scope is larger and it can be put under the direct control of the President.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the National Weather Service (NWS) will all coordinate the test, but it's FEMA that actually transmits the alert code.

Why November 9th?

Why November 9th at 2:00PM ET?

According to FEMA, "November 9 is near the end of hurricane season and before the severe winter weather season begins in earnest," says the agency, "The 2:00 PM EST broadcast time will minimize disruption during rush hours, while ensuring that the test occurs during working hours across the United States."

See “Links of Interest” below for more information.

Links of Interest

FEMA: Nationwide EAS Test

FCC: Emergency Alert System Nationwide Test

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-RF