[TheList] Listening to other stuff.

Tue Dec 7 10:46:06 AEDT 2010

We'll said Steve, i have always been a believer what goes around comes
around, and in the fullness of time the police will realize this, jeremy

On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 10:25 +1300, Steve Austin wrote:
> Andy,
> 
> Oh Really? then why I ask was the press release delayed? Why did it
> not contain the full details within the average time of the incident
> that other serious accidents are reported by the police?
> I point out that the 1st crash was the evening before....NO Press
> release about it. The second crash was approximately 12:30 and the
> press release about both crashes was sent out at 17:59 in time to miss
> the 6pm news how unusual. Spin I say eh? Tell them only what they need
> to know and control release it. Fortunately for the media the
> ambulance and fire were called so they got their details from them.
> Why is there pressure from the police quarters to encrypt their
> systems as well ? Not just digital but encrypted.
> 
> Why did I witnessed (In 2006) 7 police cars involved in following an
> offender when police policy is for two on numerous occasions. Why was
> I stopped by police whilst enroute to the end result of a pursuit
> incident where 5 police cars were damaged.I wonder who blatantly
> blurted over the radio "stop that media guy from getting to the scene"
> so I was stopped and checked by police on a random stop at 3am in the
> morning on a deserted suburban street that took about 15 minutes where
> they, rightfully I might add, checked my licence, tyres, warrant,
> registration label, breath tested, checked my lights and then I waited
> while the details came back to them on the radio which were incidently
> delivered quite fast but the officers chose to sit in their car for 5
> minutes and radio back to the incident to make sure that the scene was
> cleared.......I then got a fantastic escort to the crash scene by no
> other than the NZ police making sure that I belted up, signalled and
> did not exceed 50KM/H.
> The above incident is only one of many...but I don't want to bore
> people with my stories.
> 
> Yeah I know I broke the law acting on Information arrest me. The
> legislation is now a lot tougher if you actively try to, or in fact
> successfully decrypt the radio traffic its jail jail jail.
> 
> Of course I'm just ranting now its my word against theirs and we know
> the police never cover up or bend the truth, so I'll be the one that's
> fabricating the whole incident. I'm not defending the media either
> they can twist things as well but they are more under public scrutiny
> than authorities that are be behind encryption and legislation.
> 
> Sorry but I just cant accept that the IPCA gets ALL the
> facts................all the time.
> Oh yeah and my favourite Police Officer quote that's used when they
> don't want the media there........"You'll be arrested for
> obstruction"........ As you stand in a public place outside a cordon
> while the general public are walking through. Don't believe
> me.................It all on video...................numerous
> times.............Especially the Halswell Road Christchurch fatal
> police chase. I have seen the video with my own eyes. I prefer to
> believe what I see and not what I'm told thanks.
> 
> I think we will never agree because as your callsign infers you are a
> ZL1 region "cop" and I'm (maybe) the Media. Or an avid scanner
> listener.
> 
> Steve
> 
> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Andy <zl1cop at qsl.net> wrote:
>         The IPCA will release the full details once they have
>         investigated all the
>         facts, not just those that make a good headline. If you are
>         sufficiently
>         interested you won't mind waiting a while in order to get the
>         real story.
>         Despite claims to the contrary it is not the role of the media
>         to keep
>         anyone "in check".
>         
>         Andy
>         
>         
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From: thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz
>         
>         [mailto:thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz] On Behalf Of Steve
>         Austin
>         Sent: Sunday, 5 December 2010 7:08 p.m.
>         To: thelist at radiowiki.org.nz
>         
>         
>         Subject: Re: [TheList] Listening to other stuff.
>         
>         Overnight police chase in Auckland obviously not heard on the
>         scanners (No
>         surprises) Strangely enough no media release and only
>         witnesses say the
>         police were involved. Phone calls to police were very vague on
>         the full
>         details.
>         Welcome to the new world of spin and tell them only what they
>         need to
>         hear.......No more Media earwigging to keep various
>         organisations in check.
>         
>         I welcome  your comments :-)
>         
>         Steve
>         
>         
>         
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