Thank you and @Nighed@sffa.community. That was a great explanation.

Under the plans, which have been discussed with regulators in Brussels and Ireland, Meta would offer an ad-free version of Instagram and Facebook for those willing to pay, or a free version for those who consent to be targeted by ads based on their personal information, these people said.

Relevant.

Also, this is fucked in the head:

“Ms. Dennis cannot even assert that the named officers constitute the entire subset of the JCRS who could have caused her injury,” wrote the Jefferson County Attorney’s Office.

Martínez agreed in a Sept. 12 order, finding Dennis’ allegations were “woefully inadequate” and were made “without remotely explaining who did what to her.”

The police literally do everything they can to avoid identifying themselves, and courts have ruled that they aren’t legally required to do so. Some departments have a “policy” where officers are asked to comply, but policy does not equal law, and they regularly flout even this. Making this a requisite for filing complaints is fucking bullshit.

Did you even read the New Yorker story you linked?

Yeah, I wouldn’t rely on Bluetooth for that unfortunately. Now, for seeing if that unmarked car behind you traveling at the same speed is potentially law enforcement, it’s a little more reliable.

You can adjust the wait between scans in the script, I have it set to 12 seconds by default. But if you set it to 1, I think I anecdotally found it complete a scan every 5-6 seconds with my setup. It detects cop cars driving by at night if I leave it on in my living room.

I’m not much of a coder, but the method for finding the devices is so simple and easy to repeat that anyone could make an app for it. While I was testing it I was also using Android apps called WiGLE and RF Party that can accomplish basically the same thing. With WiGLE, just adjust the settings to only display Bluetooth devices, and look for anything with a MAC address that starts with 00:25:df or has “Taser International Inc.” in a name field.

I might try to make a simple APK for it, but if someone beats me to it, that’d be rad.

If you’re in the United States, the easiest way would be to find them on Broadcastify. That’s assuming that 1.) they don’t use voice encryption, and 2.) someone else is streaming it to Broadcastify.

Your next best bet is to look into Software Defined Radio. To listen in, even on trunked radios, you’d only need a really inexpensive RTL-SDR setup.

Yikes, you’ve got a real gem of a PD there.

I’m in MA and they’re all about Axon here too. My local PD also uses IMC for their mobile and administrative backend, which I’ve been trying to find a monitoring surface for. They love to let everyone know on the radio when the system is down, too, which is pretty funny. Quick, do crimes!

16 charges and a $3500 bond. I don’t support the corrupt bail system, but damn, Tennessee.

For example, calling out propaganda is doing something. :) Thanks, @JoJoGAH.

Not everyone is doing nothing. Some people are doing something. You can do something today, too, even if it’s small.

The loophole that “allows” this is so stupid that it has to be by design:

The divisional merger, created by Texas lawmakers decades ago, allows a company to split into two or more companies. In the 2010s, corporations began pairing the maneuver with bankruptcy to create the Texas Two-Step: Step one, divide the company and distribute most of its assets into one company and most of its debts to the other. Step two, the indebted company declares bankruptcy while the solvent company continues to do business.

Watched a pretty entertaining documentary series that covered scams like this called Telemarketers. The government will occasionally go after the call centers, but for some reason the police charities themselves always avoid scrutiny.