"watch your mic , watch your mic"

[LSK]

Cops seem suddenly paranoid about whats on the scanner now?

[DURHAM D]

1. No. They have been warning about open mics all evening.

[TwilightGardener]

2. Got a hot mike! Something they don't want broadcast. They are getting his radio number

to shut him up.

[Codeine]

9. Can the paranoia.

Open mics screw up communications. Ask any kid who has ever played an FPS.

[TwilightGardener]

11. Wow, that's fucking rude. No paranoia, dude. Just observing that they could hear

the man chattering to a buddy while his mike was accidentally still on.

[Codeine]

14. Apologies.

I obviously read something into your post that wasn't there. My bad entirely.

[TwilightGardener]

15. No problem, understood.

[gateley]

3. I don't think it's sudden -- there have been "maintain radio silence"

messages a few times.

[Gravitycollapse]

4. No, they don't want unneccessary chatter or covert chatter to be heard or interfer.

[justiceischeap]

5. His mic got stuck open and he was chatting. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. I got a full EMS report to the ER that way the other day

Sorry I I laugh here

[Common Sense Party]

6. They've been saying that for a while.

One, they don't know if the suspect has a scanner app and is listening.

Two, and more importantly, they don't want guys to leave their mikes open which fills up the channel with unnecessary noise and makes vital communications more difficult to hear.

[Marrah_G]

7. it messes up communication, creates background noise and static

think of it like trying to talk on a walkie talkie and your buddy keeps holding his mic key down.

[Posteritatis]

10. Only a limited number of people can use a channel at the same time

It might even be one, but someone with more experience with the things would have to confirm that.

If someone's got their mic on, maybe not even noticing it because a button might be pressed up against something, it fouls up a lot of communications.

If you listen to when whoever's in command there starts repeating that, you can hear the audio quality going down the toilet because of it.

[Corgigal]

13. Thank you

been trying to tell people this, but they don't believe me.

[TwilightGardener]

16. That, and they also don't want side conversations and remarks being picked up.

[Posteritatis]

17. If the per-channel limit's one or very low it's definitely the ability to communicate at all

If someone's hitting a button by accident over and over a message going over the radio like "everyone (loud skree of feedback) your weapons" or "we need you to move (loud skree of feedback) right now" could get ugly very quick.

[riverwalker]

12. negotiator mentioned again n/t

[graham4anything]

18. I know when I am on cell phone, and another person talks same time, I can't hear either

chatter means missing something
and
should the perp have access to hearing it, they could give something away and give perp strategical advantage

[riverwalker]

19. what is "H.I.T" ??

"H.I.T only on the boat"

[riverwalker]

20. he is in custody