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>"This is not a scam"

>I am looking for anyone that is a Police Scanner Enthusiast,
>that enjoys listening to their scanner so much, they have one
>in their bedroom, living room, car and office.

Quote:>> Want to make MONEY?

>> News Media Request

I would be the -one- person willing to go to the ends of the earth to
support you IF YOU ARE TELLING THE TRUTH.

It was YOU who chose to use the words "News Media" in an earlier posting
(see below).

If you are legitimate...and none of us -should- have any reason to
believe you are not... kindly name the legitimate news organization to
which you belong and provide an address and telephone number. Is that too
much for us to ask?

If you are not willing to do this publicly, it casts a further shadow on
your purported interests.

Dan, please don't underestimate the intelligence or resolve of monitoring
hobbysists.

I have my suspicions Sir, and I feel that you and I have probably had
this go-round before. Please prove me wrong!

OK Dan, it's your turn.............AND WE'RE LISTENING!!

-- [  - - -  THESE ARE MY PERSONAL OPINIONS  - - -  ] --

A full text version of my earlier reply to "Dan" appears below.

Please No E-Mail on this subject.

Monitor Safely!

Brian Humphrey
Firefighter/Paramedic*
Public Information Officer*
Los Angeles City Fire Department*

* Offered for identification purposes ONLY. The above are my personal
opinions and not necessarily the views of my employer. This E-Mail was
composed and sent at my own expense.

For those of you who missed my earlier response to "DAN"....

SUBJECT: Re: "Attention Police Scanner Fans"

I do not know "Mr. Ferrara". He may indeed be a nice man and run a
legitimate business.

I do however, ask you to -carefully- consider such requests. After
personally investigating several identical postings, I have discovered
them -all- to be SCAMS.

Usually the person has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE NEWS MEDIA. Remember, the
news media relies on wire services and have their press rooms full of
scanners.They are further bolstered by the tremedous support of local
monitoring enthusiasts such as yourselves who further the status of our
hobby by offering tips (where appropriate and legal) without any thought
of compensation.

My investigation has discovered that these "Make Money Listening to Your
Scanner" offers have -no- ties to legitimate news gathering whatsoever.
Rather, they are most often a ruse by unscrupulous Insurance Estimators,
Disaster Cleanup companies and Construction Firms who would seek to abuse
our hobby for their personal gain. They win - we lose!

Just think, would -you- want somebody who gathered information about your
family's calamity under false pretenses ( "for the news media" ) to be
the one who shows up like a vulture at your home to pressure your family
at a vulnerable time? If such a person is unethical in one respect, how
can you rely on their integrity in another?

There are countless Insurance Estimators, Disaster Cleanup firms and
Construction Companies who operate with unparalleled integrity. Any
person in need of such services need look no further than their telephone
directory.  

Again, no intentional aspersion is cast towards "Mr Ferrara". I only ask
that you VERY CAREFULLY consider such offers.

Ethics and Integrity are important to our hobby.

-- [  - - -  THESE ARE MY PERSONAL OPINIONS  - - -  ] --

Monitor Safely!

Brian Humphrey
Public Information Officer*
Los Angeles City Fire Department*

LAFD Homepage*:   http://www.ci.la.ca.us/dept/LAFD

* Offered for identification purposes ONLY. The above are my personal
opinions and not necessarily the views of my employer. This E-Mail was
composed and sent at my own expense.

If you too have been contacted by the show, please don't lend in to the liberal tendencies and "hype" of the
media. I plan on stating the facts and represent the scanner community in a professional matter, because I know
the media loves to make us out to be a bunch of loonies.

Steve Giron

: > Apparently Dan had is e-mail address incorrectly configured. I did get in touch with him. I called him at a 213
: (Los Angeles) prefix and he blindly identified himself as being with Entertainment Tonight. He told me that the
: producers would be getting in touch with me. I attempted to get information on the story they were working on
: and he couldn't tell me much, just wanted to know if I monitor LAPD and Malibu Police. I didn't tell hime that
: Mailibu is coverd by LASO. I am leary of what the producers have in mind. If I feel that if the show content
: has a typical liberal media taste to it, I'll probably decline to comment. I bet we all have hopes that they
: could do a piece on "How I helped the Police capture a criminal by using my scanner".

: If you too have been contacted by the show, please don't lend in to the liberal tendencies and "hype" of the
: media. I plan on stating the facts and represent the scanner community in a professional matter, because I know
: the media loves to make us out to be a bunch of loonies.

: Steve Giron

They probably just want someone to give them a heads-up whenever there's a
response to a 'map-of-the-stars' address...  I seriously doubt there's a
sinister liberal plot to malign scanner listeners - [that the mainstream
media has anything but a liberal bias is a subject for another group... 8*) ]

        Anyone offering their monitoring services should clearly identify whether their services are being
solicited by such unsavory types.  Your conscience will then assist you in making an educated decision.

        There is nothing more disgusting than to see the owner of a burned-out home, who has just lost
everything, being accosted by one of these vultures.

These opinions, as previously stated, are my own, and do not represent those of the American Red Cross, or the
Orange County Chapter of the same agency.

Douglas Gavilanes