Pirates of the Highway Patrol

Jesse Walker | May 21, 2003

In Nevada, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that the Highway Patrol "has been using its new $14 million communications system for several years, despite the fact that no one at the agency ever applied for or received approval from the federal agency that regulates radio frequencies." This was apparently a clerical blunder, and it could cost the cops a ton in FCC fines. Left unanswered: Did the unlicensed equipment cause any actual harm? Not counting the harm to hapless speeders, of course.