Dave- Bill Pennington's concern is just what Jim Maxwell already shared with you in ODV-7258. Bill is WA6SLA, and holds the position of (CA State) OES Communications Coordinator, Inland Region. http://acs.oes.ca.gov/ Bill sent his concern to Steve Ewald on May 29. 73, (D) Art (h) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ" <dsumner@arrl.org> To: <arrl-odv@listserv.arrl.org> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 9:07 AM Subject: [ARRL-ODV:7273] Re: Positive ID for Amateur Radio Emergency
(D)Art(h) said:
Translation of Dave's message:
They've been around for at least a couple of years. I know we've had this discussion at least once before.
(Translation: This is old stuff we already covered, shame on you for bringing it up again)
Actually I was simply trying to answer Jim's question.
To me it doesn't look much like a badge an authorized law enforcement official would carry. If you want one that looks more authentic there's any number of places you can get one.
(Translation: No good deed will go unpunished. Look, we aren't advertising the really authentic ones)
If we did decide to decline such advertising we'd have the problem of defining what is permitted and what is prohibited. Reasonable people will differ (as they already have).
I have not heard of a complaint from a law enforcement agency.
(Translation: Cleverly chosen to sidestep the concerns of California State Office of Emergency Services. Actually, there must be an FBI field agent memo on this somewhere)
I'm not familiar with that complaint.
Dave