• ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I thought it was about gardening

      Officer 1: There’s a garden of nightshade

      Officer 2: That could be tomatoes or potatoes

      Officer 1: Which is potted?

      • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        Pretty sure it was: Officer 1: arrest that stoner, he pirated Oppenheimer!

        Officer 2: I got two guys here chief, both look like the hacker type, using something in their phones called “Lemmee?”

        Officer 1: Which is pothead?

      • cbarrick@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Definitely a crossword.

        Officer 1: Thirteen down. Ten letters. Another name for a cauldron. Starts with ‘w’, ends with ‘t’.

        Officer 2: That’s a witches’ pot, Ted.

    • _dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz
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      1 year ago

      I’m gonna assume you’re not from the US given your lemmy instance. In the US most police radios transmit “in the clear”, i.e., not encrypted. As such, anyone can buy a “police scanner”, or a radio on the same band as police/first-responder frequencies.

      In the internet age, there’s websites (and apparently apps now too), that physically monitor these radio channels and stream them online. Hence, a “police scanner app”. Hope that helps.

      Having typed all that out, the only thing I ask is to let us know where you’re from, please.