police band
Emergency radio channel
A police band is a radio frequency reserved for law enforcement communications: We listened to the police band on the scanner.
Police band radios allow civilians to monitor dispatches and emergency calls.
The term also refers to a musical ensemble of police officers that performs at official functions and parades.
- radioElectromagnetic wave receiver
- scannerDevice that reads data
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- radio frequencyBroadcast spectrum wavelengths
- dispatchSend with speed
be on the lookout · patrol · siren · emergency · walkie-talkie · static · transmission · cruiser · squad car · squad · broadcast · wavelength · two-way · two-way radio · crackle · white noise · 10-4 · APB
- radioFM radio, crystal set, AM radio, radio station, radio broadcast
- two-way radiostwo-way radio, walkie-talkie, walkie talkie, portable radio, transceiver
police bandCB radio
Citizens Band transceiver
public broadcast · commercial radio · public airwaves · AM band · FM band
police bandcommunity band
Amateur local music group
street band · garage band · outlaw band · amateur band · rock band
police, band, policed, policing, polices, policeman, policemen, policewoman, policewomen