Gadgets give police crime-fighting edge

BY GLENN SMITH

For years, Charleston police officers depended on whatever random information crackled over their radios to alert them to the people and perils they might encounter when rolling to a call.

The Post and Courier is obviously a fan of description. Can it just be information? Nope. It must be random information. Does that random information transmit through radio devices? Nope. They crackle. Does the crackling random information describe the details of a situation? Nope. They alert them to the people and perils they might encounter. The tipping point for me though is the rolling to the call. Maybe just a tiny bit of slang. But usually cars arrive at a scene. Cars don't roll to a call.

Also, how can you have gadgets in the headline and not throw out a James Bond reference or Inspector Gadget reference since it is a soft lede? I mean, really?