https://www.forsythnews.com/local/local-government/why-forsyth-county-fire-department-has-decided-encrypt-its-radios-and-why-concerns-first-amendment-expert/
bottom line - for my own safety - I want to be able to hear public
safety agencies handling emergencies in my area - I want to know what
is going on in real time - not 5, 15, 45 minutes later
there is nothing stopping every agency from putting live scanner audio
on their website
there are no studies that I know of that show that encryption makes
any community (nor any first responder) any safer
very little personal info goes over radios in any well run agency -
and backup communications methods are available - and special
encrypted channels can be set aside for top secret info
and AFAIK there are laws against interfering at emergency scenes
so if officer safety and public privacy issues are not the real reason
for encryption - what is?
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