What equipment salesman is telling you this?
I haven't heard anything like that, and I work in the industry.
Doesn't mean someone didn't suggest it, or some hobbyist got it confused with something else.
Didn't come from a salesman. I've been going back and forth with a police commander over an issue. He's convinced that there's some federal mandate out there that states all law enforcement communications must be strapped with AES by 2021. Most of the responses here so far confirmed my suspicions...he's most likely being fed some BS.
Unfortunately, radio vendors, and you can guess who, like to make up crap to sell systems and boxes. If you say a lie enough times it becomes law.Didn't come from a salesman. I've been going back and forth with a police commander over an issue. He's convinced that there's some federal mandate out there that states all law enforcement communications must be strapped with AES by 2021. Most of the responses here so far confirmed my suspicions...he's most likely being fed some BS.
Its unfortunate the people who make the decisions about systems tend to know the least about them.
Police chiefs, fire chiefs, mayors, city councils, who ever is in power to make the decision based on a sneaky sales person.
Is there a Federal law or DHS directive which will require all law enforcement communications to be AES encrypted by 2021?
After a rather lengthy search, I can't seem to find anything about it on the Web.