I knew this was coming soon and now it has been made official.
https://nc-highpoint.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/View/9656
https://nc-highpoint.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/View/9656
wow-sad to see this .i like listening to them.just hope thomasville doesnt do the same. thanks for posting. i would have been wondering where they went
Well said, I agree, I hope this doesn't find it's way into the Triangle area....
Another issue is the media outlets won't have nearly as much news as a lot is via monitoring scanners and such, sad
Sounds like to me that police that are wanting encryption are trying to hide something or doing something illegal themselves.
This has been in the works for a couple of years...
Can you expound on this thought a little bit more?
If encrypting a talk group is as simple as selecting a radio button or a check box, there must have been some other reasoning as to why the subject was up for debate for "a couple of years" and not completed right away when a decision was made by Emergency Management.
I have mixed feelings about encryption. The Salisbury / Rowan system has several encrypted trunks that are used from time to time during sensitive situations that involve either a number of agencies working together or officer safety. A lot more of our PD traffic is over MDT as is other surrounding cities. I would rather the traffic be carried over MDT than the primary PD and LAW dispatch channels be encrypted.
Some counties and agencies have gone as far as to encrypt everything from fire and EMS to Animal Control and garbage collection. I do not agree with this decision and it's something that I hope Rowan County never does. I've been in the hobby for 30 years now and I'd hate the day my scanners go silent.
Can you expound on this thought a little bit more?
If encrypting a talk group is as simple as selecting a radio button or a check box, there must have been some other reasoning as to why the subject was up for debate for "a couple of years" and not completed right away when a decision was made by Emergency Management.
One involved a traffic stop where there was a warrant on the driver and he heard about it on his device while the officer was in his vehicle.