I understand people wanting to know but 2 events again in my area, one streamed live involving a shooting, another person who stabbed several had a scanner on new years am.
Following this the posts hit facebook and the endless details of it with names.
If one is doing it more than thst are using modern technology to evade, or commit acts. Does it mean everyone is? No.
Will some places be open yes. But many will opt in as the popularit of social media, recording devices play back real time events and names.
The argument of they can press a button, switch channels is a old mindset. We done that for 20 years but time and time again even with training in many situations it doesn't work as planned.
It is easier to strap it lock it, be done with it and not have a worry of real time social media posts of names, addresses etc.
With things such as ncic, insurance information, socials, phone numbers, license plates and those returns it is a lawsuit nightmare if the wrong hands gets that information. Not everywhere has signal for cellphones in rural areas.
As for officer safety if you only got a few out someone could monitor this and catch on. Is there ways to tell only 5 are on? Probably but most wouldn't have know or means and none less it's in works I'm told to solve the unit id issue in p25 as several have asked about it.
There will still be areas in clear I have no doubt but others will opt in.
I use to be on other side of the argument long ago before seeing first hand the issues.
Once the New Mexico statewide system is fully built many are opting in. It will be a mix of p25, and nxdn and inevitably fully encrypted for the municipal, county and state users once fully built.
