Model suggestions for Colorado State DTRS (Media Access)

[ten13]

I have my doubts whether the agency will fulfill their promise of authorizing YOUR news agency encrypted radios.

If they give them to you, they will HAVE to give them to any other news agency operating in your area, which could result in any Internet "journalist" seeking a radio, and, if push comes to shove, getting them. At that point, when does it stop? The police agency may be sorry they opened a can of worms.

And, as an aside: too often we read (back East here, anyway) about local newspapers stating, "According to radio transmissions....," meaning, the "news agencies" couldn't be bothered sending a "reporter" to the scene of an incident and would rather rely on half-assed, or, ultimately, incorrect, radio reports.

Apparently, the radios solve the problem of laziness.

As far as initial notifications go, it seems that police and fire agencies are on top of using various "social media" sites to get the jobs out, via their public info guy. So no one can complain that the police are keeping the press "in the dark."

The next step is...or should be...to go to the job.

 

[mmckenna]

I think there's a lot of misunderstanding going on here, and I don't see this going well.

Most of us know that you can't just buy any random Motorola radio off e-Bay or anywhere else and expect it to work.
Having the right flashcode will be required if said agency is actually going to program the thing to work. Without that, the news agency is going to have an expensive new doorstop. I don't see a law enforcement agency flashing someone else's radio to make it work on their system free of charge, or at all.

Something isn't right here. Any reputable agency is going to know there are requirements about the model/type/band/flashcode of the radio needed to work on the system. Telling someone to 'go out and buy their own radio and we'll program it' doesn't pass the sniff test. There's either a chunk of information missing, or this is all B.S.

 

[natedawg1604]

I have my doubts whether the agency will fulfill their promise of authorizing YOUR news agency encrypted radios.

If they give them to you, they will HAVE to give them to any other news agency operating in your area, which could result in any Internet "journalist" seeking a radio, and, if push comes to shove, getting them. At that point, when does it stop? The police agency may be sorry they opened a can of worms.

And, as an aside: too often we read (back East here, anyway) about local newspapers stating, "According to radio transmissions....," meaning, the "news agencies" couldn't be bothered sending a "reporter" to the scene of an incident and would rather rely on half-assed, or, ultimately, incorrect, radio reports.

Apparently, the radios solve the problem of laziness.

As far as initial notifications go, it seems that police and fire agencies are on top of using various "social media" sites to get the jobs out, via their public info guy. So no one can complain that the police are keeping the press "in the dark."

The next step is...or should be...to go to the job.

You need to read the OP more closely, the OP already has said access. Pueblo city PD and fire have been ENC for quite a few years.

 

[MTS2000des]

Sorry to be that guy, but shouldn't the OP be looking at the approved devices as prescribed by the system operator and not gleaming info from a hobbyist website? Just saying, this system is well managed and has a full support team. One would think this would be the first point of contact as it is their network:

https://ccncinc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/CCNC-Approved-Subscribers-02-16-2023.pdf