People seem pretty passionate about this issue and I don't think I am going to change any minds, but here are my thoughts. I am reading two reasons not to add this information to the database:
#1) Don't publish these frequencies/talk groups because it endangers officer safety.
As others have pointed out in this thread, there has never been a case where a bad guy listening to a scanner has caused an officer to be hurt or killed. If there has, feel free to provide that news story or debrief and prove me wrong. Similar frequencies/talk groups that are asked not to be put into the Colorado database are worked in across many other cities and states throughout the United States and there has not been an issue with it anywhere else. There is no reason that things are any different here in Colorado than anywhere else in the United States. I think that there is a much higher threat to officer safety having their day-to-day traffic heard than these specialized unit's traffic. The common domestic or active shooter call will go out on primary dispatch talk groups, but there are no concerns raised about that here. Anyway, this is an easy argument to make and it sounds good in public, but the fact is that this argument holds the least amount of credibility because there is just no evidence of a cause-and-effect relationship between the two. If officer safety was of such paramount concern for these specialized units regarding their radio traffic, the unions and/or powers at be would have them encrypted. For as few radios as these groups use, it wouldn't cost very much money.
Again, feel free to prove me wrong on this and I might change my view.
#2) Don't publish these frequencies/talk groups because they might encrypt them and I won't be able to listen to them on my scanner anymore.
That is an entirely self-serving complaint, and one which again does not hold much credibility. If agencies are going to encrypt talk groups, they will do it regardless of whether or not the talk groups are posted on this site or not. As I mentioned before, these groups are small in number and it would not cost much money to encrypt their transmissions. If users or powers at be for these specialized units are concerned about communications security and believe that their frequencies or talk groups aren't being monitored because they are not posted on this site, they are very ignorant and probably should not be doing the job that they are.
And for the person who said that some federal agencies encrypted their communications after lists were posted obviously are not scanning the federal bands with much frequency anymore. There may be more encryption these days, but this is likely related to tighter information security policies in the federal government overall, post-9/11, than anything else. At any rate, there are plenty of good communications to listen to in the clear - and in analog.
And Troop, you're right, that guy should have stayed at home. But if that story is true, then the talk group or frequency was obtained from search mode or another source, which means that adding it to our database won't be dramatically changing the "climate" at all, as some contend. Those frequencies / talk groups are obviously nothing special and can be found by the lay person. Making them public on this site changes nothing, and your example is real-world evidence to support it.
Unless someone can provide me with a new reason not to post these frequencies / talk groups, with good evidence to support their argument, I will not be convinced that any favors are being done by not posting these frequencies/talk groups.
All visitors to this site should be able to enjoy listening to the action on the radio, not just a select few, and that is what I feel this site is all about and why I take the views that I do.