Armed robbery suspects involved in shootout with KPD had scanner

[BillH1]

This incident is not isolated. That's why most departments are encrypting their transmissions, and those that don't use the MDT's in the patrol cars / fire rigs even medics... The hold out on using the MDT's were the "legacy" officers who by now have retired.

KPD already uses MDT's in all their cars, and the detectives use surprisingly NXDN with encryption about 15% of the time on their TAC channel. The rest of the time KPD is analog in the clear. There is only one agency in my area that uses 100% encryption and that is the nearby tribal police.