Agencies have other options besides encryption to comply with the mandate. But let’s not turn this thread into another encryption debate, plenty of other threads on the site cover this topic in length and it’s always an “interesting” discussion.I don't know if it's been mentioned, but the reason for the push to encryption has to do with a DOJ mandate re: personal identifying information. It's not so much that these agencies want to go encrypted, it's more like they have to. We had encryption at my old agency and we found it a PITA. That said, the new radios don't have any issue with loosing their keys so it should work fine. Not what many want to hear, but it is what it is.