I must agree, a small town such as Espanola has 8,000 ppl...the PD uses Voice Inversion..the old Elliot Lake system ( towns population hd 9,000 ) used DVP.
Both have only 1 channel...when we saw the budget ( Elliiot Lake ) on the Police Services Board one member asked the Chief " just how many scanners we taking you grab in the commision of an offence " he never submitted a reply...DVP + its costs were cancelled..lucky it was a lease from Spectrum Communications...none the less you can ask your local PD Board , the same question , Id bet the answer is none ..or no answer !
I did chuckle, while listening to Espanola...the 1st 20 mins of every shift was " hahaha , they cant hear us..."
enuff said..