Patriot58
Member
To encrypt or not to encrypt...
I can see both sides of the argument. As a citizen I'd like to know that non-LEO's can monitor that the police are doing their jobs properly. From a LEO standpoint though, it is both dangerous and distracting if media arrive at a scene before LEO's can assess the situation. At a press meeting last week, the press actually had the gall to say that they were "first responders," which is why they felt they should be able to monitor. I don't see the press running into burning buildings to save people, or drawing guns to take out the bad guys.
As for the primary talk group being or not being encrypted, that will normally be the first place you hear (unplanned) incidents start. If appropriate then dispatch may move them to a different talk group.
Allowing scanner listeners to monitor also means that the BG's (bad guys) can monitor.
I can see both sides of the argument. As a citizen I'd like to know that non-LEO's can monitor that the police are doing their jobs properly. From a LEO standpoint though, it is both dangerous and distracting if media arrive at a scene before LEO's can assess the situation. At a press meeting last week, the press actually had the gall to say that they were "first responders," which is why they felt they should be able to monitor. I don't see the press running into burning buildings to save people, or drawing guns to take out the bad guys.
As for the primary talk group being or not being encrypted, that will normally be the first place you hear (unplanned) incidents start. If appropriate then dispatch may move them to a different talk group.
Allowing scanner listeners to monitor also means that the BG's (bad guys) can monitor.