Has Simi Police gone encrypted??

[Opfor2]

Don’t put privacy ahead of public safety
EDITORIAL
| November 13, 2020

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The staccato bursts of coded conversation familiar to anyone who has listened to police scanners have long been the background noise of newsrooms nationwide as a way to monitor crime and emergencies in real-time.
More than just journalists, the ranks of curious citizens listening to police calls have swelled in recent years, as new smartphone apps have made following cops and firefighters easier than ever. But tightening privacy laws have led law enforcement to reconsider the public nature of their communication.

Don't put privacy ahead of public safety | Simi Valley Acorn

The staccato bursts of coded conversation familiar to anyone who has listened to police scanners have long been the background noise of newsrooms nationwide as a way to monitor crime and emergencies i

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[Paco-Jerte]

IMHO whats done its done. None of these reports and or petitions will do much to change the ruling.
Time to move on. SMPD unencrypted RIP

 

[Opfor2]

I know but still......

 

[657fe2]

Paco-Jerte, you are wrong about being helpless. Chief William Bratton cleaned up Boston Police, then NYC Transit Police, then NYPD and LAPD just for good measure. Chief Bratton did not whine about scanners or equipement, he was what every Police Chief should, install good relationships between officers and the community and put officers where the crime is.

Here in California, your local suburban encrypted department is probably led by a mediocre clock watcher getting in his last couple of years before retiring to Lake Havasu. He has no ideas, cares not a wit about the community and will go encrypted just so his lazy ass can tell the city council he did something besides collect a check.