braddaniels2001
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- Dec 20, 2010
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Any info on what upgrades are happening and which agencies it will effect?
Radios sitting in a closet. Now thats good use of money.
Ensnared yes the system should be 100% E from what I’m hearing for the sheriff office and other emergency service of Howard and Big Spring but only time will tell. The main reason behind this is the amount of scanners listen that appeared in the town and people started showing up to crash’s and taking pictures and becoming a headache so they trying to put a stop to that
Well as far as encryption goes I don’t think they need it for one if they go to phase 2 not many people are going to go out and buy a phase 2 scanner and second the few people around bs may not be able to program the trunked system in and have it work like it should.This is the modal response from LE. I don't know how they determined whether or not it was an online scanner application or a real scanner. I heard this same thing from a ranking official in the fire department. I know that the Big Spring Herald used to post some cop beat section of the paper. I don't know if this practice is still occurring. If so, I doubt LE arrested anyone. If this is so, I seriously doubt the officials have a frequency of occurrence for this so-called activity.
For the most part, I liken Big Spring LE/EMS radio traffic to Sioux City, Iowa, incredibly boring. Now that my father has passed, I will be making very few trips to that Godforsaken area of Texas. I hope this does not happen. West Texas seems to be full of encrypted transmissions.
When LE/EMS employ encryption, my mouth goes mum in the presence of law enforcement.. That's the way I roll, LOL.
I believe encryption drives a wedge between LE and the community. I lived in Big Spring for quite some time. In the remote past, the DA and others were involved in some very shady activities.
Prison gangs and drugs are prevalent in Howard County. I wonder why.
Well as far as encryption goes I don’t think they need it for one if they go to phase 2 not many people are going to go out and buy a phase 2 scanner and second the few people around bs may not be able to program the trunked system in and have it work like it should.