officers are not radio techs(with some exceptions) and it doesnt make it any easier when the guy in charge of county communications issued an order to all county personnel,PD included, that ALL radio's, (that aren't obviously scanners) that can RECIEVE county transmissions(analog conventional), should be confiscated by the officers, because they CAN transmit, if reprogrammed....
they use M-RK's, on UHF-T, I have a VHF M-RK for 2m,I've had a few officers ask me where the radio came from,in an accusatory manner....
I've had XTS3K's, XTS5K's, Astro Sabers, ETC... there's a few issues with those.. .
1.trunked systems,system keys, legal issues,etc...
2.bands... one scanner, or 4 XTS's ??? one for VHF,2 for UHF, one for 800..even if you get them for 500 a piece(Ie, stolen), you're still looking at TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS!
3.convenience, got your RIB and software,(and illegal system key) floating around when you wanna program a new system in ??