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I seen numerous agencies that have gone encrypted give the media access to their channels. So, ENC may not solve that problem.
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Do you know for sure or not if they had consent by the homeowner to be there? Were other citizens around on or off camera handling debris? There are lots of unknowns and you are making your judgement based on radio traffic and a live shot. I've learned that context is key and can only really be achieved by being there.
I have experience in both sides of the topic having worked both in media and public safety, so I am more happy to continue this off-topic discussion via a new thread or private message. But I will leave with that many public safety folks have an anti-media sentiment from the get-go. It's worth considering.
The purpose of a media staging isn't to "keep them well away from the scene."
Most media staging area policies, including those published by FEMA, recommend establishing an area within a scene where the members of the media can safely observe the operations and access a public information officer.
Ultimately, a member of the media is not obligated to report to a media staging area and can go anywhere that other non-media citizens are allowed to be.
Off topic in tavern would be interesting convo and go who knows where. I know it's down middle with the media thing in public safety and varies where you go and the type of relationship they have with local public safety.
Though like near here recently a pursuit suspect was using a scanner to monitor and avoid stop sticks/road blocks. It was found this is how he eluded the other pursuits he was in while back also.
This alone in that area opened ears and eyes to what some of us have said to them and to follow what we did.
He also monitored fire traffic which did relay some key information toward end. What made it worse was social media non official step by step updates and lookie-loos hearing/seeing said information making the scene worse. Endless words of stand by getting scanner updates will post in minute did indeed catch attention this time with all that occured.
When and where was the pursuit? I would like to read about it. And no, I'm not being sarcastic, I am honestly curious.
The reason I ask though is that public safety agencies use anecdotes such as the incident you describe as a reason to encrypt. What's interesting is that it stays in the anecdote category because it's never documented or cited in a report of any kind. And it SHOULD if it's that much of a problem.
Going by your logic here.
Have you been at every scene to prove your assumption that the media doesn't interfere?
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Shooting in WPB school right now. All radio traffic on LECOM 1 which is not encrypted.
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