Pasadena, CA - New radio system to streamline first-responder communications

[N0WEF]

Sanchez said. "It is never our intent to decrease access to the department's voice communications."


Ummmm..... That's why we spent $700+ extra p/radio to do just that! Geez, I think this guy should be a politician.

 

[bfperez]

This is the kind of thing that needs to be remembered the next time the police department claims they need more money and/or are under-budgeted.

 

[amsatnetg]

total bull. Communications should be transparent from the public sector. Some bank robbers are not going to have that much of an advantage with access to radio communications, and that is a lame excuse to try and keep the media and the public out of department operations communications. Seriously.............

 

[GrumpyGuard]

On Friday, Pasadena police Lt. Phlunte Riddle said the department was unsure whether it could accommodate the media with digital scanners.

Last I checked they don't make a scanner that can decrypt an encrypted signal.

 

[karldotcom]

You're making stuff up again!

and karldotcom tweeted that the cheapest scanner to pick up pasadena public works is 600 bucks..

 

[DPD1]

Sorry, but this Sanchez guy is a total buffoon. I hope he keeps jerking the media around... He'll live to regret it... Many PD Chiefs have.

Normally I would be behind law enforcement 100%, but honestly... I have to say this guy really does make you start wondering what he thinks there is to hide. He seems incredibly paranoid. He's just making his department look like they're trying to hide from everybody. If this was Compton or something, I could see it maybe.

As I said when this started... Pasadena considers itself it's own country. The majority of their government and public are isolationists by nature. If you asked residents about this, they'd probably say it was a good thing. For some reason that's just the way it's always been over there. There's a reason why the 110 Frwy stopped dead at Pasadena and was never finished.

 

[AK4GA]

You guys crack me up. "Normally I would be behind law enforcement 100%, but honestly... I have to say this guy really does make you start wondering what he thinks there is to hide. " Ok, what makes YOU think they are hiding anything?

I support Encryption on PD radios.

 

[lindsay34654]

Remember the next time that the local police say that they need your help to capture someone. They do not want you listening in because they do not want you to interfere.

 

[jhooten]

Now come on guys. You know this poor chief was duped and bought into the hype some sleazy radio salesman threw at him to increase his sales total and win the trip to Hawaii. Had the lying saleseman not filled his head with all that mumbo jumbo the poor misguided chief would have made a better decision based on the needs of his department and the interest of the tax payers.

 

[N0WEF]

I can't believe the goofy quotes from this guy I've read in the media.

One of my favorites is "We don't feel comfortable giving radios to the (List of local news outlets) Because they hire bank robbers"

I've spent a lot of time with members of the press, and none of them were bank robbers. In fact, I think the Pasadena press even did a check and found no criminals on staff.

One day I wish these guys would just tell the truth "I got conned by a radio salesman" or "I want to be cooler than my neighboring agency"

 

[icis_monitor]

You're making stuff up again!

So that wasn't your quote on twitter?

Sorry. Must be a different karldotcom.

 

[DPD1]

I don't know... A radio salesman doesn't make you use encryption on your dispatch channel, and the salesman doesn't tell you not to give radios to the media, which other departments have no problem doing. The guy sounds like the John Lovitz Liar guy every time he talks about it.

 

[voxiso]

normal everyday traffic being encrypted seems to be unconstitutional to me.. but what do i know/care cause it means **** lol

 

[icis_monitor]

I don't think there's anything in the Constitution that refers to this. If there is, please let me know what it is. I hear a lot about things being unconstitutional. Ban on same-sex marriage being just the first that comes to mind. I have actually read the Constitution, and I do not remember anything in tere about radio encryption at all, let alone unconstitutionality of it.

 

[jhooten]

[sarcasm]Oh crap, I forgot to put the sarcasm tags in again.[/sacracm]

 

[karldotcom]

I don't see PUBLIC WORKS anywhere in that Tweet.

I was responding to the author's concern about PD traffic still being encrypted....and the idea that all these phantom bank robbers could walk into any Radio Shack and buy a cheap scanner.

Is north of $400+tax cheap?

Is the Pro-197 preprogrammed for Pasadena ICIS?

I will concede that there is a slight probability these phantom bank robbers walked into the Radio Shack with the most-knowledgeable store clerks that also correctly programmed the Pasadena cell for them, free of charge....and they found an AC outlet while hiding out in the containment zone the Lt. imagines.

(I really was thinking about the Home Patrol)

So that wasn't your quote on twitter?

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[prcguy]

What kind of encryption are they using? Anyone want to sit with a compatible radio and key loader and start trying a couple of million keys?
prcguy

 

[N0WEF]

What kind of encryption are they using? Anyone want to sit with a compatible radio and key loader and start trying a couple of million keys?
prcguy

Or you could just do what tow companies do, and offer a cop 20k for their HH.

Has encryption ever stopped a REAL criminal? Heck, they have more money then tow companies.

 

[icis_monitor]

I don't see PUBLIC WORKS anywhere in that Tweet.

I was responding to the author's concern about PD traffic still being encrypted....and the idea that all these phantom bank robbers could walk into any Radio Shack and buy a cheap scanner.

Is north of $400+tax cheap?

Is the Pro-197 preprogrammed for Pasadena ICIS?

I will concede that there is a slight probability these phantom bank robbers walked into the Radio Shack with the most-knowledgeable store clerks that also correctly programmed the Pasadena cell for them, free of charge....and they found an AC outlet while hiding out in the containment zone the Lt. imagines.

(I really was thinking about the Home Patrol)

So that wasn't your quote on twitter?

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I was referring to Public Works as that's all that you can listen to. Seems like a circular conversation.

The pro197 goes for 300 these days.

but the real question is what does orange county do about this kind of situation? can i get a scanner that can listen to their police agencies? what does the media or the criminals do down there?

 

[brianearlspilner]

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You guys crack me up. "Normally I would be behind law enforcement 100%, but honestly... I have to say this guy really does make you start wondering what he thinks there is to hide. " Ok, what makes YOU think they are hiding anything?

I support Encryption on PD radios.

You crack me up.