Ah ok, just wondering. Due to the nature of the job, I meet alot of PD guys from all over the county and then some. I'm not sure how it is now with the new RSOs, but if your looking for a relaxed place to go shoot, check it out you'd like the vibe, as usual avoid the weekends for obvious reasons...that's when the big crowd comes in, and half of them can't shoot for the life of them. I miss working there but, it got very political with internal stuff. Now I'm enjoying my retirement with my radios courtesy of shrapnel and TBI from a bomb blast overseas back in 07. I can agree with where your coming from as far as Dispatch being clear, it would make it easier for other departments to be able to assist faster without waiting for dispatch to talk to the other dispatch. TAC channels of course, as we discussed earlier is a bit more touchy, considering the nature of what is being coordinated between units. It is rather exciting listening to them though, it would be a shame to have it encrypted and not hear the fun. What I do like what they are doing is coordinate, then when the more sensitive topic comes up, they just make contact through cells, which is usually encrypted by the service provider anyway. Thank God, most bad guys in stockton, don't know the tac channels, unless they were very serious with what they are doing....but then again if they are that serious, they probably are doing something very big and have to be watching out for the federal guys. From your experience on the beat, have you ever encountered a perp/suspect with a scanner or a commercially programmed radio? and hypothetically, if you made a stop and noticed a public safety radio, with your experience would you consider that a red flag and ask questions about it? The reason I ask, is because I remember about 5 months ago, I was driving home and had my XTS4K on, just listening to traffic to pass the time and ended having to drive through a rather rough neighborhood to get where I needed to be. Oddly, I heard my plates being ran...looked at my mirror and saw a squad car following me. They were looking for some hispanic guy, in a dark SUV similar to what I was driving. They pulled me over to check to see if I was him, Luckily one of them was someone I knew from the range, we bull****ted for a minute and showed them the radio, they thought it was pretty sweet. If it was someone who I didn't know, I would have not said anything about the radio, I didn't feel like being asked a million questions and possibly have my radio confiscated to ensure that it wasn't programmed to access their network.
