The Official Thread: Live audio feeds, scanners, and... wait for it.. ENCRYPTION!

[BinaryMode]

All I know is that at 27 I could type a decent paragraph...

You were only 4 or so when the towers came down. Unreal, where does time go?

 

[buddrousa]

@10yrswmy396XT
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If you feel like you are not getting your money's worth by all means please leave.
If you do not like the way things are done here start your own site and run it as you please.

 

[trentbob]

@10yrswmy396XT... I know that in response to your post in the Ohio State forum regarding your displeasure in your town's recent move to encryption, I suggested that this forum would be a good place to discuss this. This particular thread has been going for well over a decade. As you see it's a frank, blunt discussion which I think it was meant to be as per the header

It's been awhile since I've posted here but I came over just to see if you did visit this forum.

My County went encrypted in 2021 I've been listening to my local police since 1965 on a tunable when I was 12 years old, not having that situational awareness of what's going on on my street anymore after that much time is still difficult to get used to.

You just have to suck it up, this is the wave of the future, you can't fight it, you can't go to meetings and complain and sign petitions, they don't care.

You're angry, I get that but don't take it out on radio reference, this is the place, the benefits far out way any complaints you might have.

As far as RR streaming and it's involvement here, maybe more so in the past but as has been pointed out, as encryption increases so does crime. If people don't like all the violent crime in their City then it's up to them to go to their leaders and complain or even change their leaders to reduce the crime.

One thing I am grateful for is that ICE will be 100% encrypted. I know you're pissed, but you just have to get over it.

 

[BinaryMode]

The only thing I can suggest is taking to AI like ChatGPT and have it churning out a very good and meaningful four paragraph letter addressed to state and maybe local law makers outlining the following four examples:

1) Transparency. Especially as it pertains to the 1st Amendment and the Press regardless whether they're allowed to lease a radio to monitor or not. As it stands now it's like having to lease your 1st Amendment in a way.

2) Accountability.

3) Provide a dispatch ONLY feed with up to a 30 minute delay via Internet or dedicated talkgroup.

4) Indicate many police departments, Chicago PD being one, that DO provide a dispatch only feed with a delay.


Another way you might tackle the issue is a little more involved and takes money. You would hire a company (and they do exist) that will have people go around with a clipboard obtaining signatures to allow a measure on the ballot for the openness of law enforcement radio communication with a delayed dispatch only feed for local and state law enforcement. Once the required signatures are gathered and you submit to the Secretary of State, the measure should be on next election's ballot for the PEOPLE to vote on. You'd also want an advertising campaign as well. In an era where the PD has been on the wrong side of the court of public opinion time and time again as reflected in the media, it may pass.

I'm wanting to do this very thing actually. Worth a shot, right? My city's PD went NSA TOP SECRET right before COVID and I've been monitoring for some 28 years! Even before they went digital when their primary dispatch frequency was actually a marine radio frequency. So if you had a marine radio you could hear dispatch. FCC allowed it since Colorado does not have ocean side property - yet. (but we are turning into California)... LOL

So get busy complaining or get busy actually doing something.


In lieu of the above, and if you don't want to instead monitor aviation, railroads, buses, taxis and God knows who else, I'd sell the scanners and put the money towards a Ride1Up e-bike and file in your taxes for the Fed tax incentive on the e-bike saving yourself some money. That's what I'd do. LOL After all, e-bikes are freaking awesome!

 

[spacellamaman]

The only thing I can suggest is taking to AI like ChatGPT and have it churning out a very good and meaningful four paragraph letter addressed to state and maybe local law makers outlining the following four examples:

1) Transparency. Especially as it pertains to the 1st Amendment and the Press regardless whether they're allowed to lease a radio to monitor or not. As it stands now it's like having to lease your 1st Amendment in a way.

2) Accountability.

3) Provide a dispatch ONLY feed with up to a 30 minute delay via Internet or dedicated talkgroup.

4) Indicate many police departments, Chicago PD being one, that DO provide a dispatch only feed with a delay.


Another way you might tackle the issue is a little more involved and takes money. You would hire a company (and they do exist) that will have people go around with a clipboard obtaining signatures to allow a measure on the ballot for the openness of law enforcement radio communication with a delayed dispatch only feed for local and state law enforcement. Once the required signatures are gathered and you submit to the Secretary of State, the measure should be on next election's ballot for the PEOPLE to vote on. You'd also want an advertising campaign as well. In an era where the PD has been on the wrong side of the court of public opinion time and time again as reflected in the media, it may pass.

I'm wanting to do this very thing actually. Worth a shot, right? My city's PD went NSA TOP SECRET right before COVID and I've been monitoring for some 28 years! Even before they went digital when their primary dispatch frequency was actually a marine radio frequency. So if you had a marine radio you could hear dispatch. FCC allowed it since Colorado does not have ocean side property - yet. (but we are turning into California)... LOL

So get busy complaining or get busy actually doing something.


In lieu of the above, and if you don't want to instead monitor aviation, railroads, buses, taxis and God knows who else, I'd sell the scanners and put the money towards a Ride1Up e-bike and file in your taxes for the Fed tax incentive on the e-bike saving yourself some money. That's what I'd do. LOL After all, e-bikes are freaking awesome!

theres an ebike tax incentive?

 

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theres an ebike tax incentive?

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