I've often wondered the same thing. I know there are certain types of people out there that get a rush from running to ever situation, big or small. I can see discretion when people's names are involved. I do see more of a move to secrecy [hum secret service]. I also believe that we should let the people trained in these situations handle these with the least amount of interference. However, if there is an incident that will be blocking my road/roads home/work, where my family is, I would really like to know so that I can take alternate roads. The city of Calgary has such a bad road grid lock, that it would be nice to hear about situations [fire, EMS, police] as not everyone has access to the internet even AM/FM radios. And reports on these bands are often much delayed unless someone alerts them. All I ask, as a citizen, is what area I should avoid. And hearing about a MVC at such and such eliminates that problem. The "read your Imobile or printout" doesn't. Good question, interested to see the response.