It shows how redicoulous full time encryption is. Time after time I see newspaper articles after a crime is commited how the PD needs the Public's help with info on some type of crime long after it happened. When my Dad was a Deputy Sheriff in Cecil co Md; he mostly worked the beach patrols on the Eastern shores areas. He was amazed how much intel he got from people who heard the calls on their scanners and were able to offer additional info on the calls. It gave him a great rapport with the people that camped at those beaches. My Dad often said as encryption started making its way into Police comms before he passed away; the people pushing encryption is going to make LE jobs harder as it will take away the Public's eyes and ears to help us out with intel. Don't give me any crap about privacy issues; I've been at accident and crime scenes and hear the on scene PD radios squawking away. If privacy is such an issue, why aren't they using Bluetooth or some other way to keep their comms private on scene where the public has gathered????? If my Dad wanted to keep something under the qt; they would use code names or the phonetic code alphabet, no need for encryption.
