A similar thing here, can't hold your cell phone to talk town (Bluetooth is okay). But the police are much more qualified so they are able to talk on the phone while driving, and listen to

No, I can’t “point to that law”. It’s more of a generic “right to know” than any actual legal holding that we do. No, I’m NOT easily offended and nothing you said offended me in the

Just speaking in reference to my little town, not everyone has a scanner (or radio receiver of the type to listen) and I would guess over all, a small percentage. A much higher percentage is

Amen. All that needs done is enforcement of the Communications Act of 1933 that states divulging and distributing is illegal. That used to be the golden rule of scanners. Joe M.

I believe there have been some court challenges against encryption based on law enforcement wanting to hide from the public what they are doing and not staying above board with it.

If texting while driving is illegal, it should be illegal for everyone. My state has exemptions for 'certain people'. Well, is it dangerous or not? If it is, how can 'certain people' be safe? I have

Do a search and look up how many crashes, even people killed, by law enforcement looking at computer terminals while driving. With some agencies, if you get caught looking at your terminal

Can you point to that law? Conceptually, I agree with you 100%. But that concept is not supported in law anywhere I've ever heard of. I would support a 'right to listen' law that limits the steps

I can’t see ANY logical reason why ANY normal or routine radio traffic can’t be sent over the air as normal communications and not scrambled or encrypted. With the possible exceptions of

Encryption is next and good luck on listening to that

When I was working, the CAD system, computers in car were used to give back dispositions on calls, and when you wanted to give Dispatch info that shouldn't be heard by the public. Everything else was

Agree... I was referring to law enforcement not fire. In some places, ambulances are also encrypted for patient privacy. Not a lot yet, but it seems to be a growing concern. Don

Here in Northern Illinois our local police department (Crystal Lake) just migrated from analog to the Illiinois Starcom21 trunked P25 system and encrypted the dispatch channel, whereas neighboring

No idea about California, but in Colorado, the larger metro areas are going 100% encrypted. The news gathering/reporting stations can buy receivers from the agency's that allow them to monitor only

The point is that the software is cheap or free so the cost is the cheapest software defined receiver. Apparently there is at least one that is very inexpensive. See the first post in the thread.

Steve T said: >There are a lot of law enforcement agencies here in Ohio that have went to in-cruiser laptops for most communications. > Scanner traffic on their freqs are virtually silent. Yes,

How cheap

I’m sure that Ohio isn’t the only one.. pretty soon I’ll have to switch Hobbies.. or Play more Ham radio

Been a part of this group for many years. Love it! Walter Powis, Sr., W3WP

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