• JaymesRS
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    11 months ago

    We had a kid cross state lines to show up to a riot with a gun to defend property and shoot people. Just because you haven’t heard about it doesn’t mean it’s not plausible as a valid reason.

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      11 months ago

      And? Do you think he heard about it from a police radio, and not literally every news outlet that was covering it at the time?

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        11 months ago

        You must know that unencrypted police radios have been a upstream source for local media for a long time, right?

        And I’m not arguing that encryption is a good idea, in fact I think a blanket encryption of emergency radio is a bad idea (but nuance on social media is invisible).

        This thread is simply in answer to an earlier poster who asked for a situation where it could be helpful to protect a sensitive situation and I provided one that we have seen analogs of in real life.

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          11 months ago

          Sure, they get some information from radios. They also usually have at least one person at the headquarters at all times. They will know about big events regardless.

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            11 months ago

            I forgot that police have no filters or power in person to be more private in discussions about sensitive topics just because there’s a person at their precinct. All conversations happen wide open just like you get with a police-band scanner. 🤦🏻‍♂️