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Abilene Reporter News

Abilene police and fire departments recently ditched an 18-year-old
dispatch system for a new $14 million system that has better
encryption capabilities and keeps many of the conversations people
using police scanners are accustomed to hearing off the air. Police
and fire officials began using the new system this month.

Copyright 2007, Abilene Reporter News. All Rights Reserved.

If the police can encrypt, then private citizens should be able to encrypt
with HAM radio, too. Oh? Oh? Don't like that, police? Then don't
encrypt your radio. There is something called "public records".

HORSE-****!!!
There are times that law enforcement NEED encrypted radios.
*YOU* are not entitled to their traffic. You do not have a need to know or a
right to know what is going on over police radio.If you are that interested,
the PD's "PIO" will disclose it to you when it's Ok to do so.
APCO-25 and GE's EDACS systems are NOT encrypted (they can order that
feature) but it's used to get more "Channels" or talk groups for an entire
city, makes for a more efficient system than having a frequency/repeater for
each dept.
Ma/Com's "OpenSky" system is ALL digital and you CAN NOT listen on that one.

Bottom line....if you can hear what is going on...chances are YOU DON'T NEED
TO!