I agree. Police communications a private, as are all two way radio
communications. According to the Communications Act of 1934, personal or
monetary gain form the unauthorized reception of radio communications is
prohibited. The TV stations etc make money from reporting news events.

does anyone else here see what the real truth behind this move is all
about. the truth that yhey dont want you to know is that they would like
to go back to doing their "good ole boy" business as usual. keeping
officers safe? safe from repercussions of possibly being filmed or
overheard going about their routine business of beating the crap out of
alleged criminals. now for sure there will be enough time for every
officer that responds to get a couple of good licks in before the public
becomes aware. just how many settlements has the city of w. falls had to
dish out for incidents that were caught on tape, or overheard on regular
comm networks, or howmany have they nearly skirted away from. open
communications is one of the only safety checks that remains that keep the
police as an organization becoming from becoming the "secret police" is
this sounding familiar. police with no fear of being caught or documented
going about their oooooo dangerous jobs. forget about the courts, go to
the minority community, and the activists who champion for the civil
rights, and stir up the city council reps to call for a special vote so
the citizens affected can decide if the police they trust to protect them
or worth spending big technology bucks to hide their activities from these
same people who pay ther salary. and while their at it, call for the
recall of the chief, city manager, and mayor or any other official that
supports such an action against their own citizens

I guess that may be the truth, but since i'm not from W.Falls i
can't totally agree. Our S.O. moved to Astro P-25 to be compliant with
Homeland Security, as we border Canada, and to have an "extended" range
being able to cover the whole state with just one radio system. The
older analog system required many hours of phone time between counties.
Once this new one is all in place, an officer can contact another in a
county that is 500 miles away just by using his two-way and the proper
talk group ID. Plus, during an emergency, all county, state, and
federal agencies(within the state) can communicate w/out having to know
each other's cell numbers. Along with being digitally coded and
encrypted...and yes, it keeps out the rubbernecks as well. For the most
part, there are two reasons for going digital: Secure communications
using encoding(which scanners can now pick up) along with encryption(so
far hasn't been cracked, or atleast this info isn't being shared), and
to extend communication range.

does anyone else here see what the real truth behind this move is all
about. the truth that yhey dont want you to know is that they would
like
to go back to doing their "good ole boy" business as usual. keeping
officers safe? safe from repercussions of possibly being filmed or
overheard going about their routine business of beating the crap out
of
alleged criminals. now for sure there will be enough time for every
officer that responds to get a couple of good licks in before the
public
becomes aware.

In article om,
"WSnipes" wrote:

I guess that may be the truth, but since i'm not from W.Falls i
can't totally agree. Our S.O. moved to Astro P-25 to be compliant with
Homeland Security, as we border Canada, and to have an "extended" range
being able to cover the whole state with just one radio system. The
older analog system required many hours of phone time between counties.
Once this new one is all in place, an officer can contact another in a
county that is 500 miles away just by using his two-way and the proper
talk group ID. Plus, during an emergency, all county, state, and
federal agencies(within the state) can communicate w/out having to know
each other's cell numbers. Along with being digitally coded and
encrypted...and yes, it keeps out the rubbernecks as well. For the most
part, there are two reasons for going digital: Secure communications
using encoding(which scanners can now pick up) along with encryption(so
far hasn't been cracked, or atleast this info isn't being shared), and
to extend communication range.

One thing to consider when designing a system like the one above, is that
it depends entirely on common carriers to provide the interconnections
that support that wide area coverage. If you have a big disaster
(earthquake, supervolcano, or the like) that takes out your common
carrier links, by knocking all the microwave dish antennas out of
alignment, your really cool digital system DIES, BIGTIME, and no amount
of support is going to bring it back quickly, untill those links are
fixed. This is a couple of months worth of work for a State wide system.


Me been there, laughed at trying to do that....quickly....

Yes, that is true. In my statement though, i was relating to a security
breech or similar along the canada border, or other security factors,
not just natural disasters as you stated, but i see your point clearly.



One thing to consider when designing a system like the one above, is
that
it depends entirely on common carriers to provide the
interconnections
that support that wide area coverage. If you have a big disaster
(earthquake, supervolcano, or the like) that takes out your common
carrier links, by knocking all the microwave dish antennas out of
alignment, your really cool digital system DIES, BIGTIME, and no
amount
of support is going to bring it back quickly, untill those links are
fixed. This is a couple of months worth of work for a State wide
system.