[Scan-DC] D.C. Fire/EMS: Planning for ENCRYPTION !!!

[Lee Williams]

Actually I think it's only going to get worse. Expect within a few years all law enforcement comms in the DC metro area to be encrypted. And I concur it is the Internet feeds that are driving the push to encryption!



 
> From: alan at henney.com
> To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 23:24:04 -0500
> Subject: [Scan-DC] D.C. Fire/EMS: Planning for ENCRYPTION !!!
> 
> 
> We have heard from a couple different sources who are telling us that when D.C. Fire/EMS switches to its new Motorola APX radios in early 2014, the radio system will be encrypted!
> 
> This will be another tremendous loss for the scanner community and another horrible precedent.
> 
> No doubt the embattled fire chief has taken some hard knocks the past year and perhaps a few of those incidents could be attributed to what was monitored on the radio.
> 
> Specifically cited by one source was the Navy Yard shooting.  Audio recordings from that incident were downloaded by the local media from RadioReference, much to the anguish of fire/EMS officials.  
> 
> While I don't think it made the department look bad at all, it demonstrated how they have lost control of who monitors and shares what is broadcast from FEMS radio channels --- but not for long?
> 
> I'm frustrated by the continuing erosion of our hobby and the inability of the public -- and especially the once mighty D.C. press corps -- to make change.
> 
> If anybody has the ability to change things in the D.C. government, now is the time!
> 
> Alan
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