[Scan-DC] Demo radios for Arlington?

[Mark Gibson]

I reviewed the budget for Arlington VA police for 2016 and did not see any allocations for new radio equipment.  Maybe we should start reviewing county agendas for future budget items.
https://arlingtonva.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2015/06/FY16A_POL.pdf

Mark Gibson

> On Oct 2, 2016, at 11:27, Andrew Clegg <andrew_w_clegg at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> In the past couple of days, I've twice heard on-air references to Arlington PD using "demo radios." On Friday, one officer asked another on the non-dispatch channel if they were using a demo radio, and told them that the audio sounded muffled (it did -- very). Today, there was an on-air request for officers to turn in a demo radio if they have one.
> Does anyone on this list know if Arlington is perhaps looking at getting new radios? Is there any chance this could portend a move to encryption?
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