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going to talk about a question we get
quite a bit which is police scanner
radio encryption that's a pretty highly
debated issue so what is it so
encryption means that you're not able to
listen to encrypted channels no matter
what no matter what format of scanner
you have whether it's digital or an
analog you just can't listen to them
right right and we get this question a
lot and so just to clarify no one can
listen to any frequencies that are
encrypted that's just how it is the no
scanner can do it
so think about so what essentially what
a scanner does is scan radio waves for
frequencies so it is not these scanners
are not able to scan the frequencies
that are encrypted so no matter what you
do we get it quite a bit like we don't
know anyway there is no cheaper way
there's no trick right there's no way to
figure it out a scanner that we sell
will not be able to pick up encryption
period no matter what you do right so
that's kind of what encryption is
there's two types of encryption so
there's tactical and then there's a full
encryption and tactical is basically
your SWAT teams you're FBI you're
obviously not going to be able to listen
to those yet for I mean if a DEA you
can't listen to the DEA so alright so
that affects everywhere so everywhere in
the US has some of that stuff like some
border agents are like that that all the
FBI for the most part throughout the US
are like that the SWAT teams are so
everywhere has some encryption the other
is the full encryption so typically what
most people want to listen to is their
local there are the police dispatch so
like the communication with people
calling in to their County or their
local city department the police
department and hear the police calls
alright in some of those cities and
counties they're encrypted so you're not
gonna be able to listen to some police
departments and sometimes we will be
able to listen to them it all depends
this is why we highly recommend you
calling us so we can verify and figure
this out for you before you get your
scanner correct so it comes up a lot and
it's different by state it's different
by county it's different by city some
things
some dispatch channels are encrypted
others are not
it's just really confusing and on top of
that it changes it does it's constantly
changing and so there's always different
system updates that they're trying to
implement and when they do that you're
at a loss so you just can't listen to
things and then sometimes they just
decide to encrypt things students you
can listen yeah so the best way is
before you buy your scanner just give us
a call or an email and we'll tell you
specifically an area what is encrypted
what is not encrypted so we set the
right expectation right so when you get
your radio it works and you're able to
listen to the things you want to listen
to right that police department that you
are trying to this too may not be
encrypted and that's all you wanted
isn't do wonderful so some of the things
that are fully encrypted the larger
areas so like Pennsylvania State Police
are fully encrypted you're not able to
pick them up what I like Florida Florida
some of Florida State Police like the
Washington DC police departments are the
largest ones so that's what the
encryption is and those are the kind of
the tactical and then the full
encryption so I mean we sell police kind
of radios so we're not fans of
encryption to put it mildly
right so there's arguments for and
against sure you can chime in in the
comments with yeah opinion please do I'm
I'm totally against it I wish that they
would just be transparent and allow us
to listen to see what's going on so
we've gotten some interesting emails
over the years right I guess would be a
nice way to put it with people very
upset where their area went encrypted
yeah so we'll just go over the you know
the arguments for and against anything
you can chime in in the comments just
assuming if this videos been owned for a
little while you can read some
interesting comments from people so the
reasons to encrypt are the reasons that
it does go encrypted our safety for law
enforcement and then criminals are not
able to monitor police the safety for
police you know that's one thing the the
criminals not being able to monitor
police right and I don't know how common
that is where they actually I've ever
seen a criminal running around with this
bodies I mean people's take on it is
like the movie heat or some movie so yes
that happens in the movies it doesn't
really happen in real life but you know
again that's my purse
opinion right and for the most part like
I was I got maybe mentioned you know
it's these are family members that want
to listen to to the people who are you
know they know that working there they
just want to know what's happening yeah
I mean most people I mean the arguments
for you know for non encrypting or
allowing people to listen you know it's
First Amendment a government
transparency
you know citizens and media oversight we
saw a lot of police scanners to local TV
and radio stations so they can hear
what's going on and reported some people
know it's happening in their area it
allows citizens and off-duty police
officers and Public Safety to respond to
emergencies we sell a lot of scanners to
police in that just like to listen when
they're off duty so they can respond to
things especially in rural areas yep
you know the other arguments for like
backup excuse me a neighboring police
departments are able to communicate so
if there's was an emergency in this
county they can call in other
departments from around so the one area
is encrypted they're able to pull them
Police Department's from around the
state and neighboring states and they'll
be able to communicate without having to
do with encryption issues right which
has happened sometimes with larger
emergencies and then that really just
inhibits the media's ability to to
report the news in real time right so
again those are just the arguments for
and against I'm sure there's a lot more
so you know add a comment with what with
what your opinion is so please so that's
a basic overview of why encryption is
for against it the different types again
call us before you get your radio and we
can tell you specifically what you can
and cannot pick in your areas so I hope
that's helpful for you if you have any
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