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1. LgWood+Xa[view] [source] 2020-06-02 14:29:44
>>eloran+(OP)
Anecdotal, but an ex-friend cop told me YEARS ago that they never use their radios for "sensitive" communications anyway, they just call each other on their cell phones so that there are no records of their conversations.
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2. myself+dk[view] [source] 2020-06-02 15:21:26
>>LgWood+Xa
I remember, years ago, that they'd use their Mobile Data Terminals for anything "sensitive", again to get around scanner listeners.

Apparently they didn't know about MTDMon software. Which was even cooler than listening on a scanner, because you could set it to beep the PC speaker if your keywords appeared in the feed.

I assume all that is encrypted now, but it sure wasn't at the time!

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3. JshWri+P72[view] [source] 2020-06-03 01:58:10
>>myself+dk
Most MDTs just use LTE connections these days.
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