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How come LE in 2020 is not using encrypted communication systems such as Tetrapol? Yes I know Tetrapol is European, but you get the idea.

>>bzb3+(OP)
Cost? They tried rolling out Tetra in a few places in the USA.

>>bzb3+(OP)
They are, in my area they have switched to P25 Trunked and added encryption, at least on the PD channels. The US is a big country and it takes a coordinated effort to upgrade the big city and the surrounding areas and is very expensive. The only thing open around me is Fire/Rescue.

>>bzb3+(OP)
Europe and the United State government are drastically different.

Local municipalities in the United States are very independent and will settle on a a communications system that they locally want to use. Budgets and planning are allocated at those local levels, and power struggles and turf wars will result in agencies right next door to each other using different systems, just because.

>>bzb3+(OP)
Some do, but thankfully most don't. There's really no need. It's a matter of keeping the police transparent. News orgs put up a big stink when they do go encrypted in some places.

>>bzb3+(OP)
Why would they? Encrypted LE comms is a horrible idea in the first place. How is the public supposed to monitor what their paid servants are doing, and provide any measure of oversight / demand accountability, if they can't listen to the calls???