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Do police really still use unencrypted radios?

>>sontho+(OP)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/st...

>>sontho+(OP)
In many (probably "most") jurisdictions, yes. Certainly there are some that are encrypted, and that trend has accelerated at least a little bit over the last few years. But from what I've seen, plenty of LE agencies (in the US anyway) are still in the clear.

Now, as others have noted, a lot of them have now gone to digital trunked systems (P25, and suchlike) that are more difficult to receive/decode. But that's not "encryption", it's just an annoyance.

>>Cobord+oJ1
That has nothing to do with it. Your mobile phone voice comms are encrypted. Push to talk over cellular is another solution which British police use.

Police are increasingly militarised, pretty much any military uses encrypted radios. It's a cheap technology now.

https://www.harris.com/solution-grouping/tactical-multiband-...