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This alert I just got on my police scanner app. Kentucky, WTF are you doing? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Yes, although many departments are switching to encrypted radios. It's a minor political issue, because it fundamentally means less oversight, but also in the event of a major riot or coordinated civil unrest you also might not want to broadcast patrol routed unencrypted.