Emily VelascoSomeone either got shot or someone with a knife is barricaded. Rumors are swirling in the neighborhood
jbaggs@MLE_online@social.afront.org Hate crap like this. I'm guessing police scanner traffic is encrypted for "officer safety"?
Emily Velasco@jbaggs@infosec.exchange indeed it is encrypted. Bastards. The encryption is actually a convenient(for the cops) outgrowth of a DOJ policy telling police departments they should encrypt their broadcasts to protect victim identities
jbaggs@MLE_online@social.afront.org That's very "convenient". Out here we still get FM broadcasts in the plain with descriptions of victims as "Xray, 16 years old" (Still find it weird that police use such terms for apparent gender identity.) instead of naming a person.
I think we lose a lot though not being able to monitor what the police are actually doing and just taking their word for it.