Pisses me off, we pay their salaries, unless it is sensitive we should be able to hear their radio transmissions.
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Bad guys buy scanners.
Even then, I probably still would have agreed with you.
But in the last 5-10 years, people intentionally target police. I no longer blame them for wanting secure radio.
Perhaps if this goes on in the next 5-10 years the 'good' people will be forced to as well.