[Cobord]

https://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/st...

[sonthonax]

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-...