Re: Do these cellular amplifiers work for all cellphones?

On 4/9/2022 3:21 PM, Woody wrote:
> I would argue that comment - in the UK police is most definitely not 
> public, neither is the ambulance service. As the Fire Service uses the 
> Airwave digital network which is encrypted then that is now also not public.

Does encryption have anything to do with it being public or not?

I just googled and found plenty of hardware & apps for police, fire,
ambulance, marine, & airplane scanners. Just a sampling is shown below.

The 7 Best Police Scanners of 2022
https://www.lifewire.com/best-police-scanners-4132378

The Best Police Scanners for Your Money
https://money.com/best-police-scanner/

What cops need to know about criminals on police frequencies
https://www.police1.com/police-products/communications/radios/articles/theyre-listening-what-cops-need-to-know-about-criminals-on-police-frequencies-sdVy8suWghejoqnN/

https://www.amazon.com/Police-Fire-Scanner/s?k=Police+and+Fire+Scanner
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=police.scanner.radio.broadcastify.citizen&hl=en_GB&gl=GB