And if the police are engaged in proactive policing measures such as aggressive enforcement of vehicle code standards as a way of showing law enforcement presence and attempting to keep drug dealers out of a neighborhood or a specific area or something.

NPR: Shooting Strains Police-Community Ties in NYC

To fight back, law enforcement agencies argue that everyone should store the keys to their encryption code with a third party that in turn will allow the government to access information if a crime is suspected.

BBC: Security and law enforcement: the government view

Perhaps, but the risk can be reduced by open-sourcing code, requiring software patch downloads, and notifying gun makers or law enforcement if software is disabled.

CNN: Make guns smart