Under Mayor Adams, who once declared that there was nothing more important to him than transparency, the NYPD is continuing on its quest to encrypt all radio communications, shutting out the public’s ...

For more than 25 years, a technology used for critical data and voice radio communications around the world has been shrouded in secrecy to prevent anyone from closely scrutinizing its security ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Some police and fire departments are bucking a trend to conceal dispatch communications from the public, acknowledging that radio encryption has the potential to backfire and ...

Local news reporters pleaded with police officials on Monday to reconsider a planned upgrade to the department’s radio system that would largely eliminate public access — a shift taken in the name of ...

The question of whether police radio transmissions should be encrypted has strong opinions on both sides. My father was Chief on the Prior Lake Fire Department for many years, so I know how important ...

State Senate Bill 1000, which would require law enforcement agencies to find alternatives to encrypted radios, was advanced by the Senate Public Safety Committee on April 19, 2022. Embarcadero Media ...

The Palo Alto City Council held a study session on policing, including crime statistics, radio encryption and police auditing, on April 5, 2021. Embarcadero Media file photo by Veronica Weber. The ...

D.C. firefighters and emergency responders may not have been able to communicate effectively during last week's fatal L'Enfant Plaza smoke incident because of recent changes to a communications ...

City officials either don’t know much or didn’t respond to interview requests about police radio encryption District 5 Councilmember Noel Gallo said he didn’t know OPD’s radio channels were available ...