Senate Bill 1000, which would require police departments to identify alternatives to encrypted radio communications, was passed by the state Senate by 25-8 vote on May 26, 2022. Embarcadero Media file ...

For decades, police radio communications were one of the few ways the public and the press could independently understand ...

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. — 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 put ...

Police departments throughout the Midpeninsula are following in the footsteps of the Palo Alto Police Department, which on Jan. 5 abruptly announced it would immediately encrypt its dispatch radio ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The public may no longer be able to listen to Denver police radio communications if the department moves forward with a proposal to encrypt all of its radios ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. WASHINGTON— A petition to allow ham radio transmission encryption is getting some attention. Don ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Some police and fire departments are turning off their radio encryption and allowing the public to listen in again to their emergency dispatch communications. Other agencies are ...