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

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 ...

Update: On June 21, 2021, Colorado’s state legislature passed a bill requiring police agencies that fully encrypt radio communications to enact media access policies in consultation with the media.

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 ...

When the 2020 Walbridge wildfire threatened John Clarke Mills’ off-grid home in Sonoma County, Calif., he was frustrated by a lack of accessible information. While government agencies seemed to have ...

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 ...

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 ...

The days of Chicago reporters and news photographers relying on a live, crackling police scanner to chase news and tell the public what officers are doing in real time are quickly coming to an end.