Kathy Hochul's Dec. 19 veto of a bill that would have granted journalists across the state real-time access to encrypted police radio transmissions will have negative consequences for not only the ...

BERKELEY, Calif. - The Berkeley City Council voted 8-1 last week to restrict public access to the police department's real-time dispatch radio traffic. The move to encrypt radio communications was ...

The San Diego Police Department is among the latest law enforcement agencies in California to transition to encrypted police radio communications, thus preventing media outlets from listening to ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis will cease public broadcasts of its police radio communications starting in May and shift to online dashboards for the public to track emergency incident responses. In a news ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - If you own a police scanner, starting Friday, the Greenville Police Department will transition to a fully encrypted radio system, meaning you won’t be able to hear officer ...

FILE - The New York state Assembly Chamber is seen during a legislative session after Gov. Kathy Hochul presented her 2025 executive state budget at the state Capitol Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Albany ...

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 ...

A San Diego Police Department patch on an officer’s uniform. (Photo courtesy of SDPD) The San Diego Police Department will transition to fully encrypted radio channels next week, limiting public ...

Late last month, the citizens of Boulder lost a crucial tool of transparency when the Boulder Police Department began encrypting its communications. While most people are probably most familiar with ...

The Berkeley Police Department is seeking to encrypt all its radio communications, per a formal request from the department to the Berkeley City Council that will be discussed at its upcoming meeting ...

Law enforcement agencies across Brazos County have encrypted their radio communications, cutting off public access to police ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state lawmakers have passed a bill to preserve media access to police radio feeds as law enforcement agencies increasingly encrypt their communications. The proposal, ...