The Oakland Police Department's plans to begin encrypting its radio transmissions is drawing public scrutiny due to concerns over transparency in the department. Police radios allow for communication ...

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 ...

New York lawmakers have until Friday to vote on the “Keep Police Radio Public Act” to prevent the NYPD and other police departments from shutting the press out of police radio access amid encryption ...

The NYPD began encrypting police radio transmissions in Staten Island on Thursday, thereby blocking the public and media from listening to radio transmissions. The move to block the public from ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Mayor Eric Adams spent much of 2023 talking about the need to address New Yorkers’ perception of crime, and now he’s in favor of new NYPD policy eliminating public access to ...

The Palo Alto Police Department, which moved abruptly in January 2021 to fully encrypt its radio communications, is preparing to reverse the controversial policy, acting Chief Andrew Binder announced ...