The Oakland Police Department’s plans to begin encrypting its radio transmissions is drawing public scrutiny due to concerns over transparency in the ...
For decades, the Oakland Police Department’s radio communications were open for anyone to listen to. All that was required was a piece of off-the-shelf radio equipment, a scanner. And for years, ...
The Salem Police Department has added digital encryption to its radio system to improve security of police officers and limit unauthorized access to personal, identifiable information.
Listening to Boston police radio transmissions over old-school scanner equipment will soon yield nothing but dead air. The Boston Police Department said Wednesday that it will convert its analog radio ...