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

BIG RAPIDS — Big Rapids Department of Public Safety Sgt. Chad Kinsey and officer Andrew Hartung addressed the City Commission ...

Harris Corp.'s RF Communications Division is developing the Sierra II, an ASIC that encrypts radio communications for the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) program and other homeland security ...

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 ...

The debate over police radio encryption shows how technology is relevant to First Amendment questions even at the local level. Local governments are starting to encrypt routine police radio ...

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.

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 ...