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 ...

The music industry changed its tune during recent hearings before the House of Representatives, saying copy-controlling encryption of digital AM/FM (HD Radio) broadcasts isn’t likely to be workable.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Some police and fire departments are bucking a trend to conceal dispatch communications from the public, acknowledging that radio encryption has the potential to backfire and ...

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 question of whether police radio transmissions should be encrypted has strong opinions on both sides. My father was Chief on the Prior Lake Fire Department for many years, so I know how important ...

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.

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 ...

Senate Bill 1000, which would’ve required California law enforcement agencies to find alternatives to fully encrypted radio communications, failed to advance to the full state Assembly on Aug. 11, ...