Va. Beach Police to encrypt radio channels, prevent public from listening

[Va Lefty]

"City police plan to begin encrypting all the radio channels they use, ending the public’s ability to listen in."

"It will go forward if the City Council approves a five-year, $6.2 million plan when they vote May 15 on the budget ."

In city documents, police said encryption is needed because criminals listen to police communications. It would greatly increase officer safety and help protect citizens, they wrote.

"But it also could affect media coverage of public safety and undermine the relationship between the press and the police, said Megan Rhyne, executive director of Virginia Coalition for Open Government. Police have been encrypting scanners for a number of years, reacting to a larger trend."

“Information about police activity in the hands of the public is increasingly seen as a threat to police,” she said. “This seems to be part of that overall direction.”

https://pilotonline.com/news/government/local/article_4dd6223c-4fc1-11e8-97b1-a74471e84d6b.html

[HopeAgain]

1. Of course, more evidence of their misbehavior that can be scuttled

[Fullduplexxx]

2. I remember the po lice bitching about the cost of body cams but hiding what theyre

Doing not a peep

[C_U_L8R]

3. Secret, police. What could go wrong?