The silence is deafening. And it’s going to get louder. The NYPD began encrypting its radio transmissions on Staten Island in February. That means that members of the media and the public no longer ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. WASHINGTON— A petition to allow ham radio transmission encryption is getting some attention. Don ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 put first responders in ...

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, ...

D.C. firefighters and emergency responders may not have been able to communicate effectively during last week's fatal L'Enfant Plaza smoke incident because of recent changes to a communications ...

The Little Rock Police Department is going dark. With the exception of conversations with other city departments on "open" group radio channels, the department's day-to-day radio calls, ranging from ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The public may no longer be able to listen to Denver police radio communications if the department moves forward with a proposal to encrypt all of its radios ...