Gov. Kathy Hochul should sign a bill on her desk that would preserve access to police radio transmissions for media organizations and first responders. For the media, such access is necessary to ...

Insistence on transparency in law enforcement has nothing to do with whether one likes or dislikes police officers. It comes down to trust, and this is essential for a free society and the effective, ...

The Berkeley Police Department moved its radio communications to encrypted channels on Thursday a little over a week after a controversial vote by the Berkeley City Council to allow the change.

Gov. Kathy Hochul should sign bill requiring law enforcement to make encrypted communications available to news media and emergency services agencies.