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, ...

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 ...

In 2023, the NYPD began encrypting their radio channels, essentially blocking them from the public and media access. Many ...

After voting by the City Council, Berkeley joined the rest of Alameda County in encrypting police radio communications last ...

After encrypting its communications, the Boulder Police Department owes it to the community to provide local media outlets ...

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