The public and news reporters will no longer be able to listen in.

The NYPD is spending $390 million on a new radio system that will encrypt officers’ communications — reversing a near-century-old practice of allowing the public and the press to listen to police dispatches.

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  • Gray
    9•7 months ago

    In HAM radio, encryption is forbidden, which would be the most equivalent to police radio.

    • @Dubiousx99
      6•7 months ago

      HAM radio is amateur radio, rules and frequencies are established with the goal of promoting amateur use. Emergency service use would be a professional use and are licensed separately. The statement that citizens are not allowed to encrypt traffic should instead say that HAM radio operators are not allowed to encrypt their communications in accordance with their license.