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When everything is encrypted, the public must trust that agencies will release enough information quickly enough. Sometimes they do. Sometimes they do not. Garden Grove HazMat Incident Highlights the Public Safety Problem With Encrypted Radio Systems When a major hazardous materials incident forces evacuations, closes roads, disrupts schools, and brings a large multi-agency response into…
From the Sky-Hi News: The Grand County Communications Center announced that, effective May 22, countywide public safety radio communications, including law enforcement, fire and emergency medical services, will transition to an encrypted radio platform. This change is being implemented to enhance responder safety, protect sensitive information and reduce the risk of public safety radio traffic being misused,…
Goodbye, Scanner. Austin Police, Fire, EMS will Stop Making Messages Available to Public Public safety agencies in Austin — police, fire and EMS — will soon go radio silent to the public after they switch to an encrypted radio system. This means that the current publicly available scanner information, which residents can use to listen…
