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Mayor stands behind NYPD’s rollout of radio encryption that shuts out press, balks at council criticism

By Ethan Stark-Miller Posted on July 31, 2023
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Mayor Eric Adams on Monday stood behind the New York Police Department’s decision to begin encrypting its radio frequencies without first developing a plan to include the press and public.

Many reporters and photographers use scanners to pick up NYPD frequencies for reporting breaking crime stories without having to solely rely on information from the cops. With the implementation of encryption, the department is only making its radio waves available to those it grants access to: so far, just the cops in the jurisdictions where it is already being used.

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Mayor stands behind NYPD’s rollout of radio encryption that shuts out press, balks at council criticism

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