State lawmakers are looking to thwart the NYPD’s plans to encrypt all their police radios and keep the press and public in tune with police communications.
Queens state Senator Michael Gianaris introduced legislation that would compel all police departments in the Empire State, including the NYPD, to provide “real-time” unencrypted police radio communications to credentialed members of the media. While press members would get a real-time feed, the general public would have access to a 10-minute delayed broadcast of police communications.
