[Scan-DC] Western Maryland police agencies moving to encrypted radios

[Andrew Feinberg]

We need to fight this. I'm not sure how, but we can't take this lying down -- with the NSA spying going on in the dark we can't let our local police go dark as well. 





On Aug 25, 2013, at 11:30 AM, Matt Stevens <fivealarmphotography at gmail.com> wrote:

> Western Maryland police agencies moving to encrypted radios
> 
> By DON AINESdona at herald-mail.com
> 10:03 p.m. EDT, August 21, 2013
> 
> 
> The Hagerstown Police Department announced Wednesday that it is going to a
> fully encrypted radio system — a move prompted, in part, by downloadable
> applications that make police calls available on cellphones, Police Chief
> Mark Holtzman said.
> 
> The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is using encrypted channels for its
> communications, while its primary communications channel is expected to be
> reprogrammed for encryption by about Sept. 1, Deputy 1st Class Carly Hose
> said.
> 
> State police communications might become fully encrypted once a statewide
> 700-megahertz digital system is adopted in 2015-16, Summers said.
> 
> More at:
> http://www.herald-mail.com/news/local/hm-western-maryland-police-agencies-moving-to-encrypted-radios-20130821,0,2068584.story
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