[Scan-DC] New Castle County [Delaware] police to encrypt all radio transmissions

Alan Henney alan at henney.com
Sat Oct 5 22:27:18 EDT 2013


The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware)

October 3, 2013 Thursday

New Castle County police to encrypt all radio transmissions

BYLINE: By, ADAM TAYLOR

SECTION: CRIME & COURTS

LENGTH: 88 words

The News Journal

THE NEWS JOURNAL

All radio transmissions by the New Castle County Police Department will be encrypted by the end of the week, Chief Elmer Setting said today.

He said the move is to thwart smartphone apps that essentially turn the devices into mobile police scanners, allowing criminals to monitor police activities as they happen.

"The apps are not uncommon and allow people to listen to everything people can hear on a traditional scanner," Setting said. "Critical information is being leaked and we have to stop it." 


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