[Scan-DC] Baltimore PD encryption

[Lee Williams]

The posting of information on social media is and can be an issue. But for a phone app to work someone has to steam the traffic onto the Internet. It’s the Internet streaming that most chiefs and sheriffs cite when they announce they are going to full encryption for officer safety. After 40 years in law enforcement I strenuously disagree with those positions but I also disagree with people streaming scanner radio traffic. 

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> On Mar 26, 2021, at 10:23, Joseph M. Durnal <joseph.durnal at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure they are all that concerned about the scan the police twitter
> account, >5000 followers, I'm one of them.  It is the phone apps that are
> the real issue, criminals have added this no effort solution to their tool
> box and cops know it.  Most of us consider carefully what to post about
> incidents on social media and typically aren't blasting out all of the
> details in real time.  When I post "Stabbing in Frederick - Potomac Commons
> Apartments" I'm not saying, "police have set up a perimeter at street/road
> & avenue/ct.  I basically run through a 3 question decision tree, Is the
> information useful?  Would the information in real time cause any trouble
> for law enforcement?  Are there personal details that shouldn't be shared?
> Sometimes I'll fill in a little detail later, especially if people ask
> questions.  Sometimes I have to follow up, "not a stabbing, just a scratch"
> or something like that.
> 
> J
> 
>> On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 12:44 AM Alan Henney <alan at henney.com> wrote:
>> 
>> This looks like another reason the police are looking to encrypt.
>> 
>> Do we know when the encryption will be completed?
>> 
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>> 
>> Police watchdog would be silenced under Baltimore scanner encryption plan
>> 
>> Amid national and local calls for police reform, critics decry efforts to
>> thwart @scanthepolice’s live-tweeting of scanner transmissions
>> 
>> 
>> https://www.baltimorebrew.com/2020/09/03/police-watchdog-would-be-silenced-under-baltimore-scanner-encryption-plan/
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