[Scan-DC] MCPD Radio Encryption Plans

[Kenneth Lorber]

This is extremely disheartening news. I was really hoping that MC would not
follow in the footsteps of jurisdictions like Anne Arundel. There should be
questions asked to the county council and the Chief of Police as to why the
change in posture now. It was probably inevitable, but it is (in my
opinion) completely unacceptable to use "there is a database updated 4
times a day" and MPIA requests. Neither of those are timely. We can cling
to hope that this decision is not final...but I'm sure we all knew deep in
our minds that this day was coming at some point.

Thank you, Alan for sharing the response you got.

-Kenny Lorber

On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM Alan Henney <alan at henney.com> wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Montgomery County, MD
> Date: Wed, Mar 26, 2025, 4:07 PM
> Subject: Re: Fwd: Councilman Requests MCPD Radio Encryption Hearing
> To: <alan at henney.com>
>
>
> Mr. Henney,
>
>   It is my understanding that MCPD plans to encrypt dispatch radio
> communications beginning in June - it will not be in April.  They already
> have certain channels encrypted, which they use for certain situations.
>  MCPD dispatch channels will continue to be recorded and available through
> MPIA Requests.  Additionally, police dispatched incidents
> <
> https://go.sparkpostmail.com/f/a/2o-Cqqq_htviH_mgAbVxeg~~/AAS2yhA~/6YAdFD8zPZ-ECsfWks2aRE8_sDWIU-Nb5ASfKB1Biqq8Wo2FmaG9_cQGTp2avi0W8inSmj4KPHdEei0XToiRhmb_WLYWgHtsqXPmRRp88wQ52QL-_0u0zzaz4BiwQtchs_ZqaG_kEHt068bMnxcLnKe9X9Q6UWUMldrNb_qkugfSrzxbW1pODUx-c9DXpJ4T90Q5eEwStF_00RBs7QsvCA~~
> >
> are
> a dataset on Data Montgomery and are updated four times a day.
>
> There are several departments in Maryland who have encrypted recently --
> Anne Arundel County just encrypted their radios last fall.
>
> I hope this information is helpful.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Lisa Mandel-Trupp
>
> Chief of Staff
>
> Office of Councilmember Marilyn Balcombe
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