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Is police information ripe for abuse?

Original post made on Feb 5, 2021

While private information might fall into the wrong hands when the public and the press listen to radio transmissions, there have been hundreds of instances of police abuses of the system.

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Posted by pearl
a resident of another community
on Feb 5, 2021 at 1:33 pm
pearl is a registered user.

Police radio transmissions need to be encrypted for the protection and safety of police officers, as well as for victims. Bad guys listen to police radio channels all the time!!! There is no reason for the consuming public or the news media to be listening to police radio transmissions.

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