Boulder’s police radios will no longer be available for curious minds and ears starting no later than Tuesday.
The Berkeley City Council voted 8-1 this week to restrict public access to the police department's real-time dispatch radio traffic.
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Op-Ed: Berkeley can still lead the way on police radio traffic

Berkeley has a proven track record as a champion for transparency. Will this City Council vote for government secrecy instead?
Opponents of full encryption shared concerns that the public will lose an important tool for monitoring police activity and ...
Berkeley police said they came up with the idea in response to "concerns" that had been raised about public access.
The Berkeley Police Department is seeking to encrypt all its radio communications, per a formal request from the department ...
In recent days, local residents and advocates have begun to speak out about a push by Berkeley police to make all their radio ...
The Berkeley City Council approved a proposal to encrypt the Berkeley Police Department’s radio communications after the item ...
The authority has been working for years to pull public access to officers’ communications, despite deep concerns by police accountability organizations and First Amendment advocates.
Chicago – including some in Lake and McHenry counties – quietly encrypted their radio communications from the public, a rare ...
The Boston Police Department’s decision to digitally encrypt its radio transmissions might not seem like something worth our attention in the Berkshires. Nonetheless, when the head of the New England ...
OAKLAND — The Oakland Police Department’s plan to shield its officers’ conversations from the public hit an unexpected snag this week. The agency on Thursday said “unexpected technical issues” delayed ...