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Bourbon County sheriff says federal encryption mandate requires radio upgrades; consultants to assess costs
Summary
Sheriff Bill Martin told the budget committee the county must upgrade radio equipment to meet federal CJIS encryption requirements, that existing radios are aged and partly incompatible, and that he has solicited consultants to assess infrastructure and costs.
Sheriff Bill Martin addressed the committee to correct what he called incorrect information circulating after an earlier presentation about radio encryption and to outline next steps. Martin said the upgrade to encrypted radio communications is federally driven through CJIS (the Criminal Justice Information Services security requirements) and that the sheriff's office must comply to avoid jeopardizing grants and criminal-information access.
"This is a federal mandated request. This isn't by statute. It's federally mandated that our radios... have to be encrypted," Martin said, describing a multi-year push by federal authorities and the state to require AES-256 or equivalent encryption on public-safety radio…
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