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County panel weighs encrypted police radio feeds and options for public access
Summary
Montgomery County councilmembers and the Advisory Commission on Policing debated MCPD’s encryption of radio dispatches, weighing delayed public feeds against costly redaction while staff agreed to research jurisdictional practices and interoperability.
Montgomery County councilmembers and the Advisory Commission on Policing discussed the county police department’s move to encrypt radio dispatch communications at a Public Safety Committee work session on Dec. 1.
ACP Chair Brian Bellamy said the commission “understand[s] the rationale for encryption” but recommended the council require and fund MCPD to create a delayed feed mechanism that would allow redacted access for the press and public. “We recommend the council…
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