Update: On June 21, 2021, Colorado’s state legislature passed a bill requiring police agencies that fully encrypt radio communications to enact media access policies in consultation with the media.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently proposed standardizing the block and key size used in the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) to 256 bits. According to NIST, ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Public safety agencies in Austin are expected to switch to a new radio audio encryption system beginning April 22, according to the City of Austin. The Austin Police Department will ...

The debate over police radio encryption shows how technology is relevant to First Amendment questions even at the local level. Local governments are starting to encrypt routine police radio ...

Count volunteer first responders among the latest New Yorkers to be shut out of the NYPD radio system due to encryption efforts across the city. Union leaders and volunteer associations say losing ...

Senate Bill 1000, which would’ve required California law enforcement agencies to find alternatives to fully encrypted radio communications, failed to advance to the full state Assembly on Aug. 11, ...

The question of whether police radio transmissions should be encrypted has strong opinions on both sides. My father was Chief on the Prior Lake Fire Department for many years, so I know how important ...