Pasadena Police Encrypt, Deny Access To Police Radio

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday February 7, 2012 @05:15PM from the can't-broadcast-where-their-combat-UAVs-are dept.

An anonymous reader writes "There is media (but not public?) outcry over the Pasadena, CA police switch from analog radio that can be picked up by scanners to encrypted digital radio that cannot. 'On Friday, Pasadena police Lt. Phlunte Riddle said the department was unsure whether it could accommodate the media with digital scanners. Riddle said the greatest concern remains officer safety. "People who do bank robberies use scanners, and Radio Shack sells these things cheap," Riddle said. "We just had a robbery today on Hill Avenue and Washington Boulevard," Riddle said. "The last thing I want to do is to have the helicopter or the officers set up on the street and the criminals have a scanner and know where our officers are." Just prior to the switch over, city staffers said they would look into granting access to police radio chatter, most likely by loaning media outlets a scanner capable of picking up the secure signal.'"

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Really tight security in Pasadena. by BlaKnail · 2012-02-07 17:22 · Score: 0, Flamebait

They are even encrypting the officers names!

TFS wrote:
"Lt. Phlunte Riddle"
Re:Big deal by Belial6 · 2012-02-07 17:27 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Yep. Report what the police want you to report, or get locked out.
Re:So? by misexistentialist · 2012-02-08 02:12 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Speed traps are often in locations where the speed limit is set too low in order to generate revenue to pay for speed traps. That type of taxation is not allowed by the Constitution.