“This gives them more opportunity to obscure or craft narratives without oversight, so this is a huge step backwards.”
Maira Khwaja, director of Public Strategy at Invisible Institute, shared her doubts of this new system.
Khwaja has listened to the police scanner and has used it to talk to journalists, inform activists, and even to stay aware of local police activity in her neighborhood. Ed Yohnka, director of communications and public policy for the ACLU of Illinois, believes there is no need for the move toward encryption, especially because there has been no public discussion on the matter.
The city of Chicago did not make a representative available and instead provided a prepared statement.
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