The only agency in San Diego County that said it would not switch to full encryption was the San Diego Police Department, which uses dispatch channels and what are known as inquiry channels.

Watchdog groups, journalists, advocates for open records, and everyday folks who had regularly tuned in to scanner traffic ...

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SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The San Diego Police Department is transitioning to a fully encrypted radio system, making it more difficult for the public and local media to tune into its various live ...

Darwin Fishman, who has served on the city of San Diego’s Community Review Board on Police Practices, criticized the sheriff’s department’s record on transparency and said full encryption of ...

The problems were uncovered in a one-year effort by Armando Flores, a member of the San Diego Commission on Police Practices. His expertise with computer software aided him in his research.   ...

San Diego Police Department ramps up use of streetlamp video cameras, ACLU raises surveillance concerns. ... has a “four-layer security approach that includes data encryption, ...

In August 2016, a salesman with Westbridge Technologies wrote San Diego Assistant Police Chief Al Guaderrama, vowing “not to take more than 10 minutes of your time.” According to an email ...