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Charleston County law enforcement agencies completed a switch to fully encrypted radio communications this week, effectively blocking the public from hearing transmissions and prompting transparency concerns.
For the past 18 months, agencies including the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office and the Charleston, North Charleston, Mount Pleasant, Isle of Palms and Sullivan’s Island police departments have been transitioning their communications to encrypted radio channels.
Previously, anyone with a commercially available scanner could listen to officers’ and deputies’ communications as they responded to dispatch calls…
