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Trinidad Police Department (TPD) announced last week that it plans to encrypt its radio communications between officers and dispatchers starting this week — creating concern for adequate oversight of the department.
“The decision to move forward with encryption was based primarily on public safety concerns,” TPD said in a release.
Representatives of TPD said that there were not any specific incidents leading up to this decision that prompted the change — but it is in line with many municipalities nationwide including Denver, Colorado, Baltimore, Maryland. and Sioux City, Iowa, who have encrypted both S.W.A.T. and routine communications, according to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press…
