NYPD faces backlash as it prepares to encrypt radio communications
www.theguardian.com
Critics say encryption is an ‘attack on transparency’, and that radio monitoring is one of the few ways to keep track of the police
  • harry_balzacEnglish
    1562·
    10 months ago

    Aside from the transparency issue, did you see how much it’s going to cost?

    Four hundred million dollars! The city is cutting back on pretty much everything else but wants to spend that on police radios.

    Everyone has to tighten their belts while the thin blue line gets fatter and more dangerous.

    • TheFriarEnglish
      390·
      10 months ago

      No matter what it costs, we will shield police from accountability.

      Name a price and go fuck yourself.

    • MangoEnglish
      40·
      10 months ago

      One city’s cops want more than a dollar per US citizen for something I could personally implement for a small group of people?