San Diego County Sheriff’s Department encrypts radio communications; lack of transparency decried

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San Diego County Sheriff’s Department encrypts radio communications; lack of transparency decried

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San Diego County Sheriff’s Department encrypts radio communications; lack of transparency decried

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department has encrypted its radio communications, blocking the public from listening to information about safety matters in real time.

What this does, it inhibits transparency and accountability,” said Yusef Miller, of the North County Equity and Justice Coalition and the Racial Justice Coalition of San Diego.

“We as the community need to have transparency with law enforcement — where things are happening in our community, where people are being stopped and pulled over,” Miller said at a news conference Friday morning.

A sheriff’s spokesperson has said the department is exploring ways to disseminate information about incidents as they unfold. One idea is an online page that would show information about calls to which deputies respond.

In San Diego County, the only policing agency that said it did not plan to fully encrypt its radio communications was the San Diego Police Department, which uses unencrypted dispatch channels as well as separate, encrypted channels through which personal information can be shared privately.

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Sheriff’s Department encrypts radio communications; critics say the move will reduce transparency - The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department last week encrypted its radio communications, blocking the public from listening to information about public safety matters in real time
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