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LAPD officer accused of stealing truck from dealership in Orange facing felony charges
By KJ Hiramoto article
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. - A Los Angeles Police Department officer accused of stealing a truck from a car dealership and then tampering with the department s investigation is facing felony charges.
According to Orange County District DA Todd Spitzer s office, 45-year-old Matthew Calleros pleaded
not guilty Monday to one felony count of unlawful taking of a vehicle, one felony count of forging of a license plate and one felony count of false personation. Calleros is also charged with three misdemeanor counts of unauthorized disclosure of information from the Department of Motor Vehicle records.
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Palo Alto police Officer Marianna Villaescusa and dispatcher Lindsay Moore discuss the day s plans in the dispatch room in 2012. Embarcadero Media file photo.
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While the FBI and California Department of Justice (DOJ) say private information might fall into the wrong hands when the public and the press listen to radio transmissions on scanners, there have been hundreds of instances of police abuses of the system by law enforcement staff themselves, according to the San Francisco-based Electronic Frontier Foundation, an international nonprofit organization advocating for privacy and accountability regarding technology and the law. The foundation has researched abuses of the system by law enforcement employees for the past five years.
It would require additional staffing in the emergency communications center to monitor an additional radio channel, she said.
East Palo Alto police Chief Al Pardini said his department is looking into encrypting its communications in 2023.
Currently, the San Jose, Morgan Hill and Sunnyvale police departments have made the switch to encrypted radio channels, Nelson said. Mountain View plans on making the transition in March. Every law enforcement agency within Santa Clara County will be switched over to encrypted transmissions by the end of this year, she said. Alternatives for access
Menlo Park police expects to redesign its radio system no later than December 2023. Embarcadero Media file photo.