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.
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A TV reporter broadcasts in front of military vehicles near the U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC., 14 January 2021, Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images Tensions remain high in the U.S. in the build-up to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20, 2021.
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 14 January 2021.
Tensions remain high in the U.S. in the build-up to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20, 2021.
Following the violent takeover of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on January 6, which resulted in the death of five individuals and numerous media workers being threatened and attacked, as documented by CPJ, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has warned that armed protests are being planned at all 50 state capitols, as well as at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C., according to news reports. “A Million Militia March” on Inauguration Day has been advertised on social media by extremist groups
Journalists say that if they are forced to turn over to law enforcement any news information they have gathered, it will erode the trust of sources and the public – and place them in danger.
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DC Circ. Dubious Of FBI FOIA Claims In Fake News Case
Law360 (January 12, 2021, 10:28 PM EST) Two D.C. Circuit judges suggested Tuesday the FBI did not fully explain the purported harm that would be caused by the disclosure of certain documents requested by media organizations concerning agents alleged practice of impersonating journalists.
Government attorney Joseph F. Busa maintained during oral arguments that the agency appropriately invoked a Freedom of Information Act exemption to withhold records sought by media advocacy group Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the Associated Press. Busa insisted the records in dispute contain internal government deliberations about media strategy that is protected by the deliberative process privilege.