Spencer is a reporter and Multi-Media Journalist at FOX 13 News.
SALT LAKE CITY — It's how we in the local news field often get our information. By listening to police, fire and medical calls, we can find what's happening in your community and bring you the news you need to hear.But a new push could take the ability to hear these radios away. Some agencies are saying it's to protect the public, while others disagree.Every day at FOX 13 News, dozens of stories are gathered because of our ability to listen to scanners.
'I have no reason not to trust the Salt Lake City Police Department, but I will say this: If they're going to great lengths to hide some of their real-time dispatch radio channels, there's no law saying they have to encrypt, then why are they encrypting?”A solution could be to encrypt some channels that are meant for tactical operations or sensitive information — which is the way the scanners already work, with many agencies encrypting sensitive channels but leaving general ones...
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