2027 Agenda

Radio scanners have become so ubiquitous, the public often learns about an incident before public safety can even react, which can cause operational security problems. On the flip side, if you encrypt, you may not be as interoperable with other agencies' systems, which can cause communications barriers during an incident. While other communications devices have encryption or security, radios have unique considerations, especially when multiple systems or manufacturers are used. In this panel, discuss encryption across talk groups and the pros and cons of radios comms being private again.