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Press tempers flare over Gray’s move to stifle police and fire communications - D.C. Wire - The Washington Post
D.C. Fire returns to Twitter - D.C. Wire - The Washington Post
I did not see these links posted anywhere else so excuse me if they were. I looked but could not find them.
Well first of all for all of the Twitter Fans out there, DC Fire is bringing back their popular Twitter Feed which to be honest I was not aware of but apparently was very popular. The other link discusses the MPD Radio Encryption issue which me and others tried to tell the press about but I guess they did not figure it out until someone fired up the city room scanner last week. The media is not happy about the MPD encryption including the Washington Post yet it may have been more effective if they had reported this story before the encryption was turned on last week. The new line the city is using about encrypting the MPD traffic is for public safety issues since monitoring police traffic could compromise on going investigations. At least that is a little better than finding a couple of punks with scanner apps on their cell phones. Anyhow they are planning to discuss the subject further with the media and perhaps if the Chief dropped off some MPD Motorola portables off at the Post and the local TV stations everyone will be happy although that still keeps us out in the cold with just the citywide channel and I feel lucky that we still have that. Still the question of "openness" has been raised and there is a slim chance that the Chief can be convinced to have a few district dispatch channels unencrypted. Slim indeed but still cheaper than passing out portables.
D.C. Fire returns to Twitter - D.C. Wire - The Washington Post
I did not see these links posted anywhere else so excuse me if they were. I looked but could not find them.
Well first of all for all of the Twitter Fans out there, DC Fire is bringing back their popular Twitter Feed which to be honest I was not aware of but apparently was very popular. The other link discusses the MPD Radio Encryption issue which me and others tried to tell the press about but I guess they did not figure it out until someone fired up the city room scanner last week. The media is not happy about the MPD encryption including the Washington Post yet it may have been more effective if they had reported this story before the encryption was turned on last week. The new line the city is using about encrypting the MPD traffic is for public safety issues since monitoring police traffic could compromise on going investigations. At least that is a little better than finding a couple of punks with scanner apps on their cell phones. Anyhow they are planning to discuss the subject further with the media and perhaps if the Chief dropped off some MPD Motorola portables off at the Post and the local TV stations everyone will be happy although that still keeps us out in the cold with just the citywide channel and I feel lucky that we still have that. Still the question of "openness" has been raised and there is a slim chance that the Chief can be convinced to have a few district dispatch channels unencrypted. Slim indeed but still cheaper than passing out portables.