
Public Access to Brooklyn Police Radios Restricted
Brooklyn precinct radios are off-limits to the public, affecting transparency and raising concerns about the lack of access to police communications and updates.

There really is no need to encrypt Chicago Fire, I find it difficult to monitor it via Broadcastify. I have a little better luck via the OpenMhz site.![]()
Public Access to Brooklyn Police Radios Restricted
Brooklyn precinct radios are off-limits to the public, affecting transparency and raising concerns about the lack of access to police communications and updates.www.amny.com
I wonder how Broadcastify is going to handle it.Pushback already starting about the NYPD radio encryption.....more than one group is speaking out against it...some of them are the woke people as well as those in favor of more PD "transparency" (they are claiming encryption is a "tool" to prevent them from knowing what's happening behind the scenes) .... also the "politically correct" groups & also the "violence interrupters" who get their info from monitoring...of all the different groups objecting to encryption I think the news media will have the most clout speaking out against encryption as they stand to loose money not getting a timely scoop.
I beleive that encryption is mostly pushed by the radio manufacturers like Motorola to increase their profits. After all, once a radio system is sold and installed, how else can they make money except through service and enhancements like encryption ? Also when digital radios first came out for the fire service weren't there issues about hearing transmissions from inside high rise buildings ? I wonder if encryption may create the same types of problems.Pushback already starting about the NYPD radio encryption.....more than one group is speaking out against it...some of them are the woke people as well as those in favor of more PD "transparency" (they are claiming encryption is a "tool" to prevent them from knowing what's happening behind the scenes) .... also the "politically correct" groups & also the "violence interrupters" who get their info from monitoring...of all the different groups objecting to encryption I think the news media will have the most clout speaking out against encryption as they stand to loose money not getting a timely scoop.
I have friends on the job in both Boston and Chicago so I rely on Broadcastify for me to see what is going on with those departments. And FDNY is, well FDNY so I like to see how they respond to and handle all kinds of interesting incidents. And to be perfectly honest the media where I live, both print and broadcast leave a lot to be desired so I monitor locally so keep abreast of what is going on. Besides I monitor those two departments to keep you abreast of happenings.Another point is some of us are nowhere near the transmissions we're listening to. I listen to the 5 boroughs on my FDNY radio. I live in NJ by the time I got to the closest incident which would be in SI I'm at least a half hour out. Same with NYPD. The locals here are either encrypted or have very little going on.
I believe they all have a 3 minute delay. I know FDNY, Boston & Many Connecticut Cities & towns doLACoFD put all their channels on Broadcastify with a delay. FDNY should do the same. At least the Borough channels and Citywide
Boston FAO time stamp matches up with my PC time and the time depicted on OpenMhz.I believe they all have a 3 minute delay. I know FDNY, Boston & Many Connecticut Cities & towns do
No problem pretty soon it seems like we will all wish for a delay.GG was going off the 5-0 Radio App not the OpenMhz. Sorry
Where can these radios be purchased