police radio encryption

Are Arlington Heights Police and Fire Chiefs, Other Nearby Chiefs Hiding a Secret Move to Encrypt Fire Radio Communications?

Fri Nov 8, 2024 07:08 pm Cardinal News

While some officials in cities and villages provide official fire communication feeds online in real time for the safety and awareness of their citizens, and out of respect for the citizens they serve, CARDINAL NEWS […]

FOX 32 Chicago: The Dangers of Encrypting Chicago Police Radio Transmissions

Mon Dec 12, 2022 11:59 pm Cardinal News

FOX 32 Chicago newsrooms monitor emergency scanner traffic to report everything from traffic congestion to developing threats to public safety, but FOX 32 Chicago and other news agencies believe that blocking monitoring will put citizens […]

Could Quantum Computers Overcome the Encryption Keys that Police Use to Prevent Eavesdropping on Police Communications?

Mon Nov 6, 2017 11:22 am Cardinal News

Motorola, the main supplier of encrypted radios for police departments has reported for years that it is impossible to break their 256-bit key Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) feature. Their claim is that encryption keys are […]

Wheeling Police Switch to New Encrypted Starcom21 Radio System for Police Radio Communications

Tue May 30, 2017 11:56 pm Cardinal News

Wheeling Police Department switched to an encrypted talkgroup on the Starcom21 radio system at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Previously Wheeling Police Department operated on a conventional system 800 MHz radio frequency with mobile […]

Some Police Departments Reversing Secret Radio Encryption Decision

Mon Oct 17, 2016 05:35 pm Cardinal News

Several news sources picked up a report from Associated Press on October 11, 2016 about police departments that are reversing their decision to encrypt police radio communications because some police and fire departments are bucking […]

Crime Alert: If You See Something — And Can Remember — Say Something

Mon May 2, 2016 01:56 pm Cardinal News

Ben Franklin Bank robbery suspect at bank robbery on Kensington Road just north of Mariano’s Fresh Market on Thursday April 28, 2016. “If You See Something, Say Something™” … It’s a trademark of the United […]

CARMA: In God We Trust, All Others We Monitor

Sun Mar 20, 2016 10:15 pm Cardinal News

Several months ago, two journalism students from Northwestern University came to a CARMA meeting at Stevens Restaurant in Woodridge, and interviewed several participants at the meeting. CARMA (Chicago Area Radio Monitoring Association) is the largest […]

Why No AMBER Alert for Missing Arlington Heights Girl Sydney Alaya?

Fri Oct 3, 2014 05:58 am Cardinal News

UPDATE: Missing 11-year-old found safe along Northwest Highway by alert citizen (See The Cardinal Missing 11-Year-Old Juvenile Found, Paramedics Checking Her Condition at Arlington Heights Police Headquarters, Arlington Heights). + + + + + The […]

5 Day Old News? Ask Them Why? Why Days and Weeks and Not Minutes and Hours?

Thu Jun 26, 2014 09:50 am Cardinal News

Residential burglaries and loss of valued property can range from a minor annoyance to a major loss. People have lost cameras with irreplaceable photos, laptops, big screen television, jewelry and other personal items. You might […]

Ten Remarkable Talking Points on the 9-1-1 Calls Related to the Shooting of an Arlington Heights Police Officer

Fri Dec 20, 2013 03:29 pm Cardinal News

9-1-1 telephone audio of hostage incident when an Arlington Heights police officer was shot and critically injured and a female victim as held hostage by ex-boyfriend Eric Anderson. The shooting of an Arlington Heights police […]

Houston Police Find Nearly $1M in Encrypted Police Radios at Home of Former Cy-Fair, Texas Volunteer EMT

Thu Oct 31, 2013 09:58 am Cardinal News

A former CyFair (Texas) volunteer EMT is in custody, but not charged, after police raided his home near Bain Street and Front Street in Brookshire, Texas and found nearly one million dollars worth of encrypted […]

Encrypted Police Radios Put Mount Prospect to the Public Information Test, and the Village Failed

Thu Sep 26, 2013 07:39 am Cardinal News

EDITORIAL: The information and opinions that follow are NOT intended to criticize any individual police officer or public information officer that responded to incidents in Mount Prospect yesterday, but the information is intended to take […]

Testing Chief Cathy Lanier, Washington DC MPD, Proponent of Police Radio Encryption

Tue Sep 17, 2013 09:02 am Cardinal News

EDITORIAL: Washington Navy Yard and MPD Encrypted Radio Situation Helps Illustrate the Challenge of Public Safety Communications and the Public’s Safety On the surface D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier presents a reasonable-sounding argument to support […]

Twelve Homes Burglarized in 12 Days in Naperville; No Help from Secret Police Radio Dispatches in this City

Thu Sep 12, 2013 07:05 am Cardinal News

Naperville police have received reports of 12 residential burglaries in 12 days — a much higher rate than the usual five residential burglaries per month. According to an ABC 7 News report, Naperville police believe […]

Naperville Citizens: “Shots Fired” Information Near Fairoak Rd and River Oak Dr; You Got It a Day Late

Thu Mar 7, 2013 04:55 am Cardinal News

Naperville Police Officers responded about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, 2013 to the area of Fairoak Road and River Oak Drive for the report of shots fired in the air from a white late model […]

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