Dartmouth Police announced they've fully encrypted their radio communications ... traditional public police scanner broadcasts can expose sensitive information such as Social Security numbers ...

These include using their cellphones for that purpose or using multiple broadcasts ... Former Palo Alto Police Chief Bob Jonsen, who opted to encrypt the city’s radio communications, has since ...

Under this requirement, police agencies must protect personally identifiable information from state and federal databases from being broadcast on an open radio frequency. This includes such ...