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NYPD faces backlash as it prepares to encrypt radio communications | New York | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 10 months ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Isn't personal information taken out of FOIA requests first? I can see why victims wouldn't their names and addresses given freely out. Heck I think suspects should get the same amount of privacy too.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Suspects would already be covered, FOIA requests usually aren’t released before a case is closed, and you ideally don’t close a case half finished.

Yes, some information is redacted from FOIA requests, but it’s normally not stuff that would be broadcast over a radio. For instance, they may blur the faces of bystanders, or mute a section where someone is giving the officer personal info. But again, there would be no reason to broadcast this info over the radio regardless.