(Hours 1c,2a) Rich spoke about the Manchester Police Department’s decision to encrypt their scanners. He displayed his concern over a lack of transparency from the department and took a call from Mike in Manchester, who wanted to give his opinion of the situation.
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(Hour 2a) Rich conveyed a message from Neil in Manchester regarding the encryption issue being the difference between a police department that works for the people and a secret police department that works for the government. He then expressed the importance of communicating with the public, before sharing his opinion of the term ‘first-responders’.
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