(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.
(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’.