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# TBS Today, Oct. 16
- URL: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/10/16/newsletters/tbs-today-oct-16-2025/
- Published: 2025-10-16T22:55:36.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-16T22:55:36.000Z
- Description: Berkeley police plan to encrypt all radio traffic.
- Author: Editor's desk
- Tags: Newsletters, #newsletters

Berkeley police will ask the City Council later this month to rescind a longstanding directive and precedent that kept most of its radio traffic public.

BPD previously promised to keep its channels open in favor of First Amendment concerns and public transparency.

The plan has changed.

[Berkeley police now seek to encrypt all radio trafficIn a new agenda item, posted Thursday, Berkeley police cite two main arguments for encryption: officer safety and state requirements.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1-1241.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/IMG_8532.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/10/16/community/berkeley-police-radio-encryption/)

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