The Berkeley Police Department moved its radio communications to encrypted channels on Thursday a little over a week after a controversial vote by the Berkeley City Council to allow the change.
The removal of public access to police broadcasts was made to comply with a change in state law and a directive from the California Department of Justice to protect personal identifying information of victims.
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