Episode 291: ‘The Radios Will Go Dark. You Will Hear Nothing.’
FAQ NYC
English - August 06, 2023 04:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MB - ★★★★★ - 134 ratingsNews Society & Culture new york city Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Journalist Todd Maisel spent 40 years listening to police scanners, letting the scratchy radio sounds guide him to some of the biggest news stories in New York City. He's now sounding the alarm over the NYPD's plan to encrypt these radios -- turning them off for everyone who isn't in the police. "Do we trust he police to tell the truth? I don't," he told FAQ. Silent radios "is bad for the public, it's bad for checks and balances, it is a real problem," he said. Listen to the full interview here.