Lori Lightfoot ripped by Chicago media for ignoring concerns about police scanner suppression
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot and her administration have told local media organizations that they were only be offered access to police transmissions on a delay.
Traditional police scanner transmissions have always been accessible to the public, as well as media personnel, but the new encryption method is only accessible to the police and those offered a decryption key. Mayor Lori Lightfoot introduces Jazmine Sullivan during 2022 Lollapalooza day one at Grant Park on July 28, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois (Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) Chicago's Police Department has already switched to the new encryption method for police transmissions. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Chicago police spoke to reporters about a shooting that left three dead and one wounded outside a bar in the 5500 block of West School Street earlier this month. (FOX32 Chicago WFLD) Nikolas Lanum is an associate editor for Fox News Digital.
"Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration has refused to meet with members of the Chicago media who have voiced concern this will impact journalists’ ability to cover events as they unfold and warn the public about ongoing threats to safety," Chicago outlet WGN9 reported.