A bill ordering the Honolulu Police Department to share information with news outlets has passed through its final hearing at the Honolulu City Council, though some worry community reporting on social media will suffer.
Bill 46 could make HPD’s encrypted radio communications at least partially more accessible.
“The media and public’s timely access to emergency-related information is essential to keeping the community safe from dangerous situations. … In releasing such information, however, the HPD must consider the need to protect certain information due to confidentiality, privacy laws, ongoing police investigations, or security breach threats,” according to the bill…