Police scanner chatter in the city of Minneapolis is no longer available to the public.
The city is the largest in the state to now encrypt it’s police scanners. Minneapolis 911 Director Joni Hodne says the move is necessary to protect sensitive data and personal privacy, but she says all 911 incident information will still be available on a new online dashboard.
“It will update every 30 minutes and it will map out locations of incidents broken down by police, fire, and behavioral crisis response calls,” says Hodne…