OAKLAND, Calif. — The Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP) issued a statement Wednesday condemning the Oakland Police Department’s decision to encrypt all radio communications, cutting off the public from real-time access to dispatch traffic.
The APTP, a Black-led, intergenerational coalition working to end police violence, said the move represents a major step back for transparency. The group said the OPD has justified the decision under the pretense of “officer safety,” but described it instead as an attack on public oversight in a city with a long record of police misconduct.
“We say this is about dodging accountability, plain and simple,” the statement read…