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New police policy prevents public from listening to scanner transmissions

By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — The Marathon County Sheriff’s Department is now encrypting all police radio transmissions, preventing the public and the media from monitoring law enforcement activity. The practice of encryption has become increasingly common from Florida to New York and west to California, with law enforcement officials saying they want to keep criminals […]

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