Media Censorship!! Jacksonville Recalls All Police Scanners From Media

Jacksonville police have recalled all police scanners from the media(freedom of the press anyone) and of course there is direct DHS involvement!

Report: Jacksonville Recalls All Police Scanners From Media; Restricts Access To Communications; DHS Involvement Possible

A story out of Jacksonville, Florida may be much ado about nothing or it may be the new status quo, and it’s got some citizens in the area concerned as to why the police would want to completely close off access to what the police are doing:

"For the first time ever in Jacksonville police radio traffic will be completely closed off to the public. Six years ago JSO [Jacksonville Sheriff's Office] began operating under encrypted radio frequencies, a result of 9/11.

When that change occurred a way to keep the public in the know was to provide those radios to the media. Last month a policy decision was made to take those back. At the time the only reason citied was a budgetary concern."

Full Article
[link to theintelhub.com]

And then we have the mainstream news report:

Thursday marked a new era in newsrooms all over Jacksonville.

Around 1:00 pm in the afternoon, a JSO officer came and took police radios, which they leased to media outlets all over the city. They will also re-encrypt the radio broadcasts, so that dispatch calls cannot be heard by the media, or anyone else.

Full Article:
[link to www.wokv.com]
[link to www.wokv.com]

What do you think guys? Is this a big deal or normal?