It’s apparently news to Maine’s largest newspaper that police investigators often need secrecy to do their jobs.
The Portland Press Herald with an assist from Cumberland County’s top prosecutor published a takeout reading like a Watergate journalistic exercise.
“Portland police are using an encrypted app with disappearing messages for stakeouts, investigations,” read the newspaper’s breathless headline.
Knock me over with a feather.
Cops using a secret messaging app to keep you safe from harm.
What should they do – publish their stakeouts?
District Attorney Jackie Sartoris, arguably elected to prosecute criminals, joined the newspaper’s concern.
“Cumberland County’s top prosecutor said the use of Signal raises questions about ‘whether something is being hidden,’” the paper reported.
Ya think?
Actually, come to think of it … if the cops at some point reverse their secrecy and publish stakeouts in the morning daily, it would be tantamount to working undercover, judging by the paper’s anemic Facebook numbers alone:
✓ Portland Press Herald followers: 93,000
✓ The Maine Wire followers: 154,000
