Yes, just like Jnn already told the "Citizens" subchannels were reformed because people didn't use them correctly.
The "SA: General discussion" and "VC: General discussion" channels now consist of several subchannels, which can be used for general discussion, no matter if you are in game or not. But you are still required to speak English.
These changes do not affect the use of police radio channels.
If you are not happy with the new channels, you can thank some constant TeamSpeak rulebreakers and complainers (*cough* Religue_Solonik) for that.