San Bernardino County Sheriffs Turn Off Encryption

951ryan · Apr 2, 2018

For those that didn't know SBSO recently went fully encrypted for all county agencies (excluding cities such as Ontario, Montclair...etc) however they recently shut off their encryption and now you are able to listen to everything.

San Bernardino PD is still fully encrypted however they are scheduled to shut off encryption in the next 4-6 weeks.

redneckcellphone · Apr 2, 2018

Any reason as to why and if they will turn it back on at some point?

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brandon · Apr 2, 2018

Very interesting. I'd love to know the reason behind it. Now if we can just get Riverside County to do the same

avdrummerboy · Apr 2, 2018

My guess would be either a lot of backlash from one of the most listened to counties in the US, or the more likely reason some sort of comm issues with the system. Digital roll outs are usually riddled with issues for years before the get ironed out. Hopefully it stays off though. Also, been listening all day on the old system 1 in the high desert and they don't have it patched so that may mean that there aren't any issues with the system and they actually did something nice for the hobby for a change!

Markb · Apr 2, 2018

Dude, you were a day late for April fool's.....

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djgrooven · Apr 2, 2018

951ryan said:
For those that didn't know SBSO recently went fully encrypted for all county agencies (excluding cities such as Ontario, Montclair...etc) however they recently shut off their encryption and now you are able to listen to everything.

San Bernardino PD is still fully encrypted however they are scheduled to shut off encryption in the next 4-6 weeks.

So is this for reals? If it is for real it gives me hope to hear BRPD again.

allend · Apr 2, 2018

951ryan said:
For those that didn't know SBSO recently went fully encrypted for all county agencies (excluding cities such as Ontario, Montclair...etc) however they recently shut off their encryption and now you are able to listen to everything.

San Bernardino PD is still fully encrypted however they are scheduled to shut off encryption in the next 4-6 weeks.

The 700 mhz Mountain Simulcast is ENCRYPTED. Not sure why people waste time and post non-sense. This posting is even by audio feed individual too. Not sure what was behind all of this crap

brandon · Apr 2, 2018

Yep I just checked 100% encrypted the past hour since I put on Pro96Com.

allend · Apr 2, 2018

brandon said:
Yep I just checked 100% encrypted the past hour since I put on Pro96Com.

Maybe as a DB admin you can just delete this whole thread. Crazy that somebody would call everybodies bluff. Very un-called for especially how sensitive this topic is around our town these days.

Thanks

dgower · Apr 2, 2018

I would agree, at least delete the whole thread, and also delete user 951Ryan. RadioReference has built up quite a lot of credibility in both the monitoring enthusiast and public safety communications communities and something really juvenile and stupid like this will erode that credibility away a lot faster than it was built. Just my .02 cents.

Aaron_B · Apr 2, 2018

dgower said:
I would agree, at least delete the whole thread, and also delete user 951Ryan. RadioReference has built up quite a lot of credibility in both the monitoring enthusiast and public safety communications communities and something really juvenile and stupid like this will erode that credibility away a lot faster than it was built. Just my .02 cents.

Ditto, I understand that this was an "April fools" joke (a late one at that) from the OP, however, topics like this shouldn't be joked about IMO and just end up wasting everyone's time.

PaulNDaOC · Apr 3, 2018

avdrummerboy said:
My guess would be either a lot of backlash from one of the most listened to counties in the US, or the more likely reason some sort of comm issues with the system. Digital roll outs are usually riddled with issues for years before the get ironed out. Hopefully it stays off though. Also, been listening all day on the old system 1 in the high desert and they don't have it patched so that may mean that there aren't any issues with the system and they actually did something nice for the hobby for a change!

Unless the media is making a stink about it and the Board of Supervisors votes to do so, public safety would never do this for the benefit of the public in the name of transparency after investing in all those encryption keys.

I'm going to hedge my bet on a system issue or there was a problem with a good number or batch of new radios, and they are waiting for more to be placed into service.

dgower · Apr 3, 2018

Hi Paul,

It apparently was an April Fools "joke" on behalf of user 951Ryan.

avdrummerboy · Apr 3, 2018

It was posted on April 2nd, which is why I thought there was something to it. Oh well! As to investing in encryption keys, you really only need radios which do AES256, which is pretty much standard these days and a KVL4000 and Key Management Facility to create and load keys. You can then make and erase as many as your heart desires.

KevinC · Apr 3, 2018

I think we're done here.

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