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Been awhile since I've been on here.. Anyway, got up about 7 to go do "Coffee with a Cop" for my city, and upon arrival the only officer from my city there was the Chief, its like everyone else had gone, and he was leaving as I arrived, anyway..
There were 3 DART Officers there, 2 Lieutenants and the Deputy Chief, I got to sit with them all and we had some laughs and good conversations, anyway I was curious about their radios, since the first thing I looked at when I walked in was the radio on their belts, from a distance it looked like a Harris radio, and I asked one of the Lieutenants about it and it was said "Oh yeah" and pulled it from his hip and let me hold it "Its one of our newer ones, its a digital radio." and so we talked someone about it, then I asked him if I'd be able to sit in one of their cars (hoping I can see what mobile unit they have and maybe some light action!) and so he of course said sure.
He got the Deputy Chiefs keys since he has a new car that came in recently and his car was messy, so we went outside and he told me to hop in the driver seat, so as soon as we got in I looked dead at the Harris radio they had, it looked beautiful! (But keep in mind I am in no way a fan of Harris, hints the name..) so he turned on the car and all the equipment flicked on, and the radio read "NORTH" and I pointed and asked what other talkgroups they have (so I could compare it to the one listed on RR) and he said "We have North, South, TAC 1 and TAC 2 for special events and she can put us on a citywide talk so we can talk with other departments" and I replied "That's pretty cool" he then asked if I wanted him to demonstrate a radio check, I was like, heck yeah! And he grabbed the mic, and it wouldn't come off! The car was like, brand new, so he finally got the mic off and said "Tell you what, you wanna do it?" I almost died, lol, he said "Just wait until you hear the beep" I was so tempted to say I KNOW lol. and continued to say "and then say - radio check" So I held it firmly in my hand, pushed down the push to talk, and called in his unit number and asked for a radio check, the dispatcher responded and before he could tell me what to say next I keyed it and said "Received." I honestly felt like an Officer, man, I didn't realize how loose this Lieutenant would be. He said he's been on duty for about 40 years. (replaced his unit number with a -)
So back to the actual point of the thread, is the system encrypted? I honestly didn't ask because I've seen 3 on RR that show up as DART PD, so I went home and looked it up, he mentioned they were on the OpenSky System, and I didn't see any talkgroups for it, I thought maybe their encrypted? Anyone know? I don't see any comments on the misc part of the system. Check attachments for the picture of it.
There were 3 DART Officers there, 2 Lieutenants and the Deputy Chief, I got to sit with them all and we had some laughs and good conversations, anyway I was curious about their radios, since the first thing I looked at when I walked in was the radio on their belts, from a distance it looked like a Harris radio, and I asked one of the Lieutenants about it and it was said "Oh yeah" and pulled it from his hip and let me hold it "Its one of our newer ones, its a digital radio." and so we talked someone about it, then I asked him if I'd be able to sit in one of their cars (hoping I can see what mobile unit they have and maybe some light action!) and so he of course said sure.
He got the Deputy Chiefs keys since he has a new car that came in recently and his car was messy, so we went outside and he told me to hop in the driver seat, so as soon as we got in I looked dead at the Harris radio they had, it looked beautiful! (But keep in mind I am in no way a fan of Harris, hints the name..) so he turned on the car and all the equipment flicked on, and the radio read "NORTH" and I pointed and asked what other talkgroups they have (so I could compare it to the one listed on RR) and he said "We have North, South, TAC 1 and TAC 2 for special events and she can put us on a citywide talk so we can talk with other departments" and I replied "That's pretty cool" he then asked if I wanted him to demonstrate a radio check, I was like, heck yeah! And he grabbed the mic, and it wouldn't come off! The car was like, brand new, so he finally got the mic off and said "Tell you what, you wanna do it?" I almost died, lol, he said "Just wait until you hear the beep" I was so tempted to say I KNOW lol. and continued to say "and then say - radio check" So I held it firmly in my hand, pushed down the push to talk, and called in his unit number and asked for a radio check, the dispatcher responded and before he could tell me what to say next I keyed it and said "Received." I honestly felt like an Officer, man, I didn't realize how loose this Lieutenant would be. He said he's been on duty for about 40 years. (replaced his unit number with a -)
So back to the actual point of the thread, is the system encrypted? I honestly didn't ask because I've seen 3 on RR that show up as DART PD, so I went home and looked it up, he mentioned they were on the OpenSky System, and I didn't see any talkgroups for it, I thought maybe their encrypted? Anyone know? I don't see any comments on the misc part of the system. Check attachments for the picture of it.