Listening to the scanner today and heard several units reporting to the Essex County Detachment for radio encryption. Could this be something before the radio swap?
Yes OPS05. I don't have a lot to add, just various units from around the county calling dispatch and saying they have arrived at the county detachment for radio encryption. Those exact words. Maybe it was nothing but after the 3rd or 4th one I started to wonder if anybody else had heard anything.
Definitely odd.... general patrol guys don't (currently) have encryption in their radios, however they are capable. Many radios have been upgraded lately too....