Partial Encryption?

[JethrowJohnson]

Any idea why a department would program some radios to be encrypted full time and others in the clear full time? The Monroe County Sheriff's Office does that, and the Wood County Sheriff's Office on WCSO MAIN, but not WCSO SOUTH which are simulcast with each other, and ODNR's CALL-SE channel is set that way too. I guess it might be just for a little more security, but what if the one with the sensitive info happens to have one that's set in the clear? Just wondering if anyone here had any ideas why. Thank you.

 

[n3obl]

Who knows.. They do. However i suspect programming error. If you find eventually that they fully encrypted then you can thank your local programmer for monitoring the forums. Sometimes things are best left unanswered.

 

[nd5y]

It might not be programming. It could be that the user's radio have selectable encryption and they aren't all set the same because the users don't mess with the O / Ø setting.

 

[AB5ID]

A couple of months ago in Kansas City, several agencies switched to encryption, but the dispatch consoles remain unencrypted for the time being. It is highly likely that the dispatchers will also switch to encryption soon.

 

[iMONITOR]

An instance where PD might not use encryption is when they might need to communication with other services, DPW, County Road Commission, EMS, Animal Control, etc.

 

[rescue161]

That is why we strap every tallgroup to encrypted. User can't change it. For interop without encryption, those talkgroups are set to clear.

 

[MississippiPI]

Flowood PD (MS) has done this