Wichita Falls Police?
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soncorn
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That is a tough one. They use a digital modulation called "Provoice" for most of their communications on their EDACS trunked radio system. There is no scanner sold that can directly monitor it.
You will need a scanner with a "Discriminator output". That will then have to be fed to a computer running DSD.
Your other option is much more expensive and can be read about here:
Digital Voice Conversion Method - The RadioReference Wiki
Either way is going to take quite a bit of work on your part.
Many of the PD talk groups are also encrypted not just ProVoice. You could get a ProVoice radio such as a Jaguar or LPE-200, but that won't help the encrypted talk groups.
Wichita Falls Trunking System, Wichita Falls, Texas - Scanner Frequencies
Wichita Falls Trunking System, Wichita Falls, Texas - Scanner Frequencies
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And if you do this, you still have to fanaggle around the problem of a System Administrator key ....
The other suggestion might get you a little close to the cops than you want to be, Which is to PROTEST their use of Encryption and hiding from the public.
In my opinion, the suspicious nature of law enforcement toward the community is so pervasive that it clouds their ability to differentiate crooks from good citizens. In essence, everyone is a suspect to some cops. In my opinion, they are creating unnecessary fractures in their support system, the community at large. Furthermore, some law enforcement agencies may need to hide their practices. I have monitored many incidents when a police officer will attempt to find a violation to pull someone over. In Houston, I heard DEA discussing shooting an electronic sled beneath a target vehicle years ago. This device reportedly disabled the electronics and it allowed a marked unit an invitation into that person's private space. Also, the identity of the agent was protected. This still happens. DPS made a stop near McGregor off of 317. They employed this same tactic for someone they wanted to stop. I think this is circumventing the law. But, some police will justify bending the rules for someone they suspect is up to no good. Oddly enough, a great many of those I assessed within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice wanted to be police officers themselves. Hence, the antisocial personality is sometimes attracted to the profession. I know that there are officers who meet the diagnostic criteria of having a criminal personality.
JoeyC
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Bingo, your post may as well be an advertisement for encryption. You criticize the practice, yet do not hesistate to post what you heard. Congratulations!
Oh, I elicited a frown Icon. Oh, I am so very sorry. If I were to apply this type of logic, I could argue that the many of the topics being discussed within these forums would find disfavor with many in the law enforcement community. Should we get together and establish some type of secret language so that we might discuss the untoward behavior of corrupt cops? I might direct you attention to Barry Cooper and the NeverGetBusted.com site. Do you think that law enforcement scrutinizes the contents of these forums and then takes the intell to their bosses to drum up support for increased encryption? Gosh, I wonder if this is a paranoid mind set?
Furthermore, if I made a mistake by making this post, why did you quote me? In the future, it would be more appropriate to send me a private message. That would be more polite wouldn't it? I would glad go back and edit it, but it does not give me that option. Perhaps, you could instruct me how to do this.
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