Ada county encryption.

[MountainMoose]

So I'm curious as to who was in charge of fully encrypting ALL ada county SO/FD/EMS etc? Who's the actual one who made this decision? OK So you encrypt SO or PD but Fire? Freaking ridiculous. Way to ruin a hobby that some loved. Id love to know who to give a piece of my thoughts to.

 

[n3obl]

Well its not a hobby to them and I doubt they will care. Seems easier to just encrypt all public safety vs just police channels. Also by encrypting the channels it also prevents it from being streamed.

 

[MountainMoose]

Transparency out the window.
Phones and apps killed the hobby as well.

 

[MountainMoose]

So i take it no one knows who would be behind the decision to fully encrypt?

 

[MountainMoose]

Is anyone able to confirm yet what was actually encrypted. Was it just Ada County sheriff?

 

[thewenk]

The notices that I read did not say Fire/EMS would be encrypted, just Law Enforcement. I think All of the LE in the Boise area and on the ICAWIN System will be totally encrypted. The news media object most to it as they have to wait for official statements from the LE about incidents. The media does get inputs from citizens.

All of the Law Enforcement on the EICAWIN System in the Eastern part of the state has been fully encrypted for several years.

Since it is easy to implement encryption on the digital systems, we are going to see more and more of it.

 

[MountainMoose]

The notices that I read did not say Fire/EMS would be encrypted, just Law Enforcement. I think All of the LE in the Boise area and on the ICAWIN System will be totally encrypted. The news media object most to it as they have to wait for official statements from the LE about incidents. The media does get inputs from citizens.

All of the Law Enforcement on the EICAWIN System in the Eastern part of the state has been fully encrypted for several years.

Since it is easy to implement encryption on the digital systems, we are going to see more and more of it.

Well, there were several different articles. Most giving info that was off or erroneous as per usual. But yes sone said ONLY LE. Not 100% sure that some fire or other stuff didn't get hit as well.

 

[Frank00213]

Well this sucks I wish all pd dispatch channels could stay in the clear they have encrypted channels already.