Are Willamett Valley SO/PD encrypted?

[safetypro79]

Are Marion /Polk County SO’s encrypted?

What about Keizer PD?

I know Salem is and does, I believe have one unencrypted channel on a 30 second delay.

Thanks

John

 

[TBT0689]

Salem PD is the only one in that list currently running encryption. Polk and Marion will probably end up encrypting in the next couple years but are not there yet.

 

[safetypro79]

Thanks, I thought so. I’m guessing Lynn and Benton are the same along with Albany PD.

I was thinking of adding these to my SDS-100 just to expand my listening variety as I typically listen to Fire only.

 

[far342]

Thanks, I thought so. I’m guessing Lynn and Benton are the same along with Albany PD.

Linn County SO, Albany PD and Benton County Law are all unencrypted and on the SW7 System. LCSO and BCL are even patched onto analog frequencies but I'm not really sure how far out you can hear those. Benton County Law contains all of Benton County Sheriff's, Corvallis Police and Philomath Police on the same channel. You can tell the difference between the units by their callsigns. 400 units are Benton County Sheriff, 800 are Corvallis Police and 1100 are Philomath Police.

The Linn County Wiki Page and Benton County Wiki Page contain some useful info about how they all operate so if you're ever confused when listening to them those would be good pages to visit.

 

[safetypro79]

Thanks so much , I’m able to hear most of those FD’s on VHF so I might be able to hear the LE frequencies also. But typically only would be listening to MCSO and PCSO maybe Yamhill CSO as I hear their FD well on my SDS-100 outside on our third floor deck in NW Salem.