I bet everything including fire and ems will be encrypted
Augusta County
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Sounds good. Reach out to me if you need some help and I’ll send you a couple of favorites lists, if you wish.
I bet not. Could that happen? Sure. But surrounding counties that have rolled out P25 trunking systems have a mixture of clear and encryption for law enforcement and no encryption for Fire/EMS dispatch.
I'm curious why you feel this system will be different.
Because it seems that it doesn’t matter what surrounding countries do. It only matters what the county wants and there are some countries that want everything encrypted I noticed that in the James City County system last summer almost everything is encrypted minus fire and ems but Surry fire and ems went encrypted and Isle of Wight wasn’t from what I can remember now they may have now I’m not sure and no where by there but they neighbor each other.
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That's just it. Each system does what they want. There is no guarantee that Augusta will stay in the clear any more than a guarantee that they will encrypt. We simply don't know until it either happens or they make some sort of an announcement about what actions they will take.
My county (Spotsylvania) has Fire/Rescue in the clear, PD encrypted. Same for Stafford to our north and Fredericksburg sharing their system. Even Mary Washington University PD is locked down. King George County east of me remains unencrypted except the school busses and possibly the Court TG.
The large and active system covering Albemarle/Charlottesville remains almost entirely unencrypted. Some jurisdictions make that decision despite the larger trend toward encryption. So, ultimately we have to wait and see what they do with the SAW system when it comes on line.
My county (Spotsylvania) has Fire/Rescue in the clear, PD encrypted. Same for Stafford to our north and Fredericksburg sharing their system. Even Mary Washington University PD is locked down. King George County east of me remains unencrypted except the school busses and possibly the Court TG.
The large and active system covering Albemarle/Charlottesville remains almost entirely unencrypted. Some jurisdictions make that decision despite the larger trend toward encryption. So, ultimately we have to wait and see what they do with the SAW system when it comes on line.
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