Baltimore City Police Encrypted soon

[maus92]

Interesting, I don't see criminals running around with SDS-100s, I wonder what they are worried about.

Bad publicity and the inability to control the message.

 

[josephdurnal]

Bad publicity and the inability to control the message.

Oh, the sun must have spelled that wrong, it came out as "protect potential victims and witnesses, while also enhancing officer safety"

I'm being sarcastic because the subject annoys me.

 

[maus92]

Oh, the sun must have spelled that wrong, it came out as "protect potential victims and witnesses, while also enhancing officer safety"

I'm being sarcastic because the subject annoys me.

Yea, you don't hear names used over PS radio: bad comsec. That's what MDTs and alphanumeric devices / smartphones are for.

 

[IQ_imbalance]

Well, if we can't listen in I suppose we'll just have to track and report instead....

 

[zerg901]

A Texas cardiologist said his daughter was attacked by ‘BLM’ in Baltimore. Twitter exploded, but video tells a different story. - scannerists get Baltimore PD out of a viral jam

 

[maus92]

I'd like to see the full text of the NDA the police department wants the media to sign. It *might* reveal their true motivation, but I think we already know. It's simple - the public has the right to know the full unfiltered truth. We can only get it by having unfettered access to all the facts.

 

[leonzo]

When the new chief was hired, because he came from New Orleans, LA PD and while there he encrypted New Orleans PD, I wrote an op-ed piece to the Baltimore Sun against encrypting Baltimore PD. They sent me a nice response back that my information wasn't worth printing because it wasn't an issue in Baltimore. Enough said!

 

[maus92]

When the new chief was hired, because he came from New Orleans, LA PD and while there he encrypted New Orleans PD, I wrote an op-ed piece to the Baltimore Sun against encrypting Baltimore PD. They sent me a nice response back that my information wasn't worth printing because it wasn't an issue in Baltimore. Enough said!

Send it in again, with the nice rejection letter attached.

 

[phillydjdan]

Wait, where are they getting all this money from? That's at least $500 PER RADIO. They're shutting down firehouses but spending potentially a million dollars on secrecy??? Way to go, Baltimore 😂

 

[maus92]

Wait, where are they getting all this money from? That's at least $500 PER RADIO. They're shutting down firehouses but spending potentially a million dollars on secrecy??? Way to go, Baltimore 😂

Baltimore City Government Communications System Lease Agreement | Baltimore, Maryland, Virginia, DC

Grant Capital Management offers communications system lease agreement. Serving Baltimore, Maryland, Virginia, DC, Delaware.

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Let's just say that Grant Capital has "close ties" with certain city officials.

Baltimore City was approved as a interoperability user and a talkgroup sharing partner in the statewide radio system yesterday. They have 5,000 TDMA capable radios, which are now a requirement to be accepted on the system.

 

[phillydjdan]

$33 million for 10 years. Definitely someone is in someone's pocket. They could have paid $13 million for thier own system that would last 20 years. But noone will do anything about the city government wasting tax dollars, I'm sure. Glad I don't live there!

 

[maus92]

The original P25 radio system cost $47M when it was installed years ago. Of course, that included radio infrastructure and other components of an ECC. I think the city allocated $5M for new TDMA radios to replace the XTSs in FY20, and plan to use the remainder of the line of credit to improve the radio infrastructure, maybe moving to Phase 2 at some point.

 

[phillydjdan]

Damn, they even got robbed back then lmao

 

[russbrill]

It just hit the Baltimore Sun.

Baltimore Police moving to encrypt scanner transmissions, keeping public from hearing calls

One more reason to move out of that toilet if you live there...

 

[maus92]

Damn, they even got robbed back then lmao

Philly's system cost roughly the same $52M back in the day.

 

[firebal]

This would all be a bigger news story if people realized the implications. Yes, encryption is likely the future for many large cities and communities. However, with a police department that is already on shaky ground with the community, likely not the best idea.

 

[phillydjdan]

Just remember, folks, if you flag down a Baltimore cop, it's not her district lol

 

[maus92]

I submitted some minor updates to the RRDB: the site NAC 390, and a traffic channel 851.1125. The FCC licensing has not changed: still reflects a 20K0F3E bandwidth / emission code - not sure when the ASTRO 25 / enc refresh will occur.

 

[sfb88]

If a new traffic channel is added to a trunked system do appropriate favorites lists site information need to be updated or does the scanner get the new frequency from the control channel as needed?

 

[maus92]

If a new traffic channel is added to a trunked system do appropriate favorites lists site information need to be updated or does the scanner get the new frequency from the control channel as needed?

From the control channel on newer scanners. No need to change programming generally.