I have most of the nearby municipalities programmed in my scanners. TONS of information not normally heard on the dispatch channels, as Rich described above. The surveillance, tactical, undercover, and gang units are encrypted, but the rest of the routine car-car traffic can be, and is always worth listening to!
Thanks.
Any other tips on talkgroups and sites that are accessible from Bolingbrook. I have all the normal isp, pd, fire, ems. Not sure what sites I can hit from Bolingbrook though. Trying to set up a home patrol 2 for a family member.
I mostly use the custom 1-8 list. Not really a big fan on zip code scanning since you get a lot of non sense.
Custom 1 -Bolingbrook conventional pd, FD, Mabas channels.
Custom 2 - will co starcom wescom, Grundy, Mabas
Custom 3- isp starcom D5,D2,D15
Custom 4- dupage co starcom sheriff , police , fire, Ducomm and municipalities
Custom 5- Starcom utilities , IDOT D1
Then on custom 6 I got the site search on
sites for the starcom custom groups (not sure what will pick up or not)
-Dupage co simulcast 001
-Cook co North simulcast 002
-049 (31)Cook North / NWCD - Simulcast
-Will co simulcast 013
-050 (32)Chicago Area