EBRCS Update

[PacScan]

A source for this?

Talked to them today. Feel free to contact their PIO team to confirm. They don't seem to realize that the last purchase of Motorola radios the city had that un-encryption policy pushed in with the approval process in council.
The EBRCSA claim is BS since the EBRCSA policy even says it's up to the agency.

 

[PacScan]

University of California PD (UCPD) now fully encrypted. They switched zones and went dark fully at 4:26am. Oakland PD also coming in encrypted as of ~3am.

No word from Berkeley PD higher-ups yet as I work to confirm what I was told yesterday. Here’s hoping they were mistaken. So far they were still coming in unencrypted as 5am today.

 

[officer_415]

Looks like OPD went encrypted around 4:45am. Everyone else is still in the clear for now.

EDIT: UC Berkeley PD switched at 3:46am, and ACSO Service 1/2 went encrypted around 4:52am.

 

[officer_415]

OPD is back to unencrypted operations as of 10:23am

 

[PacScan]

OPD is back to unencrypted operations as of 10:23am

UC Berkeley PD also back to unencrypted, ran into issues.

 

[officer_415]

ACSO Service 1/2 are back in the clear as well.

So much for the switch lol

 

[mcjones2013]

Are they using the same talkgroups just in encrypted mode? If they're able to switch back, seems they're using selective encryption versus strapped?

 

[jj358mhz]

I just shutdown my UC Berkeley Police dispatch feed to Broadcastify.

 

[officer_415]

Are they using the same talkgroups just in encrypted mode? If they're able to switch back, seems they're using selective encryption versus strapped?

Yes, but it sounds like they have the unencrypted TGs in one zone, and the encrypted TGs in another zone. A little different than user-selectable encryption. Once the cutover is complete (successfully), I assume the unencrypted TGs will be eliminated via a codeplug update.

I just shutdown my UC Berkeley Police dispatch feed to Broadcastify.

FWIW, they're currently not encrypted.

 

[Oakland_Tower]

Berkeley is back! New info from their PIO:
The county wide encryption of primary radio channels is moving forward, however BPD will be maintaining its current encryption settings at this time. This means that members of the media and public will have the ability to monitor specific radio channels as they do now.

 

[PacScan]

Berkeley is back! New info from their PIO:
The county wide encryption of primary radio channels is moving forward, however BPD will be maintaining its current encryption settings at this time. This means that members of the media and public will have the ability to monitor specific radio channels as they do now.

Fantastic! Glad to see that those who reached out had success the other night.

 

[qc]

Fantastic! Glad to see that those who reached out had success the other night.

Looks like they are having some technical issues Snafu keeps Oakland police radio traffic public as East Bay-wide shutdowns loom

 

[phirephoto]

So who wants to start a pool on guessing what date they'll actually switch ?

 

[daniel18522]

Martinez PD dispatch is fully encrypted now. Seeing RIDs from dispatch console and mobiles all E.

 

[Oakland_Tower]

Martinez PD dispatch is fully encrypted now. Seeing RIDs from dispatch console and mobiles all E.

Still "in the clear" here in the East Bay, from Oakland to Fremont.

 

[Radiobern]

According to this article, EBRCSA would be testing encryption in Martinez to figure out what went wrong.

East Bay Times: Technical Glitch

 

[daniel18522]

Pleasant Hill coming in Encrypted now too.

 

[officer_415]

Pleasant Hill coming in Encrypted now too.

For the database, have you seen encrypted traffic on their secondary talkgroup(s) or just their primary?

 

[daniel18522]

For the database, have you seen encrypted traffic on their secondary talkgroup(s) or just their primary?

I've rarely seen P Hill use TG's besides dispatch. I'm gonna assume the radio techs did all their channels. Martinez did all their channels.

 

[officer_415]

I’m monitoring CCCO Central and haven’t heard a peep out of San Ramon PD, are they on a different site?