Hutchinson Police now encrypted

[n0lqt]

New toy? They've got it and want to make use of it I suppose.

Or it could be "government budget mentality." That is where an administrator looks at the budget at the end of the fiscal year and sees that they have $xyz left in their office supply budget that haven't been used yet. Rather than allowing that money to remain unspent, they order a bunch of stuff they really don't need and may only use part of in the coming year even. The reason is they're afraid that next year the commission may reduce his budget by $xyz plus some because he obviously didn't need that much money last year anyway.

I can almost hear the budget director now, "If they don't use the encryption more than a few times a month then why bother to spend the extra moeny to get it for any new equipment we purchase. After all, they got by without encryption for how many years? What next, power windows in patrol cars?"

 

[jasonkw]

I may have been wrong about increased encryption. I was able to listen a little bit during the day today, and many units were in the clear. This evening, it seems more were encrypted, but not everyone. Maybe it depends on the shift.

 

[bear780ks]

Flipping thy Switch..

Well a few months has went by since you posted Jason and i think the use of the Enc. is stronger than ever before both Dept.'s are flipping the little red poop switch more and are just leaving it engaged) Heck we even have to use it when doing the Roll Call Check now.. It's funny when ya have to hide that your 10-4 maybe they're adding something spicy to there reply's to dispatch like hey i'm 10-4 sugar babe. :twisted:

But back to reality somewhat..when I was talking to a officer that I know well.. he enlightened me the Encryption was being used more to keep things from the Medial Hmm. popped up in my Head.. I always thought the news media and the Dept.'s were supposed to work close together.. to keep us the citizens informed in case of a bad emergency went down..

It would.. be a Hell of Deal if that would happen around here and there's no cooperation between the two.. we can't here what's going, the news stations or the Radio stations can't here whats going on it would really be a Hell of Deal.. maybe chaos would in-suit.:roll:

I just wonder what Lucky kid thinks of this he's the Manager for one of the Radio Stations around here.. Might give him a Call..see what his thoughts are..

 

[jasonkw]

I have been so busy with work, I haven't had a chance to listen lately.
I wonder what has changed with the media? The reporter with the Hutch News said law enforcement was being cooperative with them on this.

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[bear780ks]

I don't know what to think Jason, It's kind of weird it seems like on some shifts you'l here the officers and then on some you won't, And the Other day is the first time I noticed that allot of S.O.'s traffic was using it just as much as the PD..

And I'v seen allot of activity on Reno,CO Drug enforcement pop up on my Scanner but I can't hear any of that traffic as that talk group is highly Encrypted..0 locked out

That talk group has been updated in the data Base with an ( E )



Jason If I find out anything that needs a private message sent, I'll send it that way..
but hopefully things will ease up a bit.. Ra

 

[bear780ks]

Hey Jason: Here we Go again..
There must be some serious Wag going on in this Little Wii bit Town, PD dispatched is locked down Tight as a Tourniquet communications are in da da da da da da :roll: must be another Bob cat on the Loose :lol: and they didn't want him to know there going after Him :twisted:

It's pretty bad when they have to Lock down a Main Ch. when they could use. other priority channels for purposes of Surveillance.. They could use PD Tac, PD Surveillance, one of the 4 Opts channels heck they even have SO's Drug Enforcement Channel.. but I guess Dispatch is the big IT for tonight's drama laid out Fiasco maybe there laying out plans for Halloween ..

Heck the stuff I hear on the Neighboring County has more Juice in it than what's going on here and there's no Enc. Kicked on there. I think all it is there Hiding something or there are one's on the Force that want to pick at the Media and any one else that's Carrying a Communications Radio. So Let's Lock it down..Betty Boop..

 

[jasonkw]

A friend on mine has said that drugs are serious problem in Hutch right now. Also, gangs are a problem as well. I have seen both issues on my street. The landlord and police cleaned it up here but they just went somewhere else. I suspect they go to RS and buy scanners, RS programs them for free or they listen on their I phones. I don't think the police are trying to hide anything, they just feel like they need to protect themselves.

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[bear780ks]

Jason I'm gonna send ya a Private Message, from now on I think it's best to do this as some may have eyes on here as well so for a while I'm going to make it that practice.. And hey stay Safe as you can..

 

[tlthutch]

Normal,routine,and run-of-the-mill calls don't need to be encrypted. Just the more sensitive subjects: Drug's,undercover,SWAT,etc.for officer safety.They have several other talkgroups they can use for this.The public could even help out some,if we could hear something,besides garble.