Thanks for the reply!
I'm hearing differant things, I talked to one of the fire chiefs here in Lake County and he didn't think it will be encrypted either. Then I talked to a guy who installs all the radios in the county vehicles and he thought he heard that it was going to be encrypted.
I would like to find out before I go and buy a new scanner, right now I have the Uniden BC296D and I would like to get the Uniden 396XT. I would hate to spend all that money for nothing. Thanks!