Shelby County Comments / Question

[jyams]

Comment: The digital changeover that was supposed to begin on 11/1 won't happen. I visited with my SCSO deputy friend at a church halloween event and he said "We can't get any radios. No digital radios have been installed in any cars yet nor do we have the portable units yet."

Question: On the EDACS system for SCSO, they use the following "systems" designations: MPD1, MPD2, and MPD3. I had my Pro-96 with me and he keyed his radio on MPD2 and it came in on the North Tower control channel. He keyed his radio on MPD3 and, again, it came in on the North Tower control channel. However, we could never get MPD1 to register on a control channel for any of the 3 EDACS systems listed on radioreference.com. Does anyone have any idea how "MPD1" is set up on the SCSO system? My friend says that 50% of the SCSO transmissions are made using the MPD1 setting on their radios. He also has a Pro-96 scanner and says he knows he is not receiving all the transmissions using the 3 SCSO EDACS systems listed here on radioreference either. Anyone have any suggestions.

 

[memphislawenforcer]

I don't know about the pro 96 but I had a pro-95 and the transmissions always show to be comming over the control channel you should look for the talk group id. on an edacs system it will be some thing like 02-152 or some thing like that. it can also be displayed in a decimal format they are usually 3 digits like 318.

 

[INDY72]

From monitoring the BCSO traffic daily while I lived there.. I identified that all 4 MPD designations actually are the main SO TG's on the EDACS system... MPD-1 being HQ, MPD-2 being the patrol/info for North etc... A lil careful listening goes a long way. The changeover will be happening, but radio delivery is just taking longer than expected. Also all BC FD will be moving to the system along with SO, and then EMA will join. EMA was the last organization to order, and pay for radios etc.

 

[memphislawenforcer]

A thought I had while driving home last night after I posted, If you are on the North side of the county all of the info you get will be on the north tower CC. If you go downtown or south yo will pick up another tower better and will need to lockout the weaker ones. I thiknk that is your whole problem. You are getting all of the transmissions you just need to pay close attention to the tg's and you will figure it out. Also I don't think the Pro-96 does I call and the county uses the I call NONSTOP. Lots more action out there.

 

[ronmchandler]

The icall comment may be the answer. I didn't think about that. That would explain why most of the traffic involves dispatch.