Virginia Beach Encryption

[kainixon2187]

I'm picking up Bus 6 on vbcps digital with full encryption, I think they might be testing for encryption. Makes me wonder whats coming in the future

 

[kainixon2187]

I'm also picking UID 1040, which sounds like an ambulance on the princess anne hospital talk group unencrypted.

 

[Webodisk]

Amb to Hosp are half encrypted

 

[kainixon2187]

That's what I'm picking up with other ambulances but UID 1040 isnt (Idk who that is, maybe another county/city).

 

[LeSueurC]

That's what I'm picking up with other ambulances but UID 1040 isnt (Idk who that is, maybe another county/city).

1040 is a Chesapeake Medic

 

[kainixon2187]

Ah, that explains it, thanks.

 

[MotoTRK]

The fact that RID is on that TGID with crypto when those TGID's aren't even programmed into the radios makes me think that someone has bootlegged a RID and is using the system improperly.

 

[LeSueurC]

The fact that RID is on that TGID with crypto when those TGID's aren't even programmed into the radios makes me think that someone has bootlegged a RID and is using the system improperly.

The encryption isn’t strapped, it’s one sided. From my notes 1040 is a Chesapeake Medic, I’ve also noted they can show up 2 ways 1040 or 560xxxx, so 5601040 is Chesapeake Medic 5. I’m guessing that the hospitals are encrypted and the ambulances aren’t, hence why the Chesapeake Medic wasn’t encrypted

 

[Webodisk]

The encryption isn’t strapped, it’s one sided. From my notes 1040 is a Chesapeake Medic, I’ve also noted they can show up 2 ways 1040 or 560xxxx, so 5601040 is Chesapeake Medic 5. I’m guessing that the hospitals are encrypted and the ambulances aren’t, hence why the Chesapeake Medic wasn’t encrypted

Correct and the School Buses are due to come on line on the digital system this summer. so the Bus channels were probably being tested

 

[Firebuff66]

Correct and the School Buses are due to come on line on the digital system this summer. so the Bus channels were probably being tested

I feel like you might have very good intel on the school buses

 

[Webodisk]

I feel like you might have very good intel on the school buses

Maybe ??????

 

[kainixon2187]

I guess the good news is if school buses go encrypted on ORION we won't really be missing anything important lol.

 

[kc4jgc]

I feel like you might have very good intel on the school buses

For good reason!

Maybe ??????

 

[vavolff]

Correct me if I'm wrong or there's better info now, I swear VBPD expressed going to full encryption after the last Greek Fest a couple or so years ago. PD brass wasn't happy about the online monitoring, and it was supposed to be a done deal by the time the first Something in the Water Festival came around. Obviously it didn't happen, did PD decide to wait a bit or was the encryption idea scrapped?

 

[LeSueurC]

Correct me if I'm wrong or there's better info now, I swear VBPD expressed going to full encryption after the last Greek Fest a couple or so years ago. PD brass wasn't happy about the online monitoring, and it was supposed to be a done deal by the time the first Something in the Water Festival came around. Obviously it didn't happen, did PD decide to wait a bit or was the encryption idea scrapped?

Last I’ve heard they’re waiting for funding, I think it was either the end of this year or end of next year

 

[Webodisk]

I will be interested to see what the new Chief's take is on it

 

[vavolff]

Last I’ve heard they’re waiting for funding, I think it was either the end of this year or end of next year

That doesn't shock me, I could have sworn it was a done deal. But that was one of the local channels, this sounds a lot more plausible.

I will be interested to see what the new Chief's take is on it

This was going to be my next question, also interested to see the final decision. We've been pretty lucky on this side of the bay so far. We shall see! Thanks for the answers everyone!