[Scan-DC] Is FCPD unencrypted?

[Thomas P. Clouse]

Does anyone know if Montgomery County PD relies heavily on their MDTs
for dispatch?  I am in the same situation as Bob, and am interested in
hearing Rockville, Gaithersburg, and Montgomery County PDs, but don't
want to invest the money in an APCO25 scanner if I won't hear much.

-Tom

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Dewey <dewey3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> One thing to consider on the police side is that Fx Co heavily uses their
> MDTs, so encryption may have turned out to be an unnecessary expense.
>
> Dewey
>
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> Thanks Jerry
>
> When Fairfax Cnty began the transistion,  I seem to recall they were
> planning on running encrypted.  I think there's an add'l layer of hassle to
> encrypt and they put it off.  Interesting that a decade later that hasn't
> changed.   Perhaps they've come across so few people with apco scanners that
>
> they decided plain digital was encryption enough.
>
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