Not long ago a friend of mine's house was raided by mistake by the Trenton PRO-ACTIVE UNIT. The Police know very litlle about the radios they carry. I have never used a scanner in my vehicle. I also think you would have to be a complete idiot to ride around blasting your scanner from your vehicle. I know things are not the same now and drug dealers and such could use scanner information for their benifit. At one time there were ocassions where a scanner listener helped the police aprehend criminals. I'm just a Ham Radio operator who also likes to listen to Police activity. As -Fuel for Fire said there is nothing illegal about monitoring a system that is not encrypted. But, this being Jersey, who knows what will happen.
ASTRO SABER SQUELCH 1 OR 9 UPGRADE
Hopefully, Trenton will (a) upgrade to APCO-25 and (b) not encrypt PD. Point is, don't bother with the Saber at this point, cause it'll probably be worthless in the near future. Unless you're an accredited member of the press or a member of a law enforcement agency within Mercer County (I would think that the neighboring dispatch PSAPs would be able to monitor Trenton PD since it's not technically considered an ENC system departments that are APCO25 and clear usually will provide compatible mobiles/portables to neighboring depts, but it seems to be a case-by-case basis), I seriously doubt they will grant you said authorization. This is different from Ewing Twp's APCO25 ENC system, which even neighboring LE agencies - including Trenton - can't monitor, much less the press or general public. There's no need to post a new thread each time you have something to add to that topic.Ĭlick to expand.I think the point is that since the Trenton PD is not monitorable by any consumer scanner (even though it's technically considered non-encrypted VSLEP), I believe the point that's being made is that in order to use an ASTRO Saber radio to monitor Trenton, you have to have formal authorization (most likely written) from someone within that department to monitor Trenton PD on a Saber radio. It's always good practice once you've started a thread on a specific topic to post all of your questions and comments on that one thread. Taking all of this into consideration, if you're still adament about getting this radio, more power to you and good luck.īTW, just a word of advice, you have three threads going here on this topic. You might wind up spending big bucks for something that will only be of use to you in the short term. If this happens, your radio would be rendered useless. You could pick up your local newspaper tomorrow and see this in black and white. Being that the VSELP system is outdated, the powers that be there may already be considering dumping it in favor of a new system. You don't know what's going on behind the walls at City Hall in Trenton.
And if you could find someone to do it for you, I'm sure they would want to make it well worth their while financially.
Someone who could program it for you? More than likely not. Is this a chance either of you are willing to take? You, it appears the answer would be yes. You would need to find someone who simply has it or has programmed radios for Trenton in the past.įrom a legal standpoint, I would assume, and I could be wrong here, due to the fact that you don't have any authorization to possess a radio to monitor Trenton, you would breaking the law, and the person who would program it for you would be breaking the law also. Even if you could find someone who would be willing to do this for you, they would have to have the system key, which Rocket NJ stated in a prior thread on this topic, would be difficult to obtain. Although I know very little about this topic and using common sense only as a reference, it would appear that the radio is programmed for the Memphis sysyem, and therefore you would have to find someone willing to reprogram it to receive the Trenton system.
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