Police Department Fully Encrypted

La Verne Police

Los Angeles, California

What you can do right now

My city went dark — now what? Step-by-step guide for residents of newly encrypted areas. What you can still monitor Fire, EMS, and surrounding-jurisdiction channels often remain open. Request the recordings FOIA templates for La Verne Police radio archives. Reverse the decision Tactics from cities that successfully reversed police encryption.

Encryption Details

Encryption Type P25 DES-OFB
Scope All Operations
Technical Details P25 DES-OFB

Verified Talkgroup Data

Verified Mar 6, 2026 Moderate confidence
493 Total Talkgroups
117 Encrypted
1 Mixed
375 Unencrypted
24% Encrypted
Radio System: California State Prison, Los Angeles County, Nextel (Santiago), National Science and Technology Network (Sierra Peak 1), Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority - 900Mhz, National Science and Technology Network (Santiago Peak), Nextel (WIL681 2), Mobile Relay Associates (Mount Lukens), United States Department of Defense (14C), National Science and Technology Network (Sierra Peak 2), National Science and Technology Network (Mount Lukens 1), National Science and Technology Network (Los Angeles), Ramirez Electronics (LA Basin), National Science and Technology Network (Rancho Palos Verdes 1), Comm Enterprises (Sierra Peak), Mobile Relay Associates (Mount Wilson), National Science and Technology Network (Sunset Peak), National Science and Technology Network (Mount Lukens 2), Touch Tel Mobile (Palos Verdes), Touch Tel Mobile (Los Angeles), National Science and Technology Network (Mt. Lukens, Oat, Sierra), Anderson Communications (Mount Lukens), Anderson Communications (Santiago), Mobile Relay Associates (Rancho Palos Verdes), Touch Tel Mobile (Orange County), Touch Tel Mobile (217 Mhz Santiago Peak), Touch Tel Mobile (217 MHz LA Basin), Comm Enterprises (Hollywood), Comm Enterprises (Mount Lukens), Comm Enterprises (Oat Mountain), Paging Systems (Los Angeles), Alliance Communications, Acumen Communication (Mt. Wilson), Long Beach, Fisher Wireless TeamTalk, National Science and Technology Network (Rancho Palos Verdes 2), Los Angeles City (STRS - Simulcast Trunked Radio System) Project 25, Acumen Communications (Hollywood VHF), Alliance Communications Group (Lukens), Acumen Communications (Hollywood UHF), Mobile Relay Associates (Santiago Peak 2), TelePath Corporation (Connect Plus), Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS), Comm Enterprises (Hacienda Heights), Los Angeles Countywide Integrated Radio System (CWIRS), Caltrans (District 7/8/12), Air Communication Services Inc. (Mt. Lukens), McDermott Communications, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, L.A.Live - Crypto.com Arena, Phillips 66 Refineries, BearCom Group (Palos Verdes), Mobile Relay Associates Diga-Talk Network, AM Communications, Communications Innovations (NXDN), SJM Industrial Radio (LAX), SoFi Stadium, Port of Los Angeles Police, Culver City DMR System, Zum Student Transportation Services, California Radio Interoperable System (CRIS)
View 118 talkgroups
DEC Alpha Tag Description Status
206 SECTOR LA/LB U.S Coast Guard Sector LA/LB Access Encrypted
2189 LASD LTAC WAL L-TAC - Walnut Encrypted
2219 LASD TRNG TAS Training Bureau - Tactics and Survival Unit Encrypted
2120 LASD LTAC ELA L-TAC - East LA Encrypted
2132 LASD LTAC SCT L-TAC - Santa Clarita Encrypted
2138 LASD LTAC SDM L-TAC - San Dimas Encrypted
2147 LASD LTAC LAN L-TAC - Lancaster Encrypted
2153 LASD LTAC LKD L-TAC - Lakewood Encrypted
2157 LASD LTAC IDT L-TAC - Industry Encrypted
2163 LASD LTAC CAS L-TAC - Carson Encrypted
2171 LASD LTAC CEN L-TAC - Century Encrypted
2180 LASD LTAC PLM L-TAC - Palmdale Encrypted
2186 LASD LTAC CPT L-TAC - Compton Encrypted
2192 LASD LTAC TSB L-TAC - Transit Services Bureau Encrypted
2195 LASD LTAC OCS L-TAC - County Services Bureau Encrypted
2200 LASD ATAC EAST A-TAC - East Division Encrypted
2204 LASD ATAC SOUTH A-TAC - South Division Encrypted
2150 LASD LTAC MDR L-TAC - Marina del Rey Encrypted
2208 LASD ATAC CENTRL A-TAC - Central Division Encrypted
2212 LASD ATAC NORTH A-TAC - North Division Encrypted
2197 LASD DISP OCS Dispatch - County Services Bureau Encrypted
2187 LASD METRO CPT Metro - Compton Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2201 LASD EAST 1 Tactical 1 - East Division Encrypted
2202 LASD EAST 2 Tactical 2 - East Division Encrypted
2203 LASD EAST 3 Tactical 3 - East Division Encrypted
2205 LASD SOUTH 1 Tactical 1 - South Division Encrypted
2206 LASD SOUTH 2 Tactical 2 - South Division Encrypted
2207 LASD SOUTH 3 Tactical 3 - South Division Encrypted
2209 LASD CENTRAL 1 Tactical 1 - Central Division Encrypted
2210 LASD CENTRAL 2 Tactical 2 - Central Division Encrypted
2211 LASD CENTRAL 3 Tactical 3 - Central Division Encrypted
2213 LASD NORTH 1 Tactical 1 - North Division Encrypted
2214 LASD NORTH 2 Tactical 2 - North Division Encrypted
2215 LASD NORTH 3 Tactical 3 - North Division Encrypted
2018 LASD LARHTTF 1 LA Regional Human Trafficking Task Force 1 Encrypted
2216 LASD LTAC PKB L-TAC - Parks Bureau Encrypted
2278 LASD MET LTAC L-TAC Mental Evaluation Team Encrypted
2019 LASD LARHTTF 2 LA Regional Human Trafficking Task Force 2 Encrypted
2135 LASD LTAC ALD L-TAC - Altadena Encrypted
2136 LASD METRO ALD Metro - Altadena Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2169 LASD LTAC AVA L-TAC - Avalon Encrypted
2170 LASD METRO AVA Metro - Avalon Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2164 LASD METRO CAS Metro - Carson Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2172 LASD METRO CEN Metro - Century Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2177 LASD LTAC CER L-TAC - Cerritos Encrypted
2178 LASD METRO CER Metro - Cerritos Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2196 LASD METRO OCS Metro - County Services Bureau Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2257 LASD LTAC CCS L-TAC Community College Bureau Encrypted
2258 LASD METRO CCS Metro - Community College Bureau Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2121 LASD METRO ELA Metro -East LA Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2158 LASD METRO IDT Metro - Industry Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2154 LASD METRO LKD Metro - Lakewood Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2148 LASD METRO LAN Metro - Lancaster Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2166 LASD LTAC LMT L-TAC - Lomita Encrypted
2167 LASD METRO LMT Metro - Lomita Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2144 LASD LTAC LHS L-TAC - Lost Hills Encrypted
2145 LASD METRO LHS Metro - Lost Hills Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2174 LASD LTAC MAL L-TAC - Malibu Encrypted
2175 LASD METRO MAL Metro - Malibu Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2101 LASD LTAC MTRLNK L-TAC - Metrolink Encrypted
2102 LASD METRO MTLNK Metro - Metrolink Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2151 LASD METRO MDR Metro - Marina del Rey Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2126 LASD LTAC NWK L-TAC - Norwalk Encrypted
2127 LASD METRO NWK Metro - Norwalk Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2181 LASD METRO PLM Metro - Palmdale Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2217 LASD METRO PKB Parks Bureau Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2160 LASD LTAC PRV L-TAC - Pico Rivera Encrypted
2161 LASD METRO PRV Metro - Pico Rivera Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2139 LASD METRO SDM Metro - San Dimas Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2133 LASD METRO SCT Metro - Santa Clarita Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2123 LASD LTAC SLA L-TAC - South LA Encrypted
2124 LASD METRO SLA Metro - South LA Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2055 LASD DISP SUD Special Units Dispatch Encrypted
2129 LASD LTAC TEM L-TAC - Temple City Encrypted
2130 LASD METRO TEM Metro - Temple City Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2193 LASD METRO TSB Metro - Transit Services Bureau Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2190 LASD METRO WAL Metro - Walnut Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2141 LASD LTAC WHD L-TAC - West Hollywood Encrypted
2142 LASD METRO WHD Metro - West Hollywood Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2183 LASD LTAC CVS L-TAC - Crescenta Valley Encrypted
2184 LASD METRO CVS Metro - Crescenta Valley Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2230 LASD LTAC CST L-TAC - Court Services Transportation Bureau Encrypted
2231 LASD METRO CST Metro - Court Services Transportation Bureau Supplemental Tac Encrypted
2276 LASD MOTORS TAC Motor Unit Encrypted
2333 CLA PD1 Police Dispatch Encrypted
2334 CLA PD 2 Police 2 Encrypted
2335 CLA PD TAC 1 Police Tactical 1 Encrypted
2336 CLA PD TAC 2 Police Tactical 2 Encrypted
2122 LASD DB ELA Detectives - East LA Encrypted
2125 LASD SLA DB Detectives - South LA Encrypted
2374 CSULA PD DISP Police Dispatch Encrypted
2375 CSULA PD TAC Police Tactical Encrypted
2068 LASD DISP ABD Aero Bureau Dispatch Encrypted
2057 LASD SEB TAC 2 Tactical 2 Encrypted
2065 LASD JRIC TAC Joint Regional Intelligence Center Tactical Mixed
2080 LASD DISP 1 Dispatch 1 - Crescenta Valley / Altadena Encrypted
2056 LASD SEB TAC 1 Tactical 1 Encrypted
418 HACLAPU USD PD1 Police 1 Encrypted
2347 LASD OCI TAC 1 Office of County Investigations - Tac 1 Encrypted
2082 LASD DISP-3 Dispatch 3 - East Los Angeles Encrypted
2087 LASD DISP 8 Dispatch 8 - Industry Encrypted
2093 LASD DISP 14 Dispatch 14 - Lakewood / Cerritos Encrypted
2094 LASD DISP 15 Dispatch 15 - Lancaster / Palmdale Encrypted
2089 LASD DISP 10 Dispatch 10 - Lost Hills / Malibu Encrypted
2086 LASD DISP 7 Dispatch 7 - Avalon / Lomita Encrypted
2092 LASD DISP 13 Dispatch 13 - Norwalk / Pico Rivera Encrypted
2084 LASD DISP 5 Dispatch 5 - Santa Clarita Encrypted
2091 LASD DISP 12 Dispatch 12 - South LA / Marina del Rey Encrypted
2090 LASD DISP 11 Dispatch 11 - Temple City Encrypted
2095 LASD DISP 35 Dispatch 35 - Transit Services Bureau (TSB) Encrypted
2085 LASD DISP 6 Dispatch 6 - San Dimas / Walnut Encrypted
2081 LASD DISP 2 Dispatch 2 - West Hollywood Encrypted
2088 LASD DISP 9 Dispatch 9 - Carson / Compton Encrypted
2083 LASD DISP 4 Dispatch 4 - Century Encrypted
65 LA EATS LA Eats Encrypted
20 LA BALLONA La Ballona Elementary Encrypted
804 SO BLK TAC B Black Tac-B Encrypted
801 SO BLK TAC A Black Tac-A Encrypted

Verification Status

We don't yet have per-talkgroup data for La Verne Police from the RadioReference API. The encryption scope and type above come from the RadioReference Wiki, which is community-maintained rather than independently confirmed channel-by-channel. Our automated matching put this at moderate confidence (70%) based on how closely the wiki listing matches this agency's name and county.

If you monitor La Verne Police directly or have more current information, the fastest way to fix this is to update the RadioReference Wiki entry — our data pulls from there and from the RadioReference API on a regular refresh cycle.

Los Angeles County Context

La Verne Police isn't an outlier here: 39 of the 46 public-safety agencies we track in Los Angeles County are fully encrypted (85%), so most departments nearby have made the same move.

See every agency we track in Los Angeles County → County encryption overview →

What This Means

Our records list every channel this agency runs as encrypted, including day-to-day dispatch. That listing hasn't been verified against live talkgroup data, so confirm it at RadioReference before relying on it.

See encryption status nationwide Interactive map showing which US police departments have encrypted their radios. Open the encryption map →

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is La Verne Police radio encrypted?

Our database lists La Verne Police as using P25 DES-OFB encryption, though this listing is unverified. Our records list every channel this agency runs as encrypted, including day-to-day dispatch. That listing hasn't been verified against live talkgroup data, so confirm it at RadioReference before relying on it.

Can I listen to La Verne Police on a police scanner?

Likely not, if the listing is accurate: our database lists La Verne Police as fully encrypted using P25 DES-OFB, which no consumer scanner can decode. The listing is unverified — check the live RadioReference database for current status.

Why do agencies like La Verne Police encrypt their radio?

The reasons offered are almost always the same two: officer safety and operational security. Whether either was tested against a real Los Angeles County incident is rarely part of the public record, whereas the consequences are easy to observe — no real-time accountability, and neighbouring agencies still in the clear left working around the gap.

Can Los Angeles County reverse the encryption decision?

Nothing technical prevents it. La Verne Police operates encrypted because someone decided it should, and decisions of that kind get revisited when councils hear sustained, organised pressure rather than isolated complaints.

What can I do about La Verne Police encryption?

File a FOIA request for La Verne Police's radio recordings and encryption-decision paperwork, then show up to speak at a council or commission meeting. Find other residents or journalists in Los Angeles County who want the same access — state legislation requiring public radio access is the longer-term fix, but organized local pressure is what usually moves the needle first.

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