Database Verification Status
We check every agency in this database against RadioReference, the largest community-maintained catalog of public safety radio systems. Below is the current state of our coverage.
Verification Progress
“Imported, never checked” records carry the label verified in the
dataset but have no primary source on file — they came from the
community-maintained RadioReference Wiki and no human has confirmed them. They are
counted separately here, and they do not receive a verified badge anywhere on the site.
This number should only go down.
Data Sources
Match Confidence Distribution
Each agency is assigned a confidence score based on how closely its name matched a RadioReference entry and whether the geography aligned.
Verification by State
Our Verification Process
County Enrichment
We query RadioReference for all trunked radio systems in each county, fetching talkgroup data including encryption status.
Agency Matching
Using fuzzy name matching and geographic validation, we link our agency database to RadioReference talkgroup categories.
Encryption Analysis
For each matched agency, we analyze talkgroup encryption flags (0=clear, 1=mixed, 2=encrypted) to confirm encryption status.
Discovery
We also discover new encrypted agencies not in our original database by analyzing RadioReference categories marked as encrypted.
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