New Jersey Encrypted Agencies

129 Police Departments

8 Sheriff Offices

7 Fire Departments

3 EMS Agencies

Fully Encrypted 118 agencies (73%)

Partially Encrypted 44 agencies (27%)

RadioReference Verification

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130 Verified Agencies

80%

45 Discovered via RadioReference

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597 Documented Talkgroups

209 encrypted 6 mixed Browse →

Agency Name	County	Type	Encryption	Scope
Absecon Police ✓	Atlantic	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Allentown Police ✓	Monmouth	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Asbury Park Police ✓	Monmouth	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Atlantic City Police ✓	Atlantic	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Atlantic County Police ✓	Atlantic	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Avon Police ✓	Monmouth	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Bayonne City Fire ✓	Bayonne	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Bayonne City Police ✓	Bayonne	Police	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Bergen County Police ✓	Bergen	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Bloomfield Police ✓	Essex	Police	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Brielle Police ✓	Monmouth	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Brick Township Police ✓	Ocean	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Brigatine Police ✓	Atlantic	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Bridgeton Police ✓	Cumberland	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Burlington County Police ✓	Burlington	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Camden City Police ✓	Camden	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Camden County Police ✓	Camden	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Cape May County Sheriff ✓	Cape May	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Cherry Hill Police ✓	Camden	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Clifton Police Department ✓	Passaic	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Colts Neck Police ✓	Monmouth	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Deal Borough Police ✓	Monmouth	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Eatontown Police ✓	Monmouth	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
East Brunswick Township Police ✓	Middlesex	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Edison Township Police ✓	Middlesex	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Egg Harbour Police ✓	Atlantic	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Egg Harbour Township Police ✓	Atlantic	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Elizabeth Police ✓	Union	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Ewing Township Police ✓	Mercer	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Fairview Police ✓	Bergen	Police	P25 ADP	Fully Encrypted
Franklin Township Police	Somerset	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Galloway EMS ✓	Atlantic	Ems	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Galloway Police ✓	Atlantic	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Gloucester Township Police ✓	Camden	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Hackensack Meridian Health	Middlesex	Other	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Hamilton Police ✓	Atlantic	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Hammonton Police ✓	Atlantic	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Highlands Police ✓	Monmouth	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Hoboken Police ✓	Hudson	Police	P25 DES-OFB	Fully Encrypted
Homdel Police ✓	Monmouth	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Hazlet Police ✓	Monmouth	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Jackson Township Police ✓	Ocean	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Jersey City Fire ✓	Hudson	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Jersey City Police	Hudson	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Kearny Police ✓	Hudson	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Keyport Police ✓	Monmouth	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Lavallette Police	Ocean	Police	DMR Enhanced Privacy	Fully Encrypted
Lindin Police	Union	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Linwood Police ✓	Atlantic	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Livingston Fire ✓	Essex	Fire	P25 ADP	Fully Encrypted
Livingston Police ✓	Essex	Police	P25 ADP	Fully Encrypted
Long Beach Police ✓	Monmouth	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Longport Police ✓	Atlantic	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Manalapan Police ✓	Monmouth	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Manchester Township Police ✓	Ocean	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Monmouth County Sheriff ✓	Monmouth	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Margate Police ✓	Atlantic	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Matawan Police ✓	Monmouth	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Monmouth Beach Police ✓	Monmouth	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Munroe Police ✓	Middlesex	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Morris County EMS ✓	Morris	Ems	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Morris County Police	Morris	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Mercer County Sheriff	Mercer	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Mullica Police ✓	Atlantic	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Millburn Police ✓	Essex	Police	P25 ADP	Fully Encrypted
Millville Police ✓	Cumberland	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Neptune Police ✓	Monmouth	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
New Jersey Attorney General - Bureau of Criminal Justice	Statewide	Federal	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
New Jersey Department of Banking & Insurance	Statewide	State	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
New Jersey Department Health ✓	Statewide	Other	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection	Statewide	State	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
New Jersey Transit Police	Statewide	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Northfield Police ✓	Atlantic	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Oakland Police ✓	Bergen	Police	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Ocean City Police ✓	Atlantic	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Ocean County Fire ✓	Ocean	Fire	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Ocean County Police ✓	Ocean	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Ocean County Sheriff ✓	Ocean	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Oceanport Police ✓	Monmouth	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Ocean Township Police ✓	Monmouth	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Old Bridge Township ✓	Middlesex	Other	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Palisades Interstate Parkway	Statewide	Other	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Police ✓	Morris	Police	P25 ADP	Specific Channels
Pennsauken Township Police ✓	Camden	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Perth Amboy Fire	Woodbridge	Fire	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Perth Amboy Police ✓	Woodbridge	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Perth Amboy Public Works ✓	Woodbridge	Other	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Passaic County Sheriff ✓	Passaic	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Piscataway Township Fire / EMS / Police / OEM ✓	Middlesex	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Plainfield Police ✓	Union	Police	P25 ADP	Fully Encrypted
Pleasantville Police ✓	Atlantic	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Point Pleasant Police ✓	Ocean	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Point Pleasant Beach Police ✓	Ocean	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey ✓	Statewide	Other	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Roseville Police	Union	Police	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Rutgers University	Statewide	University	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Rutherford Police ✓	Bergen	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
South Orange Police ✓	Essex	Police	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
South River Police ✓	Middlesex	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
State Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness	Statewide	Federal	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Stafford Township Police ✓	Ocean	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Stockton Police ✓	Atlantic	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Tenafly Police	Bergen	Police	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Tinton Falls Police ✓	Monmouth	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Toms River Township Police ✓	Ocean	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Union City Police	Hudson	Police	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Union Township Fire ✓	Union	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Union Township EMS ✓	Union	Ems	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Union Township Police ✓	Union	Police	P25 ADP	Fully Encrypted
United States Marshalls Service - New Jersey ✓	Statewide	Federal	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Ventnor Police ✓	Atlantic	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Verona Police ✓	Essex	Police	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Waterfront Commission of New York Harbour	Statewide	Other	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Wayne Police ✓	Passaic	Police	P25 DES-OFB	Fully Encrypted
West New York ✓	Hudson	Other	P25 ADP	Fully Encrypted
Woodbridge County Fire	Woodbridge	Fire	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Woodbridge County Police	Woodbridge	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Linwood Township Police ✓ NEW	Atlantic	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Ventnor Township Police ✓ NEW	Atlantic	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Margate Township Police ✓ NEW	Atlantic	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Tenafly Township Police NEW	Bergen	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Fairview Township Police ✓ NEW	Bergen	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Ramsey Township Police ✓ NEW	Bergen	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Verona Township Police ✓ NEW	Essex	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Wcaldwell Township Police NEW	Essex	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Roseland Township Police NEW	Essex	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Maplewood Township Police NEW	Essex	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Caldwell Township Police NEW	Essex	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Hudson County Police NEW	Hudson	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Hoboken Township Police ✓ NEW	Hudson	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Trenton Township Police ✓ NEW	Mercer	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
East Brunswick Police ✓ NEW	Middlesex	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Perth Amboy Police ✓ NEW	Middlesex	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Highland Park Police ✓ NEW	Middlesex	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Cranbury Township Police ✓ NEW	Middlesex	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Monroe Township Police ✓ NEW	Middlesex	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Metuchen Township Police ✓ NEW	Middlesex	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Carteret Township Police ✓ NEW	Middlesex	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Middlesex Township Police ✓ NEW	Middlesex	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Plainsboro Township Police ✓ NEW	Middlesex	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Middlesex County Police NEW	Middlesex	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Monmouth County Prosecutor ✓ NEW	Monmouth	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Howell Township Police ✓ NEW	Monmouth	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Holmdel Township Police ✓ NEW	Monmouth	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Wall Township Police ✓ NEW	Monmouth	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Aberdeen Township Police ✓ NEW	Monmouth	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Deal Township Police ✓ NEW	Monmouth	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Morris County Prosecutor ✓ NEW	Morris	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Ocean County Corrections ✓ NEW	Ocean	Corrections	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Ocean County Prosecutor ✓ NEW	Ocean	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Lacey Township Police ✓ NEW	Ocean	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Long Beach Police ✓ NEW	Ocean	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Barnegat Township Police ✓ NEW	Ocean	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Toms River Police ✓ NEW	Ocean	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Clifton Township Police ✓ NEW	Passaic	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Haledon Township Police NEW	Passaic	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Wanaque Township Police ✓ NEW	Passaic	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Elizabeth Township Police NEW	Union	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Roselle Township Police NEW	Union	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Linden Township Police NEW	Union	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Rosellepk Township Police ✓ NEW	Union	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Rahway Township Police ✓ NEW	Union	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted

Browse New Jersey by County

Search or select a county to see encrypted agencies in that area.

18 counties

Monmouth County 26 agencies 100% encrypted Atlantic County 22 agencies 86% encrypted Ocean County 17 agencies 88% encrypted Middlesex County 17 agencies 88% encrypted Union County 12 agencies 50% encrypted Essex County 11 agencies 36% encrypted Bergen County 8 agencies 63% encrypted Hudson County 8 agencies 63% encrypted Passaic County 6 agencies 67% encrypted Camden County 5 agencies 100% encrypted Woodbridge County 5 agencies 40% encrypted Morris County 4 agencies 25% encrypted Mercer County 3 agencies 67% encrypted Bayonne County 2 agencies 50% encrypted Cumberland County 2 agencies 100% encrypted Burlington County 1 agencies 100% encrypted Cape May County 1 agencies 0% encrypted Somerset County 1 agencies 100% encrypted

Frequently Asked Questions

How many public safety agencies in New Jersey are encrypted?

162 agencies in New Jersey are documented as encrypted: 118 (73%) fully encrypted and 44 with partial encryption. See the full table below for specific agencies.

Which New Jersey agencies have verified encryption data?

130 of the 162 agencies listed here (80%) have been checked directly against the RadioReference API, covering 597 documented talkgroups. The rest are sourced from the community-maintained RadioReference Wiki and may be less current.

Which county in New Jersey has the most encrypted agencies?

Monmouth County leads New Jersey with 26 encrypted agencies (100% fully encrypted). Browse the county list below to see how your area compares.

Can I still monitor police scanners anywhere in New Jersey?

Yes. 44 agencies in New Jersey have only partial encryption, and fire/EMS channels frequently stay open even in counties where police departments have gone dark. Use the filters below to find what's still accessible.

Can New Jersey residents get an encryption decision reversed?

Yes — encryption is a local policy decision, not a technical requirement. Communities in other states have reversed encryption decisions through sustained city council pressure and public-records requests; see our guide on fighting encryption for the specific tactics that have worked.

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