Pennsylvania Encrypted Agencies

130 Police Departments

17 Sheriff Offices

17 Fire Departments

13 EMS Agencies

Fully Encrypted 150 agencies (82%)

Partially Encrypted 33 agencies (18%)

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139 Verified Agencies

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533 Documented Talkgroups

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Agency Name	County	Type	Encryption	Scope
Adams County Police ✓	Adams	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Adams County Sheriff's Office ✓	Adams	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Akron Borough Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Allentown Police ✓	Lehigh	Police	P25 ADP	Fully Encrypted
Amity Township Police ✓	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Bailey Borough Police	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Bendersville Police ✓	Adams	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Bensalem Police ✓	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Bethlehem Police ✓	Northampton, Leigh	Police	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Berks County EMS ✓	Berks	Ems	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Berks County Department of Emergency Services	Berks	State	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Berks County Sheriff ✓	Berks	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Bern Township Police ✓	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Bernville Township Police ✓	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Bethel Township Police ✓	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Bigerville Police ✓	Adams	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Birdsboro Borough Police ✓	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Bonneauville Police ✓	Adams	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Bristol Police ✓	Bucks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Bucks County Sheriff ✓	Bucks	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Butler County Police ✓	Butler	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Caernarvon Fire	Lancaster	Fire	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Caernarvon Township Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Chambersburg Police ✓	Franklin	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Chester County District Attorney ✓	Chester	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Chester County Police ✓	Chester	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Christina Borough Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Capitol Police ✓	Dauphin, Harrisburg	Police	P25 AES	Fully Encrypted
Central Berks Township Police ✓	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Central Bucks Regional Police ✓	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Coaldale Borough Fire	Schuylkill	Fire	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Columbia Borough Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Connewago Township Police	Adams	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Cumberland County EMS ✓	Cumberland	Ems	Unknown	Fully Encrypted
Cumberland County Fire ✓	Cumberland	Fire	Unknown	Fully Encrypted
Cumberland County Police ✓	Cumberland	Police	Unknown	Fully Encrypted
Cumberland Township Police	Adams	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Carrol Valley Police	Adams	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Cumru Township Police ✓	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Dauphin County EMA ✓	Dauphin	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Dauphin County EMS ✓	Dauphin	Ems	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Dauphin County Police ✓	Dauphin	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Dauphin County Sheriff's Office	Dauphin	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Derry Township Police	Dauphin	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Douglass Township Police ✓	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Doylestown Police Department ✓	Bucks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Eastern Berks Regional Township Police ✓	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
East Adams Regional Police ✓	Adams	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
East Berlin Police ✓	Adams	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
East Colcallco Township Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
East Earl Township Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
East Hempfield Township Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
East Lampeter Township Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Edinboro University Police ✓	Erie	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Epharta EMS ✓	Lancaster	Ems	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Epharta Borough Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Epharta Township Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Elizabethtown Borough Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Erie City Police ✓	Erie	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Erie County Sheriff ✓	Erie	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Exeter Township Police ✓	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Fairview Township Fire	York	Fire	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Falls Police ✓	Bucks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Fivepointville Fire	Lancaster	Fire	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Fleetwood Borough Police ✓	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Franklin & Marshall College Police	Erie	Police	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Franklin County Conservation Police ✓	Franklin	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Franklin County District Attorney ✓	Franklin	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Gannon University Police ✓	Erie	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Gettysburg Police ✓	Adams	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Greencastle Police ✓	Franklin	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Halifax EMS ✓	Dauphin	Ems	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Harrisbueg Police ✓	Dauphin	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Hegins Township Fire	Schuylkill	Fire	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Highspire Police ✓	Dauphin	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Hummelstown Police ✓	Dauphin	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Kutztown Borough Police ✓	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Kutztown University Police ✓	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Lancaster City Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Lancaster County Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Lancaster County Sheriff ✓	Lancaster	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Lancaster EMS ✓	Lancaster	Ems	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Laureldale Borough Police	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Latimore Township Police ✓	Adams	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Lawrence County Police ✓	Lawrence	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Lebanon County Emergency Management	Lebanon	Sheriff	Unknown	Partially Encrypted
Liberty Township Police ✓	Adams	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Life Lion EMS ✓	Dauphin	Ems	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Life Team EMS ✓	Dauphin	Ems	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Lilitz Borough Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Littlestown Police ✓	Adams	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Lower Paxton Police ✓	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Lower Swatara Police ✓	Dauphin	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Manheim Borough Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Manheim Township Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Manor Township Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Mccado Fire	Schuylkill	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
McSherrystown Police ✓	Adams	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Mercersburg Police ✓	Franklin	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Mercyhurst University Police ✓	Erie	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Middletown Police ✓	Bucks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Millcreek Township Police ✓	Erie	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Millersburg EMS ✓	Dauphin	Ems	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Millersville Borough Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Millersville University Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Mohnton Borough Police	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Montgomery County Department of Public Safety ✓	Montgomery	State	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Montgomery County Hospitals ✓	Montgomery	Hospital	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Montgomery County Police ✓	Montgomery	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Montgomery County Sheriff ✓	Montgomery	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Mount Joy Borough Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Mount Joy Fire ✓	Lancaster	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Muhlenberg Township Police ✓	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
New Castle Police ✓	Lawrence	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
New Holland Borough Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Northampton Police ✓	Bucks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Northern Berks Police ✓	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Northern Lancaster County Regional Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Northwest Regional Police	Erie	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Orwigsburg Police	Schuylkill	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Pennbrook Police ✓	Dauphin	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Penn State Behrend Police ✓	Erie	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Penn State Berks Police ✓	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Pennsylvania Conservation & Natural Resources	Statewide	Other	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Pennsylvania Game Commission	Statewide	Other	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Pennsylvania Probation & Parole ✓	Statewide	Other	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Pennsylvania State Police ✓	Statewide	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Philadelphia Airport (KPHL) ✓	Philadelphia	Airport	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Philadelphia County District Attorney ✓	Philadelphia	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Philadelphia Fire ✓	Philadelphia	Fire	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Philadelphia Housing Authority Police ✓	Philadelphia	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Philadelphia Police ✓	Philadelphia	Police	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Pioneer Fire	Lancaster	Fire	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Port Carbon Police	Schuylkill	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Pottsville Fire	Schuylkill	Fire	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Pottsville Police	Schuylkill	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Quarryville Borough Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Reading Police ✓	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Reading Township Police ✓	Adams	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Robeson Township Police	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Rush Township Police	Schuylkill	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Schuylkill County Fire/EMS ✓	Schuylkill	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Schuylkill County Sheriff	Schuylkill	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Schuylkill Haven Police ✓	Schuylkill	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Shillington Borough Police	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Shippensburg Police ✓	Franklin	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Somerset County Police ✓	Somerset	Police	P25 ADP	Fully Encrypted
Somerset County Sheriff ✓	Somerset	Sheriff	P25 ADP	Fully Encrypted
Southeast Berks Regional Police Department ✓	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Southern Regional Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Steelton Police ✓	Dauphin	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Susquehanna EMS ✓	Dauphin	Ems	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Susquehanna Borough Police	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Susquehanna Township Police ✓	Dauphin	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Swatara Township Police ✓	Dauphin	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Heidelberg Township Police	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Spring Township Police ✓	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Strasberg Borough Police	Erie	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Tamaqua EMS	Schuylkill	Ems	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Tamaqua Borough Fire	Schuylkill	Fire	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Tamaqua Police	Schuylkill	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Tiden Township Police	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Tulpehocken Township Police ✓	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Valley View Township Fire	Schuylkill	Fire	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Warminster Police ✓	Bucks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Washington Township Police	Franklin	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Waynesboro Police ✓	FRanklin	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Westmorland County Emergency Management	Westmorland	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Westmorland County Fire	Westmorland	Fire	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Westmorland County Interop	Westmorland	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Westmorland County Police	Westmorland	Police	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Westmoreland County Sheriff	Westmorland	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
West Earl Township Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
West Hempford Township Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
West Lampeter Township Police ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
West Penn Township Fire/EMS ✓	Schuylkill	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
West Reading Borough Police ✓	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Williamstown EMS ✓	Dauphin	Ems	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
White Horse Salisbery Township Fire ✓	Lancaster	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Womelsdorf Borough Police	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Wyomissing Borough Police ✓	Berks	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
York County Police ✓	York	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
York City Police ✓	York	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many public safety agencies in Pennsylvania are encrypted?

183 agencies in Pennsylvania are documented as encrypted: 150 (82%) fully encrypted and 33 with partial encryption. See the full table below for specific agencies.

Which Pennsylvania agencies have verified encryption data?

139 of the 183 agencies listed here (76%) have been checked directly against the RadioReference API, covering 533 documented talkgroups. The rest are sourced from the community-maintained RadioReference Wiki and may be less current.

Which county in Pennsylvania has the most encrypted agencies?

Lancaster County leads Pennsylvania with 36 encrypted agencies (92% fully encrypted). Browse the county list below to see how your area compares.

Can I still monitor police scanners anywhere in Pennsylvania?

Yes. 33 agencies in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania residents get an encryption decision reversed?

Yes — encryption is a local policy decision, not a technical requirement, and it can be revisited. Our Pennsylvania case study covers what has and hasn't worked there so far.

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