South Carolina Encrypted Agencies

25 Police Departments

19 Sheriff Offices

5 Fire Departments

1 EMS Agencies

Fully Encrypted 33 agencies (60%)

Partially Encrypted 22 agencies (40%)

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29 Verified Agencies

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6 Discovered via RadioReference

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Agency Name	County	Type	Encryption	Scope
Anderson County Sheriff's Office ✓	Anderson	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Beaufort County Sheriff ✓	Beaufort	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Beaufort County Fire ✓	Beaufort	Fire	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Beaufort Police Department ✓	Beaufort	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Berkeley County Sheriff's Office ✓	Berkeley	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Bluffton Police Department ✓	Beaufort	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Burton Fire Department	Beaufort	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Charleston County Sheriff's Office ✓	Charleston	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Charleston City Police Department	Charleston	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Chester Police Department ✓	Chester	Police	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Chester County Sheriff's Office ✓	Chester	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Colleton County Sheriff's Department	Colleton	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Columbia Police Department ✓	Richland	Police	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Dillion County Sheriff's Office	Dillion	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Florence County Sheriff's Office	Florence	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Fairfield County Sheriff's Office	Fairfield	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Greenwood County Emergency Medical Services	Greenwood	Ems	P25 AES-256	Dispatch Only
Greenwood Police Department ✓	Greenwood	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Greenwood County Sheriff's Office	Greenwood	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Greenville County Sheriff's Office	Greenville	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Hardeeville Police Department ✓	Jasper	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Horry County Fire Rescue ✓	Horry	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Isle of Palms Police Department ✓	Charleston	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Jasper County Sheriff's Office	Jasper	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Lancaster County Fire Department ✓	Lancaster	Fire	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Lancaster City Police Department ✓	Lancaster	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Lancaster County Sheriff's Office	Lancaster	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Lexington County Sheriff ✓	Lexington	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Mount Pleasant Police Department ✓	Charleston	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Newberry County Sheriff's Office	Newberry	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
North Charleston Police Department	Charleston	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Port Royal Police Department	Beaufort	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Richland County Sheriff's Department ✓	Richland	Sheriff	P25 DES-OFB	Fully Encrypted
Ridgeland Police Department ✓	Jasper	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Rock Hill Police ✓	York	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Sullivan's Island Police Department ✓	Charleston	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Summerville Police Department ✓	Dorchester	Police	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
South Carolina Bureau of Protective Services	Statwide	Federal	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources	Statewide	State	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
South Carolina Highway Patrol	Statewide	State	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Statewide Law Enforcement Division (SLED)	Statewide	Other	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
South Carolina Probation, Protection, & Parole	Statwide	Other	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Sumter County Fire Department ✓	Sumter	Fire	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Sumter Police Department ✓	Sumter	Police	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Sumter County Sheriff's Department	Sumter	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
University of South Carolina Police Department ✓	Richland	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
WIlliamsberg County Sheriff's Office	Williamsburg	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Dispatch Only
Yemmassee Police Department ✓	Beaufort	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
York County Sheriff's Department ✓	York	Sheriff	P25 DES-OFB	Fully Encrypted
Seabrook Island Police NEW	Charleston	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Chester Township Police NEW	Chester	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Greenwood Township Police NEW	Greenwood	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Myrtle Beach Police NEW	Horry	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Sumter Township Police NEW	Sumter	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Horry County Police Department ✓ NEW	Horry	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted

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