West Virginia Encrypted Agencies

14 Police Departments

14 Sheriff Offices

18 Fire Departments

1 EMS Agencies

Fully Encrypted 41 agencies (82%)

Partially Encrypted 9 agencies (18%)

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Agency Name	County	Type	Encryption	Scope
Benwood Police Department	Marshall	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Bureau of Criminal Investigation	Statewide	Federal	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Beaver Volunteer Fire Department	Raleigh	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Berkeley County Fire	Berkeley County Fire	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Berkeley County Sheriff	Berkeley	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Bogs Run Fire Department	Marshall	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Boone County Sheriff's Office	Boone	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Brooke County Sheriff's Office	Brooke	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Cameron Fire Department	Marshall	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Cameron Police Department	Marshall	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Charles Town Police Department	Jefferson	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Coal City Fire Department	Raleigh	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Dallas Fire Department	Marshall	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Fork Ridge Fire Department	Marshall	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Glen Dale Fire Department	Marshall	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Glen Dale Police Department	Marshall	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Hampshire County Sheriff's Office	Hampshire	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Harper's Ferry Police Department	Jefferson	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Harrison County Sheriff's Office	Harrison	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Jackson County Sheriff's Office	Jackson	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Jefferson County EMS ✓	Jefferson	Ems	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Jefferson County Fire Department	Jefferson	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office	Jefferson	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Kanawha County Emergency Management	Kawnaha	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Limestone Fire Department	Marshall	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Mason County Sheriff's Office	Mason	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Marshall County Sheriff's Office	Marshall	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
McDowdell County Sheriff's Office	McDowell	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Mineral County Sheriff's Office	Mineral	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
McMenchen Fire Department	Marshall	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
McMenchen Police Department	Marshall	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Moundsville City Fire	Marshall	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Moundsville Police Department	Marshall	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Moundsville Volunteer Fire Department	Marshall	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Mount Olive Fire Department	Marshall	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Ohio County Sheriff's Office ✓	Ohio	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Ranson Police Department	Jefferson	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Richwood Police	Nicholas	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Roberts Ridge Fire	Marshall	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Saint Joseph Volunteer Fire Department	Marshall	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Sherard Fire Department	Marshall	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Summersville Police Department	Nicholas	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
United States Marshall Service	Statewide	Federal	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
United States Postal Service	Statewide	Other	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Washington Lands Fire Department	Marshall	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
West Virginia State Police	Stateide	Police	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Wheeling Police Department ✓	Ohio	Police	P25 AES-256	Partially Encrypted
Wood County Sheriff ✓	Wood	Sheriff	Unknown	Fully Encrypted
Richwood Township Police NEW	Wood	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Benwood Township Police NEW	Wood	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted

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