Immigration, Customs, and Enforcement
Statewide, Wyoming
How we verified this
As of August 2026 all four ICE talkgroups RadioReference lists on WyoLink are encrypted — "4600 | ICE Cheyenne", "4601 | ICE West Central", "4602 | ICE ENC" and "4603 | ICE TAC", each marked D Enc; the page does not name a cipher.
Encryption Details
Verified Talkgroup Data
What This Means
Everything this agency transmits is encrypted, dispatch included. For anyone outside the department — residents, reporters, neighbouring responders — the channel is simply silent.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Immigration, Customs, and Enforcement radio encrypted?
Yes — Immigration, Customs, and Enforcement's radio system runs on P25 AES-256 encryption. Everything this agency transmits is encrypted, dispatch included. For anyone outside the department — residents, reporters, neighbouring responders — the channel is simply silent.
Can I listen to Immigration, Customs, and Enforcement on a police scanner?
No. Immigration, Customs, and Enforcement has fully encrypted their radio communications using P25 AES-256. No consumer scanner can decode encrypted transmissions.
Why did Immigration, Customs, and Enforcement encrypt their radio?
Officer safety and operational security are the reasons agencies give. What rarely comes with that explanation is Statewide County-specific evidence that open communications ever caused a problem, while the loss of public oversight and the friction with still-unencrypted neighboring agencies are both immediate and real.
Can Statewide County reverse the encryption decision?
Yes. Whoever made this call for Immigration, Customs, and Enforcement can also unmake it; there's no technical lock-in. The approach that has worked elsewhere combines public-records requests, direct council pressure, and a coordinated local coalition.
What can I do about Immigration, Customs, and Enforcement encryption?
Contact the officials who oversee Immigration, Customs, and Enforcement's budget directly and ask why full encryption was chosen over partial alternatives. Pair that with a FOIA request for recordings and policy records, and look for an existing coalition in Statewide County, or start one, since agencies respond differently to organized, sustained pressure than to individual complaints.