Midland and Ector Counties Area State Police

Midland DPS (155.4675 P25 conventional). This feed includes: Midland Department of Public Safety (State Police) 155.4675 MHz. Input is 154.6875 per the statewide plan. Covers Midland/Ector Counties. DPS exclusively. Motorola Astro Spectra. This feed was previously Midland SO primary dispatch. It is our understanding that their primary dispatch channel is now encrypted, the reason being that local broadcast media began using unverified "scanner traffic reports" as a primary source for news gathering, rather using it as a tool to send a reporter to the scene. Typically wasn't an issue until they had several calls showing up on social media and "breaking news" on air involving barricaded subjects. So there.