• Clay County Sheriff's Office uses the Kansas City, MO P25 system full-time. They still maintain the "Private-1" repeater (155.700) for backup use. Kearney and Mosby PD use the "Private-2" repeater (159.825) for primary dispatch operations. It is unknown if/when they'll make the switch to digital.
  

• Claycomo Police and Fire switched over to the Kansas City, MO P25 system last fall. At that time, the Clay County Sheriff's Office took over dispatch operations for the Village's Police and Fire departments. Claycomo PD shares talkgroup 34320 with Randolph PD, while Claycomo Fire has their own dispatch talkgroup.
  

• Platte County Sheriff's Office and most of the rural fire protection districts switched over to their new 800 MHz P25 digital system back in December. Fire station alerting for the North part of the County now takes place on the old Platte County Sheriff North Repeater (155.625). Southern Platte Fire Protection District contracts with KCFD for dispatch operations. Smithville Fire still uses their 156.1875 repeater for station alerting.
  

Jackson County, MO

• Blue Springs Police Dept switched to the new Independence 800 MHz P25/Eastern Jackson County system last fall. Since then, Central Jackson County Fire Protection District has moved from the Independence 700 MHz system to the new Eastern Jackson County 800 MHz system. At some point in the near future, Independence Police and Fire will move completely from 700 MHz to the newer 800 system.
  

• Jackson County Sheriff's Office will be switching to a new 800 MHz P25 digital system within the coming months. On November 13, 2012, the Jackson County Legislature awarded a $4.84 million contract to Motorola Solutions to begin construction on the new radio system. The new Jackson County system will serve as a "tie-in" to the MARRS and MOSWIN digital systems. It has been rumored that all Sheriff's Office traffic on the new system will be encrypted and unavailable to scanner users. We will do our best to keep everyone posted on how that pans out.
  

Cass County, MO

• Cass County is in the process of constructing a 6-site simulcast P25 digital system that will serve as a "tie-in" to the Kansas City, MO system. Although we suspect that Motorola was selected as vendor for this project, we haven't heard anything official just yet. Their new system is expected to be fully operational by early 2014. The new Cass County system will include the Sheriff's Office, Belton Police and Fire, Harrisonville Police and Fire, Pleasant Hill Police and Fire, Raymore Police, and the South Metropolitan Fire Protection District.

Kansas City, KS/Wyandotte County

• The Unified Government of Kansas City, KS/Wyandotte County is in the planning stages of constructing a 6-site simulcast P25 digital radio system. They have signed a retainer's agreement with Tusa Consulting to assist with a design/technical study for their proposed new communications system. No vendors have been selected at this time, however, we've heard that the bidding process will likely be waived and Motorola Solutions would be selected to complete the work. The proposed Wyandotte County system would serve as a "tie-in" to the Johnson County, KS and Kansas City, MO systems. It could take up to a year before their new system is fully implemented and ready to go.
  

Douglas County, Sedgwick County, and Shawnee County, KS

• Based on this memo from the Douglas County Emergency Communications Center (dated 4/20/12), it appears the County has decided to move forward with an upgrade to the Kansas Statewide P25 digital system. Contracts with KDOT and Motorola are being negotiated and should be forthcoming. We're not sure how many sites will be used, but it will likely be an 800 MHz simulcast setup (very similar to what Leavenworth County has).

• Shawnee County awarded a $12 million bid to Motorola Solutions for replacement of their current Type II analog radios with a 6-site simulcast 800 MHz P25 system. Based on an earlier article released by the Topeka-Capitol Journal, it sounded like encryption was to be used on the new system, however, we've recently heard that Shawnee County Sheriff's Office and Topeka PD plans only to encrypt sensitive/tactical law communications, while leaving dispatch channels in the clear. This is excellent news for scanner hobbyists and folks who work in news media.
  

• Sedgwick County awarded a $23 million bid to Cassidian Communications to expand and convert their current Motorola Type II analog system to P25 digital. It is still unknown exactly when the upgrade will be completed, however, we've heard that it will be happening "relatively soon". Sedgwick has discussed the possibility of using encryption on their new system, however, the extent of that is still unknown. We will try to keep everyone posted as new updates are received.
  

State of Missouri

• Implementation of the Missouri Statewide Interoperable Network (MOSWIN) is underway at multiple locations across the State. Troop H has begun their transition from low-band to the new system. Troop A and others shouldn't be much farther behind. This P25 digital radio system will be expanded over the next year or so (however, it appears the project is nearing completion). Current information suggests that MOSWIN will use narrowband VHF frequencies exclusively, but we've also heard that 700/800 MHz frequencies may be used in heavily populated areas such as Kansas City, St. Louis, and Springfield. Furthermore, MOSWIN will use Voice-over-IP technology to enhance statewide coverage.

• To keep up on the progress and evolution of this system, please check out these forum discussions over at radioreference.com: Discussion #1, Discussion #2, and Discussion #3.