Polk County (IA)
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Des Moines Police Signal 8 is either "out at the station" or "jail"
Contents
DMPD Used 10 Codes
10-8 Unit In Service
DMPD Units
100 Series - First Shift 200 Series - Second Shift 300 Series - Third Shift MC - Mobile Crisis AR - Animal Control (Animal Rescue League)
DMPD Codes
- Signal 4 - Lunch/Dinner Break
- Signal 5 - Traffic Stop
- Signal 8 - Out at the Station or Jail
DMPD Numbering
- Unit Numbers: MC?? - Any unit begining with MC refers to a Mobile Crisis unit. Mobile Crisis units are often called to assist officers with calls relating to mental subjects such as suicide threats. The operators of Mobile Crisis units have some sort of formal training and experience in mental health such as psychology or counseling.
- 500 Series - Any unit number in the 500 series is a supervisor.
- 700 Series - Any unit number in the 700 series refers to a detective. (Unit Number)
- Adam - Any unit number followed by "Adam" indicates that the unit is a one man unit.
Polk County Numbering
Polk County 01-150 Windsor Heights PD 200-220 Camp Dodge Security 230-249 Altoona PD 250-275 Johnston PD 300-329 Mitchellville PD 330-340 Polk City PD 350-359 Polk County Attorney 400-409 Emergency Management 410 Polk County SO Reserves 420-439 Pleasant Hill PD 440-460 County Conservation Officers 670-680 Corps of Engineers Rangers (Saylorville Lake) 710-730 METRO Officers 800-840 State Probation/Parole Officers 900-940 Vetrans Administration Police (Des Moines) 970-979 Polk Co Fire Departments Altoona 2500, 2505, 2511, 2546, 2580, 2589 Delaware 3300, 3301, 3304, 3320, 3335, 3380 Elkhart 3505 Granger 2700, 2701, 2780 Grimes 3701, 3704, 3730, 3731, 3780 Johnston 3930, 3981 Mitchellville 5725, 5780, 5790, 5794 Polk City 4500, 4504, 4523, 4532, 4580, 4581 Runnels 4731, 4732 Saylor 4900, 4901, 4920, 4950, 4980 Windsor Hts 5500, 5501, 5581
Misc.
iMobile - In car mobile computer (not in all squad cars)