NY State Police (NY)

Terminology

• Bureau of Criminal Investigation: NYSP's main investigative division.
• Community Stabilization Unit: An interdiction division.
• Concealed Identity Traffic Enforcement (CITE): Division driving unmarked units focusing on violations such as texting and driving and not wearing a seatbelt.
• Marked Troop Car: Refers to a Troop Car. NYSP terminology for a Patrol Car.
• Special Operations Response Team (SORT): NYSP's tactical division.
• Traffic Incident Management Team (TIMT): Team dedicated to traffic control in high volume areas, construction sites, and events.

NYSP Troop Information

• NY State Police Headquarters
• NY State Police Academy

• NY State Police Troop A
• NY State Police Troop B
• NY State Police Troop C
• NY State Police Troop D
• NY State Police Troop E
• NY State Police Troop F
• NY State Police Troop G
• NY State Police Troop K
• NY State Police Troop L
• NY State Police Troop T
• NY State Police Troop NYC

NYSP Patrol Areas

Troop	Counties in Patrol Area
A	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans & Wyoming
B	Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton & St. Lawrence
C	Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego, Tioga & Tompkins
D	Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga & Oswego
E	Cayuga, Chemung, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne & Yates
F	Greene, Orange, Rockland, Sullivan & Ulster
G	Albany, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren & Washington
K	Columbia, Dutchess, Putnam, Westchester
L	Nassau and Suffolk
T	New York State Thruway Authority
NYC	New York City (Bronx, New York, Kings, Queens, Richmond)

State Police Codes

SIGNAL CODES

• B - Phone HQ (or Phone ____)
• 7 - Failure to pay toll
• 55 - What is your location
• 90 - Request for overtime

FILE CODES

• 1 - Stolen vehicle
• 2 - Motor vehicle registration check
• 3 - Report to division headquarters
• 4 - Hit & run
• 5 - Wanted person
• 6 - Missing person
• 7 - Burglary
• 8 - Robbery
• 9 - Lost/missing property
• 10 - Stolen property
• 11 - Assault
• 12 - Homicide
• 13 - General information
• 14 - Administrative message
• 15 - Request for information
• 16 - Lost/stolen license plates
• 20 - Criminal investigation
• 28 - Weather & road conditions
• 44 - Test messages follow

GENERAL CODES

• RED FLASH - Major Emergency (Clear the channel)
• AA - Automobile accident
• DV - Disabled vehicle
• F - Fatal
• PD - Property damage
• PI - Personal injury
• S&R - Suspension(s) & revocation(s)

New York State Police use the standard APCO 10-Codes

State Police Units

X=Troop letter
#=1 through 4 (except for troops lacking a fourth zone, Headquarters, and Troop NYC)

TROOP HEADQUARTERS¹

• X1 - Major
• X2-X4 - Captains
• X5 - Bureau of Criminal Investigation Captain
• X10-X99 - Troop administrative units²
• X100-X112 - Traffic Incident Management Team
• X131-X134 - ATVs
• X200-X203 - Concealed Identity Traffic Enforcement

ZONE UNITS³

• #X1-#X9 - Supervisor⁴
• #X10-#X79 - Patrol units⁵
• #X80-#X83 - Canine units
• #X84-#X86 - Special units⁶
• #X87-#X89 - Traffic enforcement⁷
• #X90-#X99 - Patrol

BUREAU OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (BCI)

• X5 - BCI Captain
• 5X1 - BCI Lieutenant
• 5X15-5X24 - BCI Senior Investigators
• 5X125-5X199 - BCI Investigators

PORTABLES

• 6X1-6X99 - Administrative Portables
• 6X100-6X499 - Trooper Portables
• 6X500-6X599 - BCI Portables

NON-NYSP UNITS

• N60-N79 - Environmental Conservation Marine Enforcement Unit
• 7X1-7X9999 - Varies drastically by troop
• 7N1-7N9 - Environmental Conservation Police Central Office command units
• 7H700-7H729 - Customs and Border Protection
• 7N100-7N999 - Environmental Conservation Police⁸
• 8X1-8X9 - New York State Park Police command
• 8X10-8X49 - New York State Park Police patrol
• 8X60-8X69 - New York State Park Forest Rangers⁹
• 8X70 - New York State Park Police pickup (duty varies)
• 8X80-8X82 - New York State Park Police canine
• 8X83 - New York State Park Police Mounted Unit tow
• 8X85 - New York State Park Police high angle rescue
• 8X86 - New York State Park Police van
• 8H01-8H09 - New York State Financial Services investigatory command
• 8H10-8H99 - New York State Financial Services investigators
• 8H100-8H199 - New York State Park Police headquarters units
• 8N1-8N5 - Forest Rangers Central Office command units
• 8N10-8N90 - Forest Rangers captains
• 8N100-8N999 - Forest Rangers⁸

DISPATCHERS¹⁰

• 9X1-9X9 - Dispatcher
• 9X10-9X99 - Dispatcher(?)

STATE POLICE SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS

• AB1-AB3 - Underwater Recovery Team airboats
• EVOC1-EVOC26 - Emergency vehicle operator course cars
• MC1-MC23 - Patrol motorcycles
• SORT1-SORT6 - Special Operations Response Team Bearcats¹¹
• URT1-URT7 - Underwater Recovery Team boats

TROOP DESIGNATIONS (X)

• A through G - State Police troops¹²
• H - State Police Headquarters and some non-NYSP units
• J - State Police Narcotics Units¹³
• K and L - State Police troops¹²
• M - State Police Troop NYC¹²
• N - State Environmental Conservation
• P - Department of Corrections
• R - State Police Academy and State Park rangers
• S - State Police Special Investigations Units¹³
• V - State Police Violent Felony Warrant Squad¹³
• X - State Police Governor's Protection Unit and Capitol patrols

1: Does not apply to Headquarters or Academy (see dedicated wiki page), does not seem to apply to Troop NYC. It seems some troops have additional numbering blocks, such as 300 and 400, but these have only been observed with Troop D.
2: Units include non-zone Commercial Vehicle Enforcement, drone units, haz-mat, SCUBA Emergency Management, non-zone Bomb Disposal Units, school resource officers, utility units, non-patrol command units, and more.
3: Does not apply to Headquarters or Troop NYC.
4: Only applies to some troops.
5: Some exceptions, mainly for task force units, some other special units. Includes supervisors if troop does not use the #X1-#X9 range.
6: Typically includes Commercial Vehicle Enforcement, Bomb Disposal Units, traffic enforcement units, and sometimes patrol units.
7: The latter 80 call signs have been typically been reserved for traffic enforcement since the 1980s. Chevrolet Camaros were always numbered as were usually numbered #X87 and #X88, and while the Camaros are gone, many troops still reserve the range for traffic enforcement. If it is not a traffic enforcement unit, the range is usually out of service. None of this applies to Troop T, which use the range for special units, such as canine units.
8: Includes patrol units, supervisors, and some special units. See dedicated wiki page.
9: Not the same thing as Park Rangers. These are Park Forest Rangers that seem to be primarily responsible for firefighting. Not sure what relationship, if any, there is to ENCON Forest Rangers.
10: Some troops give dispatchers five digit call signs in the 9X#00-9X#99 range. The "#" designates the dispatcher's zone, if the number is "0," it designates a troop headquarters dispatcher). There may be some exceptions to the 9X1-9X99 format, but this remains unclear.
11: May identify as MRT1 through MRT6. This remains unclear.
12: Designates area of the state, not NYSP troop. Non-NYSP units marked with an "X" use the same designator as the local NYSP troop.
13: Likely outdated. Many task force units use the local troop letter.

Related Links

• NYSP Troop L Radio Layout
• NYSP Troop "T" Detailed breakdown and Coverage areas