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== Police Unit Numbers ==
 
== Police Unit Numbers ==
  
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*'''Patrol Units''':  (“X” = one or two digit district #)
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'''Patrol Units''':  (“X” = one or two digit district #)
 
*CO “X” = District Captain (ex: “C.O. Twenty-two’)
 
*CO “X” = District Captain (ex: “C.O. Twenty-two’)
 
*“X” Command = Lieutenant (ex: “Five Command”  
 
*“X” Command = Lieutenant (ex: “Five Command”  
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*“X” 3_ = Patrol Units in PSA 3
 
*“X” 3_ = Patrol Units in PSA 3
 
*“X” 4_ = Patrol Units in PSA 4
 
*“X” 4_ = Patrol Units in PSA 4
*“X” Tom _ = District Tactical Units (ex: “Eight Tom Two”)
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*“X” Tom _ = District Tactical Units (ex: “Eight Tom Two”)<br>
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*'''Detective Units''': (“X” Division number)
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'''Detective Units''': (“X” Division number)
 
*D”X”_ _ (D, Division number + two digits)
 
*D”X”_ _ (D, Division number + two digits)
*For example D200 units are North West Detective Division, so “Dan two ten” would be a NWDD detective.
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*For example D200 units are North West Detective Division, so “Dan two ten” would be a NWDD detective. <br>
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*'''Other Units:'''
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'''Other Units:'''
 
*A= Accident Investigation (AID)
 
*A= Accident Investigation (AID)
 
*C, Car, CI, & I = Command Staff (“Car One” = Police Commissioner)
 
*C, Car, CI, & I = Command Staff (“Car One” = Police Commissioner)
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*T= Traffic
 
*T= Traffic
 
*Tac Air = Aviation (helicopter)
 
*Tac Air = Aviation (helicopter)
*X= Expressway Patrol
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*X= Expressway Patrol <br>
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*A letter + number + A, B, C or D is a unit supervisor (Ex: “Sam One Andy” = SWAT Sergeant & “Highway Two Barney” = Highway Patrol Sergeant)
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A letter + number + A, B, C or D is a unit supervisor (Ex: “Sam One Andy” = SWAT Sergeant & “Highway Two Barney” = Highway Patrol Sergeant)
  
  

Revision as of 01:44, 20 July 2010

Police Unit Numbers

Philadelphia Police Unit Numbers

Patrol Units: (“X” = one or two digit district #)

  • CO “X” = District Captain (ex: “C.O. Twenty-two’)
  • “X” Command = Lieutenant (ex: “Five Command”
  • “X” A, B, C, D = Sergeants (ex: “Fifteen Andy” or “thirty-nine Charlie”)
  • “X” E, F = Operations Room Supervisors (Corporals)
  • “X” Operations or “Ops” is the district operations room
  • “X” 0 _ = Prisoner Wagons <two person units> (ex: “Fourteen 0 one”)
  • “X” 1_ = Patrol Units in PSA (Police Service Area) 1 (ex: “nineteen eleven”)
  • “X” 2_ = Patrol Units in PSA 2 (ex: “two twenty two”)
  • “X” 3_ = Patrol Units in PSA 3
  • “X” 4_ = Patrol Units in PSA 4
  • “X” Tom _ = District Tactical Units (ex: “Eight Tom Two”)


Detective Units: (“X” Division number)

  • D”X”_ _ (D, Division number + two digits)
  • For example D200 units are North West Detective Division, so “Dan two ten” would be a NWDD detective.


Other Units:

  • A= Accident Investigation (AID)
  • C, Car, CI, & I = Command Staff (“Car One” = Police Commissioner)
  • G= Garage (tow trucks)
  • H= Highway Patrol
  • K= K-9
  • L= Crime Lab
  • N= Narcotics
  • NS= Narcotics Strike Force
  • S1_ _= SWAT
  • T= Traffic
  • Tac Air = Aviation (helicopter)
  • X= Expressway Patrol


A letter + number + A, B, C or D is a unit supervisor (Ex: “Sam One Andy” = SWAT Sergeant & “Highway Two Barney” = Highway Patrol Sergeant)



Common Police Codes

1037 = DUI
1038 = Incident report
5292 = Deceased person
NAT = necessary action taken
RTF = Report to follow
UNF = Unfounded

Philadelphia Prison System Facilities

Alternative and Special Detention (ASD)
Cannery - Work Release (Cannery)
Curran Fromhold Correctional Facility (CFCF)
Detention Center - Intake (DC)
Holmesburg Prison (Holmesburg) (Closed except for overflow use)
House of Correction (HOC)
Philadelphia Industrial Correction Center - Female Unit (PICC)
Riverside Correctional Facility (RCF)

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