Onondaga County (NY) Law Enforcement

Onondaga County Law Enforcement

Police agencies on the system are dispatched from dedicated area talkgroups (3 for county police agencies, and 2 for Syracuse city police). Larger scale events (hostage situations, chases, etc.) are often moved to "Channel 1" (TG 31 for the City of Syracuse, TG45 for the county) to avoid disruption of routine dispatch operations. Additional tactical channels are assigned as needed, which are typically monitored by an additional dispatcher. At minimum, there are 8 Police Dispatchers on the air working at any given time, but drops down to 7 overnight when it's typically slower.

Police dispatching is split by City and County dispatch groups, which is then separated geographically. In the County, there are 3 area talkgroups, MRD North (5), MRD West (4), and MRD East (3). Within each channel, it's further broken down by patrol posts, and each agency that has jurisdiction has a patrol post. For example, within the Town of Dewitt (on MRD East), Dewitt PD has it's own patrol posts, followed by the Sheriff's Office post, then finally the State Police Patrol post. From 03:00 to 07:00 MRD North (5) and MRD East (3) are patched due to the reduced volume of incidents, allowing for reduced staffing at the 911 center.

Contrary to other counties in New York, each Town and Village that has it's own Police Department is also covered by both a County Sheriff post car, and a State Police post car.

Village Departments (such as North Syracuse) are required to take case responsibility, but when they're out of service or unavailable, calls can be, and are, taken by the County and State if they accept taking the call. Town Departments are given first preference in non-emergent type calls, but are not required to take the call.

For emergent-type calls, Police are dispatched by the closest two cars that have jurisdiction, regardless of patrol posts or agency.

While most town & village agencies call out in their respective channel, each agency has access to all police channels (both city and county).

Onondaga County Police Unit IDs

Unit Numbers	Police Agency	Primary Dispatch Channel(s)	FCC Callsigns (Old Radio Plan)
2200-2299	Syracuse Airport Authority PD	Airport Channel, North Zone
3000-3099	Baldwinsville PD	West Zone	KVD647
3100-3199	Camillus PD	West Zone	KVD648
3200-3299	Cicero PD	North Zone	KNNT295/KVD649
3400-3499	Dewitt PD	East Zone	KVD651
3600-3699	Geddes PD	West Zone	KXI991
3700-3799	Jordan PD	West Zone	KFO957
3800-3899	Liverpool PD	North Zone	KVD653
3900-3999	Manlius (Town) PD	East Zone	KVD652/KVD654/KVD657
4000-4099	Marcellus PD	West Zone	KVD655
4100-4199	North Syracuse PD	North Zone	KVD658
4200-4299	Skaneateles PD	West Zone	KJD452
4300-4399	Solvay PD	West Zone	KXI992
4400-4499	Onondaga Co. Park Rangers	North, West, East	KNGA905
4500-4599	Onondaga Co. Sheriff's Road Patrol	North, West, East
4600-4699	Onondaga Co. Sheriff's CID	North, West, East, CID
4700-4720	Onondaga Co. Sheriff’s Custody	North, West, East
4720-4799	Onondaga Co. Sheriff’s Administration	North, West, East
4800-4999	Onondaga Co. Sheriff’s Off Duty Details	North, West, East, City South
5500-5599	SUNY ESF University Police	SUNY ESF
5700-5799	New York State Police	North, West, East
7500-7599	New York State Park Police	East Zone, State Park Police Region 5
9600-9699	Onondaga Comm. College DPS	West Zone
9700-9799	Syracuse University DPS	SU DPS
9800-9899	SUNY Upstate Police	SUNY Upstate, City South

Radio Channels
- MRD East Zone - TG 47
- MRD West Zone - TG 48
- MRD North Zone - TG 49
- MRD CID - TG 50, encrypted.

Colleges operated usually on their own radio channels/systems, however may be seen on the channels on the chart.
- SU, SUNY Upstate, and SUNY ESF have separate channels on the system
- OCC, Le Moyne Security operate analog UHF/VHF systems.

Former Police Agencies

Unit Numbers	Police Agency	FCC Callsigns (Old Radio Plan)	Result
3300-3399	Clay PD	KVD650	Merged with Onondaga Co. Sheriff's Office
3500-3599	East Syracuse PD	KWM836	Dissolved, village is now covered by Dewitt PD

Onondaga County (NY) Sheriffs Dept. Old Radio Plan

154.740 Mhz - Channel #1 - North Dispatch (PL Tone 107.2) (KVD660/WNZU747)
155.415 Mhz - Channel #2 - DATA (PL Tone 107.2) (KVD660/WNZU747)
155.685 Mhz - Channel #3 - East Dispatch (PL Tone 107.2) (KVD660/WNZU747)
155.640 Mhz - Channel #4 - South/West Dispatch (PL Tone 107.2) (KVD660/WNZU747)
155.370 Mhz - Channel #5 - InterCounty (PL Tone 107.2) (KVD660/WNZU747)
154.860 Mhz - Channel #6 - SWAT/CID (PL Tone 107.2) (KVD660/WNZU747)
XXX.XXX Mhz - Channel #7 - P.D. Private Channels
154.650 Mhz - Channel #8 - Car-to-Car (PL Tone 107.2) (WNZU747)

Shifts

Typically work in 3 "main" shifts, which is generally adopted across all police agencies.

A Watch - 2300-0700
B Watch - 0700-1500
C Watch - 1500-2300

The Sheriff's Office is different, however, as they have adopted 10 hour shifts which allows for overlap and additional coverage.

A Watch - 2200-0800
B Watch - 0700-1700
C Watch - 1200-2200
D Watch - 1700-0300
Aviation - 1600-0200

State Police typically runs 2 shifts, which are below, however may have a C watch unit if it's a "secondary" unit out of one of the barracks. Interstate/Highway cars may shift their start times to correspond with high traffic times, so may not typically be one of the two "normal" shifts.

A Watch - 1900-0700
B Watch - 0700-1900

Prefixes

CP##    County Probation (May also call out as "Probation")
CV##    OCSO Civil Deputies
CY##    Off-Duty Syracuse PD
DA##    County District Attorney 
DC##    OCSO Jamesville Correctional Facility (OCDC) Hospital Detail Units 
ET##    OCSO Evidence Technicians
HQ##    OCSO Headquarters Units
JC##    OCSO Justice Center Hospital Detail Units
K9#     OCSO or SPD K9
N7##    NYS Enviormental Conservation Police
SE##    OCSO Special Events (Typically Amphitheater Concerts)
SP##    State Parole (May also call out as "Parole")
SR##    OCSO School Resource Officers (May change location depending on calls/availibility)
        SR10   Sgt.
        SR11   Cicero-North Syracuse High School
        SR12   Roxboro Rd. Middle School
        SR13   Gillette Rd. Middle School
        SR14   Cicero-North Syracuse Jr. High
        SR15   Cicero-North Syracuse High School
        SR16   Ray Middle School
        SR18   North Syracuse Jr. High
        SR22   Bear Rd. Elementary 
        SR24   Allen Rd. Elementary 
        SR29   Lafayette High School
22##    Syracuse Airport Authority Police
30##	Baldwinsville PD	
31##	Camillus PD	
        3145   West Genesee Sr. High School SRO			
32##	Cicero PD	
        3275   Immaculate Conception School SRO			
34##	Dewitt PD 	
        344#   Special Detail (Typically Walmart or Cliffs on Erie Blvd.)
        3471   Jamesville-Dewitt High School SRO		
36##	Geddes PD				
37##	Jordan PD (PT)	
38##	Liverpool PD	
39##	Manlius PD	
        3956   East Syracuse-Minoa High School SRO
        3957   Fremont Elementary School SRO
        3958   Pine Grove Middle School SRO
        3974   Fayetteville-Manlius High School SRO
40##	Marcellus PD (PT)	
41##	North Syracuse PD	
42##	Skaneateles PD
43##	Solvay PD	
44##	Onondaga County Park Police 
        4480  County Executive Personal Security (Detective)
45##	OCSO Road Patrol
	4501  Lyncourt
	4502  Salina / Clay
	4503  Cicero
	4504  Van Buren
	4505  Camillus / Geddes
	4506  Onondaga / Onondaga Reservation
        4507  Skaneateles / Spafford
	4508  Pompey
	4509  Dewitt / Manlius
	4511  Mattydale
	4512  Western Half of Clay
	4513  Eastern Half of Clay
	4514  Lysander
	4515  Elbridge
	4516  Onondaga
	4517  Skaneateles / Spafford
	4518  Fabius / Pompey
	4519  Dewitt / Manlius

        453#  STOP DWI / Traffic Units
        454#  G.I.V.E - Gun Involved Violence Elimination)
        455#  G.I.V.E. - Gun Involved Violence Elimination)
        456#  Patrol Detail
        457#  Detail
        458#  Navigation (Boating)
        459#  Patrol Admin.

        45S0  Countywide Patrol Sergeant (if they are only Sgt. on duty)
        45S1  North Patrol Sergeant (B&D Watch)
        45S2  South Patrol Sergeant (B&D Watch)
        45S3  Floating Patrol Sergeant
        45S6  South Patrol Sergeant (A Watch)
        45S7  North Patrol Sergeant (A Watch)
        45S8  Floating Patrol Sergeant (C Watch)
        AIR1  Helicopter
        45L#  Patrol Lieutenant (Watch Commander)
        
46##	OCSO CIS / CID
47##	OCSO Custody
48##    OCSO Off Duty
49##    OCSO Off Duty
50##    OCSO Off Duty
55##    SUNY ESF Police
57##	New York State Police 
        State Police Patrol Posts closely mirror OCSO's Posts, with slight variations.
        573#  Highway Units
        574#  T.I.M. Units - Traffic Incident Management Unit
        575#  G.I.V.E. - Gun Involved Violence Elimination Detail
        576#  Detail / Traffic
        577# / 5D##  Bureau of Criminal Investigation
        GrayRider## Helicopter
        V(ictor)##  Violent Gang and Narcotics Enforcement Team

        57S#  Patrol Sergeants - These are assigned to a Trooper and do not change based on shift or location.
        57L#  Lieutenant(s)
        5792  Commercial Vehicle Enforcement
        5799  Troop D Zone 2 Captain (SP North Syracuse)

58##    New York State Police Off Duty
75##	NY State Park Police
        7501 Green Lakes
        7502 Clark Reservation
        7503 Erie Canal

76##    NY State Cannabis Management Enforcement
96##    Onondaga Community College Campus Police
97##    Syracuse University Department of Public Safety (DPS)
        970# Patrol
        971# Patrol
        972# Community Service
        973# Traffic 
        974# Admin Detail (usually Crouse Hinds Hall)
        975# OT Detail
        976# OT Detail
        978# Investigations
        979# Admin.

98##    SUNY Upstate Police 
        980# Patrol
        981# Patrol
        982# Lieutenants / Supervisors
        983# Public Safety
        984# Public Safety
        985# Public Safety
        986# Public Safety
        989# Admin

Suffixes

##00    Sergeant
##99	Chief or Agency Head

Typically, most agencies follow similar unit 'blocks' for what the unit does however there are variations from agency to agency.

##00 - ##29 - Patrol
##30 - ##39 - Traffic / DWI
##40 - ##49 - Detail
##70 - ##79 - School Information Resource Officers or detail units
##80 - ##89 - Detectives / CID / Investigators
##90 - ##99 - Administration

Police Radio Codes

 1	Citation issued
 2	Special detail
 3	Parking ticket
 4	Gone on arrival
 5	Injury/illness
 6	Settled on arrival
 7	Unfounded
 8	Referred to other agency/jurisdiction
 9	False alarm
10	Assisted another unit
11	Non-criminal Incident Report
12	Arrest report
13	Tech report
14	Civil matter
15	Criminal Report
16	Juvenile
17	Accident report
18	Property report
19	Supplement report
20	Rabies 
21	Vehicle report
22	Missing person report
23	Open door or window
24	Firearm discharge
25	Snowmobile report
26	Warrant advised
27	Snowmobile ticket
28	Observation report
29	Appearance ticket
30	Memo
31	Crime Lab request
32	Officer injured
33	Repossession report
34	Use of force
35	General message
36	Report mailed
37	Affidavit
38	Complaint
39	Warrant issued
40	Photos taken
41	Detail completed
42	Deposition
43	No police action
45	Building search (K9)
46	Directed search (K9)
47	Person check (K9)
48	Bomb detection (K9)
51	Evidence search (K9)
52	Family Court referral
53	Criminal apprehension (K9)
54	Officer protection (K9)
55	K9 Demonstration
56	Narcotics detection (K9)