Onondaga County (NY) Law Enforcement
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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.
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 (North Syracuse, Liverpool, Jordan, Marcellus, Baldwinsville) 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 MRDs, each agency has access to all police channels, the same goes for SPD.
Onondaga County Police Unit IDs
Unit Numbers | Police Agency | Dispatch Channel | FCC Callsigns (Old Radio Plan) |
---|---|---|---|
2200-2299 | Syracuse Airport Authority PD | Airport Channel, MRD North | |
3000-3099 | Baldwinsville PD | MRD West Zone | KVD647 |
3100-3199 | Camillus PD | MRD West Zone | KVD648 |
3200-3299 | Cicero PD | MRD North Zone | KNNT295/KVD649 |
3400-3499 | Dewitt PD | MRD East Zone | KVD651 |
3600-3699 | Geddes PD | MRD West Zone | KXI991 |
3700-3799 | Jordan PD | MRD West Zone | KFO957 |
3800-3899 | Liverpool PD | MRD North Zone | KVD653 |
3900-3999 | Manlius (Town) PD | MRD East Zone | KVD652/KVD654/KVD657 |
4000-4099 | Marcellus PD | MRD West Zone | KVD655 |
4100-4199 | North Syracuse PD | MRD North Zone | KVD658 |
4200-4299 | Skaneateles PD | MRD West Zone | KJD452 |
4300-4399 | Solvay PD | MRD 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 | |
4700-4799 | Onondaga Co. Sheriff’s Administration / Jail Transports | North, West, East, CID | |
4800-5499 | Onondaga Co. Sheriff’s Off Duty Details | North, West, East, City | |
5500-5599 | SUNY ESF University Police | SUNY ESF | |
5700-5799 | New York State Police | North, West, East, City North, City South | |
7500-7599 | New York State Park Police | North, West, East, State Park Police Region 5 | |
N7## / 8N7## | New York State DEC / NYS Forest Rangers | North, West, East | |
9600-9699 | Onondaga Comm. College DPS | MRD West | |
9700-9799 | Syracuse University DPS | SU DPS | |
9800-9899 | SUNY Upstate Hospital Police | SUNY Upstate, City South |
- OCSO and NYSP
- 45L# and 57L# are Lieutenants (45L2 was retired by OCSO following the LODD of Lt Hoosock on April 14, 2024)
- 45S# and 57S# are Sergeants
- K9## and 57K# are K9 officers. OCSO no longer uses an agency identifier for their K9 Units.
- 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)
Prefixes
Note: OCSO appears to have re-worked their Patrol Beats, so the locations listed may not be completely up to date.
AIR 1 OCSO Helicopter CP## County Probation CV9# OCSO Civil Deputies DA## County District Attorney ET## OCSO Evidence Technicians JC## OCSO Justice Center Hospital Detail Units SE## OCSO Special Events (Typically Amphitheater Concerts) SP## State Parole Officers N73# NYS Enviormental Conservation Police SR## OCSO School Resource Officers 22## Syracuse Airport Authority Police 30## Baldwinsville PD 31## Camillus PD 32## Cicero PD 34## Dewitt PD 36## Geddes PD 37## Jordan PD (PT) 38## Liverpool PD 39## Manlius PD 40## Marcellus PD (PT) 41## North Syracuse PD 42## Skaneateles PD (PT) 43## Solvay PD 44## Onondaga County Park Police 45## OCSO Road Patrol 4501 Lyncourt 4502 Salina / Clay 4503 Cicero 4504 VanBuren 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 454# GIVE units 455# GIVE units 453# STOP DWI Units 456# Patrol Detail 457# Patrol Detail 458# Navigation (Boating) 459# Patrol Administration 46## OCSO CIS / CID 47## OCSO Administration / Jail Transports / Specialty Services 48## OCSO Off Duty Details 49## OCSO Off Duty Details 50## OCSO Off Duty Details 55## SUNY ESF Police 57## New York State Police State Police Patrol Posts closely mirror OCSO's Posts, with slight variations. 573# Interstate Highway Units 574# GIVE Detail 575# GIVE Detail 577# / 5D## Bureau of Criminal Investigation 75## NY State Park Police 76## NY State Cannabis Control 96## Onondaga Community College Campus Police 97## Syracuse University Department of Public Safety (DPS) 98## SUNY Upstate Police
Suffixes
##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 - ##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 44 M.O. Coding Sheet 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)