Difference between revisions of "Suffolk County (MA)"
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|Bravo||District 2 (Roxbury/Dorchester) || Channel 3 | |Bravo||District 2 (Roxbury/Dorchester) || Channel 3 | ||
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
− | |Charlie||District 3 ( | + | |Charlie||District 3 (Mattapan) || Channel 3 |
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|Delta||District 4 (South End/Back Bay) || Channel 5 | |Delta||District 4 (South End/Back Bay) || Channel 5 | ||
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|Harry||District 11 (Dorchester) || Channel 6 | |Harry||District 11 (Dorchester) || Channel 6 | ||
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− | |Jake||District 13 ( | + | |Jake||District 13 (Jamaica Plain) || Channel 4 |
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
− | |Kilo||District 14 ( | + | |Kilo||District 14 (Allston/Brighton) || Channel 5 |
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
|Lima||District 18 (Hyde Park) || Channel 4 | |Lima||District 18 (Hyde Park) || Channel 4 | ||
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
− | |Mike|| | + | |Mike||Bureau of Field Services |
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
− | | | + | |Nova|| Operations/Headquarters Division |
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|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
− | | | + | |Romeo || Extra Paid Details - Large Scale/Citywide Events (not "Road Jobs) |
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
− | | | + | |Silver || Bureau of Administrative Services (Civilian Units) |
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
− | | | + | |Tango || Special Operations Division |
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
+ | |Victor || Investigative Services Bureau | ||
+ | |-align="center" | ||
+ | |Whiskey || Boston Public Health Commission Police Department | ||
+ | |-align="center" | ||
+ | |X-Ray || Internal Affairs Bureau | ||
+ | |-align="center" | ||
+ | |Yankee ||Boston Police Department - Administration Units | ||
+ | |-align="center" | ||
+ | |Zebra || Boston Housing Authority Police Department | ||
|} | |} | ||
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!User(s) | !User(s) | ||
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
− | |1 || 2 | + | |1 || Two Officer Patrol Unit "Rapid Car" |
+ | |-align="center" | ||
+ | |2 || Two Officer Prisoner Transport Wagon | ||
+ | |-align="center" | ||
+ | |3 || Officer Assigned to Motorcycle | ||
+ | |-align="center" | ||
+ | |4 || One Officer Patrol Unit "Service Car" | ||
+ | |-align="center" | ||
+ | |5 || K9 Units | ||
+ | |-align="center" | ||
+ | |6 || Foot/Bicycle Patrols | ||
+ | |-align="center" | ||
+ | |7 || Mounted Units (Rarely speak on radio) | ||
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
− | | | + | |8 || Detective |
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
− | | | + | |9 || Sergeant (Road Supervisor) |
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
− | | | + | |A || Lieutenant |
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
− | | | + | |B || Captain |
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
− | | | + | |C || Various Command Staff |
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
− | | | + | |D || Various unspecified units - Specific to their division/bureau (V D = Crime Lab Staff)"Detail" IE "Alpha Detail to Operations" Officer doing road detail in specific district |
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
− | | | + | |E || Explosives Ordinance Unit (may be followed by 3 digits Ie. T E 501 - is K9) |
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
− | | | + | |F || Haven't figured out yet - has to do with Special Ops |
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
− | | | + | |G || Emergency Deployment Team (SWAT) Tango Gold 1 and Tango Gold 2 are (Gun Cars) |
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
− | | | + | |H || Harbor Patrol/Dive Team Units (ex Tango Harbor One) |
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
− | | | + | |K || Officer on plain clothes proactive assignment (District or Citywide) |
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
− | | | + | |S || Boston School Police (ex Tango Sierra ##) |
|-align="center" | |-align="center" | ||
− | | | + | |T || Traffic Enforcement Units (ex Alpha Tango 55 - District 1 Traffic Unit) |
|} | |} | ||
+ | |||
*Third/Fourth (Number) | *Third/Fourth (Number) | ||
+ | **Unit ID always ends with 2 numbers, that signify the Unit Specific ID Number | ||
+ | <br/> | ||
+ | |||
+ | *Fifth Character (used at shift change sign on/sign off) | ||
+ | {|border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="solid darkgray;" | ||
+ | !Character | ||
+ | !User(s) | ||
+ | |-align="center" | ||
+ | |A || "Last Half" 11:45 pm - 8:00 am | ||
+ | |-align="center" | ||
+ | |D || "Day Shift" 7:45 am - 4:00 pm | ||
+ | |-align="center" | ||
+ | |F || "First Half" 3:45 pm - 12:00 am | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==MBTA== | ||
+ | |||
+ | *Next List is unit identifiers for the MBTA Transit Police: (work in progress) | ||
+ | **Similar to Boston PD: | ||
+ | ***1st Character - Phonetic | ||
+ | ***2nd Character - Phonetic or Number | ||
+ | ***3rd and 4th - Specific Unit | ||
+ | |||
+ | {|border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="solid darkgray;" | ||
+ | !Phonetic | ||
+ | !User(s) | ||
+ | |-align="center" | ||
+ | |Alpha || Central District Patrols (Downtown Boston/Backbay) | ||
+ | |-align="center" | ||
+ | |Bravo || North District Patrols (North of Boston - Medford/Somerville/Cambridge) | ||
+ | |-align="center" | ||
+ | |Charlie || South District Patrols (South of Downtown - Roxbury/Quincy/Braintree) | ||
+ | |-align="center" | ||
+ | |Echo || Explosives Detection Team | ||
+ | |-align="center" | ||
+ | |Kilo || K9 Units | ||
+ | |-align="center" | ||
+ | |Lima || Lieutenant | ||
+ | |-align="center" | ||
+ | |Sierra || Sergeants/Patrol Supervisors | ||
+ | |-align="center" | ||
+ | |Tango || Special Operations Division | ||
+ | |-align="center" | ||
+ | |Zulu || Command Staff -(Captains and above) | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | *Examples | ||
+ | **Echo Kilo 100 = Explosives K9 100 | ||
+ | **Alpha Sierra 1 - Central District Patrol Supervisor | ||
+ | |||
+ | *Other Units: | ||
+ | **North Station # - North Station Foot Patrols | ||
+ | **South Staiton # - South Station Foot Patrols | ||
+ | **CST - Crime Suppression Team | ||
+ | **Commuter Rail - Commuter Rail Foot Patrols - Starts with district identifier (Bravo Commuter Rail) | ||
+ | **OCC - Operations Control Center (Officer Assigned the MBTA's OCC) | ||
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==Mailing Lists/Forums== | ==Mailing Lists/Forums== |
Revision as of 22:11, 24 October 2019
Contents
Suffolk Co. (MA) Fire & EMS Dept.'s
- Suffolk County (MA) Boston FD
- Suffolk County (MA) Boston E.M.S.
- Suffolk County (MA) Ambulance Services
- Suffolk County (MA) Chelsea FD
- Suffolk County (MA) Revere FD
- Suffolk County (MA) Winthrop FD
- Logan International Airport (BOS) Suffolk County (MA)
Boston PD District Stations
Boston Police Unit IDs
- BPD uses 4 Characters in their ID's Phonetic (Area), number (Unit Type), and Number (Unit ID)
- First (Phonetic)
Letter | User | Channel Used |
---|---|---|
Alpha | District 1/15 (Downtown/Charlestown) | Channel 2 |
Bravo | District 2 (Roxbury/Dorchester) | Channel 3 |
Charlie | District 3 (Mattapan) | Channel 3 |
Delta | District 4 (South End/Back Bay) | Channel 5 |
Echo | District 5 (West Roxbury) | Channel 4 |
Fox | District 6 (South Boston) | Channel 6 |
Gold | District 7 (East Boston) | Channel 2 |
Harry | District 11 (Dorchester) | Channel 6 |
Jake | District 13 (Jamaica Plain) | Channel 4 |
Kilo | District 14 (Allston/Brighton) | Channel 5 |
Lima | District 18 (Hyde Park) | Channel 4 |
Mike | Bureau of Field Services | |
Nova | Operations/Headquarters Division | |
Romeo | Extra Paid Details - Large Scale/Citywide Events (not "Road Jobs) | |
Silver | Bureau of Administrative Services (Civilian Units) | |
Tango | Special Operations Division | |
Victor | Investigative Services Bureau | |
Whiskey | Boston Public Health Commission Police Department | |
X-Ray | Internal Affairs Bureau | |
Yankee | Boston Police Department - Administration Units | |
Zebra | Boston Housing Authority Police Department |
- Second (Number/Letter)
Number | User(s) |
---|---|
1 | Two Officer Patrol Unit "Rapid Car" |
2 | Two Officer Prisoner Transport Wagon |
3 | Officer Assigned to Motorcycle |
4 | One Officer Patrol Unit "Service Car" |
5 | K9 Units |
6 | Foot/Bicycle Patrols |
7 | Mounted Units (Rarely speak on radio) |
8 | Detective |
9 | Sergeant (Road Supervisor) |
A | Lieutenant |
B | Captain |
C | Various Command Staff |
D | Various unspecified units - Specific to their division/bureau (V D = Crime Lab Staff)"Detail" IE "Alpha Detail to Operations" Officer doing road detail in specific district |
E | Explosives Ordinance Unit (may be followed by 3 digits Ie. T E 501 - is K9) |
F | Haven't figured out yet - has to do with Special Ops |
G | Emergency Deployment Team (SWAT) Tango Gold 1 and Tango Gold 2 are (Gun Cars) |
H | Harbor Patrol/Dive Team Units (ex Tango Harbor One) |
K | Officer on plain clothes proactive assignment (District or Citywide) |
S | Boston School Police (ex Tango Sierra ##) |
T | Traffic Enforcement Units (ex Alpha Tango 55 - District 1 Traffic Unit) |
- Third/Fourth (Number)
- Unit ID always ends with 2 numbers, that signify the Unit Specific ID Number
- Fifth Character (used at shift change sign on/sign off)
Character | User(s) |
---|---|
A | "Last Half" 11:45 pm - 8:00 am |
D | "Day Shift" 7:45 am - 4:00 pm |
F | "First Half" 3:45 pm - 12:00 am |
MBTA
- Next List is unit identifiers for the MBTA Transit Police: (work in progress)
- Similar to Boston PD:
- 1st Character - Phonetic
- 2nd Character - Phonetic or Number
- 3rd and 4th - Specific Unit
- Similar to Boston PD:
Phonetic | User(s) |
---|---|
Alpha | Central District Patrols (Downtown Boston/Backbay) |
Bravo | North District Patrols (North of Boston - Medford/Somerville/Cambridge) |
Charlie | South District Patrols (South of Downtown - Roxbury/Quincy/Braintree) |
Echo | Explosives Detection Team |
Kilo | K9 Units |
Lima | Lieutenant |
Sierra | Sergeants/Patrol Supervisors |
Tango | Special Operations Division |
Zulu | Command Staff -(Captains and above) |
- Examples
- Echo Kilo 100 = Explosives K9 100
- Alpha Sierra 1 - Central District Patrol Supervisor
- Other Units:
- North Station # - North Station Foot Patrols
- South Staiton # - South Station Foot Patrols
- CST - Crime Suppression Team
- Commuter Rail - Commuter Rail Foot Patrols - Starts with district identifier (Bravo Commuter Rail)
- OCC - Operations Control Center (Officer Assigned the MBTA's OCC)
Mailing Lists/Forums
Unidentified Federal Frequencies
164.0625 analog voice << - PL ? Likely VA Hosp Maint 173.2875 SCADA? << - Not Federal
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