Denton County (TX)
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Codes/Units/Station Lists
Denton City Police Unit IDs
- Adam units are School SRO's
- Charles units are Detectives/Investigators/Narcotics
- Edward units are Enviromental Enforcement on one of these
- Frank units are Fry street (UNT area not UNTPD though) as well as fight units
- King units are K9 units also used on UNT channels
- Lincoln units are traffic units
- Paul Units are Parking Enforcement (just carry a radio and a ticket book)
- Robert units are reserve units usually on Event channels for events or on weekends
- Sierra units are UNT sergeants (not on Denton PD unless on mutual aid)
- William units are not known at this time (the chief?)
- X-Ray units are regular patrol units (the first number before X-ray is their shift; assigned sergeants, lieutenants and captains are intermixed with all of these IDs, they do not have a special ID)
Denton County Fire Pager Tones
- Argyle Fire Department: Tone A = 1092.4 Hz, Tone B = 288.5 Hz
- Double Oak Fire Department: Tone A = 330.5 Hz, Tone B = 410.8 Hz
- Denton County FD: Tone A = 369.9 Hz, Tone B = 539.0 Hz
- Flower Mound FD: Tone A = 388.7 Hz, Tone B = 510.9 Hz
The Colony Police Beats and Unit IDs
BeatUnit ID Information
- District 1 is everything bordering South of Nash to Hwy 121.
- District 2 is North of Nash, East of Main, and West of Paige & Squires.
- District 3 is North of Nash and West of Main.
- District 4 is East of Squires & Paige, and North of Memorial Drive.
- District 5 is everything located south of Hwy 121.
Unit ID Information
- Shift designators for 1st and 2nd shifts are Adam and Baker respectively. (Ex. Baker 20 patrols District 2, 2nd Shift)
- 2 Supervisors per shift, with "1" (Lt.) and "2" (Sgt.) designators. (Ex. Adam 1 is 1st shift Lt., Adam 2 is 1st shift Sgt.)
- Chief is 2100.
Other Unit IDs:
- Sam 10 & Sam 11: Traffic Units
- Sam 30: School Resource Officer?
- Sam 41: Warrants
- Delta Units are CID:
- Delta 1 - CID Supervisor
- Delta 10
- Delta 11
- Delta 20
- Delta 30
- Delta 40 - Narcotics
The Colony Police Signal/10-Codes
10-Codes
The Colony uses "normal" 10-Codes for the area:
- 10-2: Signal Loud and clear
- 10-4: Message Received; OK
- 10-6: Busy
- 10-8: Clear from call; back in service
- 10-9: Repeat
- 10-12: Secure radio for information
- 10-20: Location
- 10-22: Disregard
- 10-23: Arrived on scene
- 10-27: Driver's License
- 10-28: Vehicle License Plate
- 10-29: Check for Warrants
- 10-33: Emergency
- 10-41: In Service (For shift)
- 10-42: Out of Service (For shift)
- 10-50: Vehicle accident
- 10-55: Intoxicated driver
- 10-59: Escort
- 10-60: In the area
- 10-76: Enroute
- 10-95: Subject in custody and enroute to the jail
- 10-99: Subject wanted
Acronyms
- GOA: Gone on arrival
- UTL: Unable to locate
Signal Codes
- Signal 7: Out at the Police Station
- Signal P: Out at IHOP for Mark-Out (Meal break). ("P" for pancakes!)
Other
- Code D: Drugs
- Code K: Previous citations?
- Code 1: Normal Response
- Code 2: Emergency - Lights only
- Code 3: Emergency - Lights and Siren
- Code 5: Relay information
- Package: A "package" can be several different things
- Sometimes an officer will pick up his child from school, and take the child home. The officer will refer to the child as a "package". (Ex. "I'll be enroute to ABC Elementary to pick up a package.")
- Can also refer to food. Often an officer will check out at a restaurant to pick up food for Dispatch, and the food is refered to as a package.
- It can also be used to describe any property that the officers, for whatever reason, don't want broadcast. (I.E. drugs, etc.)