Polk County (IA)
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Des Moines Police Signal 8 is either "out at the station" or "jail"
Contents
DMPD Units
100 Series - First Shift 200 Series - Second Shift 300 Series - Third Shift MC - Mobile Crisis AR - Animal Control (Animal Rescue League)
DMPD Codes
- Signal 4 - Lunch/Dinner Break
- Signal 5 - Traffic Stop
- Signal 8 - Out at the Station or Jail
CHINA - Child In Need of Assistance
DMPD Numbering
- Unit Numbers: MC?? - Any unit begining with MC refers to a Mobile Crisis unit. Mobile Crisis units are often called to assist officers with calls relating to mental subjects such as suicide threats. The operators of Mobile Crisis units have some sort of formal training and experience in mental health such as psychology or counseling.
- 500 Series - Any unit number in the 500 series is a supervisor.
- 700 Series - Any unit number in the 700 series refers to a detective. (Unit Number)
- Adam - Any unit number followed by "Adam" indicates that the unit is a one man unit.
Polk County Numbering
Polk County 01-150 Windsor Heights PD 200-220 Camp Dodge Security 230-249 Altoona PD 250-275 Johnston PD 300-329 Mitchellville PD 330-340 Polk City PD 350-359 Polk County Attorney 400-409 Emergency Management 410 Polk County SO Reserves 420-439 Pleasant Hill PD 440-460 Ankeny PD 600-699 County Conservation Officers ? Corps of Engineers Rangers (Saylorville Lake) 710-730 METRO Officers 800-840 State Probation/Parole Officers 900-940 Vetrans Administration Police (Des Moines) 970-979 Polk Co Fire Departments Altoona 2500-2599 Ankeny 1100-1299 Bondurant 4100-4199 Delaware Township 3300-3399 Elkhart 3500-3599 Granger 2700-2799 Grimes 3700-3799 Johnston 3900-4099 Mitchellville 5700-5799 Pleasant Hill 4300-4399 Polk City 4500-4599 Runnels 4700-4799 Saylor Township 4900-4999 Windsor Heights 5500-5599 **00's are the fire chief **01-19 officers **20 attack trucks **30 engines **40 pumper/tankers **50 tankers **60 aerials/ladders **70 rescue engines/trucks **80 ambulances **90 paramedics
Polk Co. (IA) Fire/EMS
Misc.
- Terminology
- iMobile = In car mobile computer (not in all squad cars)
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