Denton County (TX)

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.)