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City of Colorado Springs

City Parks

The format is xxyy First two digits are department

  • 01 Administration
  • 02 Construction
  • 03 Facilities Maintenance
  • 04 North District
  • 05 West District
  • 06 South District
  • 07 Central District
  • 08 Athletic Field Maintenance
  • 09 Forestry
  • 10 East District
  • 11 Parks, Trails, Open space
  • 12 Greenhouse
  • 13 Visitors Services
  • 14 Mechanics
  • 15 Planning / TOPS / Design & Development


The Next two digits are specific individuals, usally the lower the number the more important the person.
101 is the Director of City Parks. 1310 is the Garden of the God Visitor Center 1311 - 1319 are park patrol units 1321 is Starsmore Discovery Center 1322 is Helen Hunt Visitor Center

Fire Units

Colorado Springs fire stations
  • Station 1
    • Engine 1 Truck 1 Utility 1 District 1
  • Station 2
    • Engine 2
  • Station 3
    • Engine 3 Hose Wagon 3
  • Station 4
    • Engine 4 Truck 4 Wildland 4
  • Station 5
    • Engine 5 Brush 5
  • Station 6
    • Engine 6 Hazmat 6
  • Station 7
    • Engine 7 Trauma Squad 7 District 2
  • Station 8
    • Engine 8 Truck 8 Squad 8
  • Station 9
    • Engine 9 Truck 9 Heavy Rescue 9
  • Station 10
    • Engine 10 Truck 10 Brush 10 Utility 10
  • Station 11
    • Engine 11 Squad 11 Brush 11
    • Station 12
    • Engine 12 Brush 12
  • Station 13
    • Engine 13 Brush 13 FD Motorcycles
  • Station 14
    • Engine 14 HazMat 14 Brush 14 Investegators X-ray 95 - 99
  • Station 15
    • Engine 15 Air 15 (SCBA refilling truck & Lighting truck)
  • Station 16
    • Engine 16 Brush 16
  • Station 17
    • Engine 17 Brush 17
  • Station 18
    • Engine 18 Brush 18 Smoke Trailer (Public Education Trailer)
  • Station 19
    • Engine 19 Truck 19 (Comming Soon) Wildland 19
  • Station 20
    • Engine 20 Brush 20 Decon 20

PD Codes

  • Code 1 = Priority radio traffic only
  • Code 2 = No Lights or Sirens
  • Code 3 = Lights Sirens
  • Code 4 = Everything Ok, situation under control
  • Code 5 Mary = Warrent Misdimeaner Charge
    • Code 5 Frank = Warrent Felony Charge
  • Code 6 = Busy
  • Code 7 = Lunch/Dinner/Break
  • Code 8 = Automatic Burglary alarm
  • Code 9 = Homicide
  • Code 10 = Bomb Threat
  • Code 15 = Don't give sensitive info right now (Party within ear-shot)
  • Code 20 = Officer needs emergency assistance
  • Out West/East/North = Off duty at that substation(west/east/north/etc...)
  • I'm I clear to be enroute = Lunch/Dinner/Break
  • GOA = Gone on arrival
  • DK = Drunk ETOH
  • On board = Drunk/been drinking
  • DOA = Dead on arrival
  • POS = Police Officers Statement/Party is acting goofy(Mental Problems or Alcohol/drug problems.)
  • OSM = Officer safety message

PD Unit IDs

Colorado Springs PD uses the Format NLNN (N=Number, L=Letter)
The first digit represents the Subdivision.

  • 1=Citywide
  • 2=Gold Hill
  • 3=Sand Creek
  • 4=Falcon
  • 5=Stetson Hills


The letter represents unit type.

  • Adam = Single Officer Car
  • Baker = Double Officer Car
  • Charlie = Chaplin or Senior Victums Advocate
  • David = Detective
  • Edward = Explorer (not offically an officer but in the explorer program)
  • Frank = ?
  • George = S.O. unit
  • Henry = ?
  • Ida = V.I.P. Escort Unit
  • Lincoln = El Paso County Sheriff's Office Lieutenant Units
  • Mary = Colorado State Patrol, Manitou Springs PD and Monument PD
  • Ocean = ?
  • Paul = Patrol Sergeants and Lieutenants
  • Robert = Police recruits and police academy instructors
  • Sam = S.O. Unit
  • Tom = Motorcycle Officers and DUI cars
  • Union = University of Colorado, Colorado Springs units
  • Victor = Unmarked cars William = "Extra Duty" officers on duty for privately paid service
  • X-Ray = Investigator
  • Zebra = SWAT / K-9


The last two numbers are the sector, moving clockwise around the city. exceptions to this are the Citywide units and the following; 1X95 through 1X99 are Fire investigators 1Z62 through 1Z65 are Park Patrol Units and 1Z6 Parks Sargent (Example: 2A79 is a Gold hills single officer car on the west side)