Polk County (IA)

Des Moines Police Signal 8 is either "out at the station" or "jail"

DMPD Used 10 Codes

10-8  Unit In Service

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

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
County Conservation Officers 670-680
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, 2505, 2511, 2546, 2580, 2589
Delaware 3300, 3301, 3304, 3320, 3335, 3380
Elkhart 3505
Granger 2700, 2701, 2780
Grimes 3701, 3704, 3730, 3731, 3780
Johnston 3930, 3981
Mitchellville 5725, 5780, 5790, 5794
Polk City 4500, 4504, 4523, 4532, 4580, 4581
Runnels 4731, 4732
Saylor 4900, 4901, 4920, 4950, 4980
Windsor Hts 5500, 5501, 5581

Misc.

iMobile - In car mobile computer (not in all squad cars)