Prince George's County

Monitoring

Currently the only ways known to monitor and/or decode a Phase 2 talkgroup are:

1. Use a PSR-800;
2. Use a scanner with a discriminator tapped scanner, and Digital Speech Decoder software;
3. Monitor the Control Channel with utilities such as Pro96Com

The database entry for this system can be found here

Fire Channel Zone Plan

Police Channel Zone Plan

Abbreviations

• Single letters indicate PG county districts unless otherwise noted

Abbreviation	Meaning
AA	Anne Arundel
BLA	Bladensburg
CW1	DC Citywide 1
DC	District of Columbia
DISP	Dispatch
GB	Greenbelt
HO	Howard County
HY	Hyattsville
LC	Laurel City
MA	Mutual Aid
MC	Montgomery County
RP	Riverdale Park
SAT	Special Assignment Team
SH	Sheriff
SO	Southern
SS	Silver Spring
TAC	Tactical
TAK PK	Takoma Park
WH	Wheaton
W DISP	West (Area) Dispatch

Zone 8A-

• A1 - A DISP
• A2 - B DISP
• A3 - C DISP
• A4 - D DISP
• A5 - E DISP
• A6 - F DISP
• A7 - G DISP
• A8 - H DISP
• A9 - J DISP
• A10 - K DISP
• A11 - DC 6 DISP
• A12 - DC 7 DISP
• A13 - SH DISP
• A14 - MA 1 N
• A15 - MA 2 S
• A16 - MA 3

Zone 8B-

• B1 - A TAC
• B2 - B TAC
• B3 - C TAC
• B4 - D TAC
• B5 - E TAC
• B6 - F TAC
• B7 - G TAC
• B8 - H TAC
• B9 - J TAC
• B10 - K TAC
• B11 - DC CW1
• B12 - LC DISP
• B13 - HY DISP
• B14 - GB DISP
• B15 - RP DISP
• B16 - BLA DISP

Zone 8C-

• C1 - A SAT
• C2 - B SAT
• C3 - C SAT
• C4 - D SAT
• C5 - E SAT
• C6 - F SAT
• C7 - G SAT
• C8 - H SAT
• C9 - J SAT
• C10 - K SAT
• C11 - MC SS DISP
• C12 - MC WH DISP
• C13 - TAK PK DISP
• C14 - HO SO DISP
• C15 - AA SO DISP
• C16 - AA W DISP

Talkgroups

• Note: Please add all comments to the talkgroups below, and indicate which ones have been confirmed.

POLICE GROUPS

• 1 8A1 (Adam Sector-Patched to 8A2)
• 3 8B1 Adam Sector TAC
• 5 8C1 Adam Sector SAT
• 7 8A2 (Baker Sector-Patched to 8A1)
• 9 8B2 Baker Sector TAC
• 11 8C2 Baker Sector SAT
• 13 8A4 (David Sector-Patch to 8A5)
• 15 8B4 David Sector TAC
• 17 8C4 David Sector SAT
• 19 8A5 (Edward Sector-Patched to 8A4)
• 21 8B5 Edward Sector TAC
• 23 8C5 Edward Sector SAT
• 25 8A7 (George Sector)(Sometimes Patched to 8A8)
• 27 8B7 George Sector TAC
• 29 8C7 George Sector SAT
• 31 8A8 (Henry Sector) (Sometimes Patched to 8A7)
• 33 8B8 Henry Sector TAC
• 35 8C8 Henry Sector SAT
• 37 8A9 (John Sector)
• 39 8B9 John Sector TAC
• 43 8A10 (King Sector-Patched to 8A9)
• 47 8K10 King Sector SAT
• 49 8A6 (Frank Sector-Patched to 8A6)
• 55 8A3 (Charlie Sector -Patched to 8A3)
• 57 8B3 Charlie Sector TAC
• 59 8C3 Charlie Sector SAT
• 67
• 71
• 79 police surveillance -
• 81
• 83
• 85
• 91 encrypted
• 93 poss encrypted
• 95
• 97
• 101
• 105 encrypted
• 107
• 109 encrypted
• 113
• 115 encrypted?
• 119 encrypted
• 121 encrypted
• 125
• 127 encrypted?
• 131 encrypted
• 135 encrypted?
• 139 encrypted
• 141 encrypted?
• 143
• 149
• 165 encrypted
• 167 encrypted
• 175 Sheriff 1 TAC
• 179 Sheriff 1 INV
• 181 8A13 (PG COUNTY SHERIFF)
• 187 MNCPPC Park Police 1
• 189 MNCPPC Park Police 1 TAC
• 191 MNCPPC Park Police 1 INV
• 193 MNCPPC Park Police 2
• 199 Laurel Police
• 201 Laurel Police TAC
• 203 Laurel Police SAT
• 205 Hyattsville Police
• 207 Hyattsville Police TAC
• 211 Greenbelt Police
• 213 Greenbelt Police TAC
• 215
• 217 Riverdale Park Police Dispatch
• 223 Bladensburg Police
  • Also dispatches Mt.Ranier
• 227 Bladensburg Police SAT
• 247 MSP Forestville
• 265
• 269
• 289 encrypted?
• 291
• 295 Baker Sector FDMA
• 297 David Sector FDMA
• 299 Edward Sector FDMA
• 301 George Sector FDMA ("District 3")
• 303 Henry Sector FDMA
• 315 Sheriff Disp FDMA
• 321

FIRE GROUPS

• 1035 8G12,8H12/ALT8L
• 1037 FIRE 8A3 Incident 50
• 1039 8A4/INC51 old Ch. 4
• 1041 8A5/INC52
• 1043 8A6/ANN50
• 1045 8A7/INC60
• 1047 8A8/INC61 old Ch. 8
• 1049 8A9/INC62
• 1051 8A10/ANN60
• 1053 8C3/INC70
• 1055 8C4/INC71
• 1057 8C5/INC72
• 1059 8C6/ANN70
• 1061 8C7/INC80
• 1063 8C8/INC81
• 1065 8C9/INC82
• 1067 8C10/ANN80
• 1069 8A11/ALT80K - old Ch. 10
• 1071 8A12 ALT80L CONFIRMED
• 1077
• 1125 FIRE 8B11 Laurel Regional Hospital (believe this TGID is really 8B12/Laurel Regional Hospital)
• 1127 FIRE 8B12 Southern Maryland Hospital
  • template says 8B10 is SMH and 8B12 is Laurel -- so the above two don't seen correct....
• 1133 8A1/Fire Dispatch - old Ch. 1
• 1135 8A2/OPS1 - old Ch. 2
• XXXX 8A15/8C15 - "talk-around" (conventional / frequency TBD)
• 1137 Fire 8A16/8B16/8C16/8D16/8F16/8G16 OPS2

PUBLIC WORKS/Other GROUPS

• 2001 FEDEX 1
• 2003 FEDEX 2
• 2005 FEDEX 3
• 2007
• 2011 FEDEX 6
• 2013 Special Event 1
• 2017
• 2019 - this TG was active ALL night 3/24-3/25 - almost continuously ("chatty") - sounded like Police surveillance/detectives
• 2021 - 'nuther "chatty" talkgroup - poss. police investigations; tag checks, etc.
• 2023
• 2029
• 2043 Corrections?
• 2045 Highway?
• 2057
• 2059
• 2065
• 2067
• 3001 DPWT?
• 3003 Public Works / Roads?
• 3005
• 3007
• 3009
• 3011
• 3013
• 3015
• 3017
• 3019
• 4001 Animal Control
• 4003
• 4005
• 4007
• 4009 Sanitation
• 4011
• 4013
• 4015
• 4051
• 4055

Other Terminology

• "15" 8A15 FD TA (conventional talkaround)

thanks to troymail, baybum and others who wish to remain anonymous for this information

Related Pages

• Common Public Safety frequencies (includes 700 and 800 mhz allocations)
• RINS/COG Frequency Table (pre and post rebanding)
• Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department News
  • See the article 'PGFD's New Radio System - The Sky is Falling - The Sky is Falling'
• Capitol Hill Monitor Newsletter Jan 2010 (PDF)