Sacramento County (CA) Law Enforcement

Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office

SSO/SSD is comprised by over 1500 Sworn employees, which includes Field Services, Correctional Services, and various Contract/Regional Services.

Sheriff’s Patrol units

SSO’s patrol units are divided into North, East and Central(South) Divisions. North Division is comprised of 4 districts, north of the Sacramento River. East Division, located in the Eastern part of the county, comprises two patrol districts, one being the Rancho Cordova Police Department, where SSO deputies patrol the confines of Rancho Cordova, in RCPD marked cars and uniforms, but are still deputy sheriffs and wear a deputy sheriff badge. The “Chief of Police” for RCPD is an SSO Captain, who is also in charge of the East Patrol Division as a whole. Central Division, located in the central/southern part of the county. is comprised of two patrol districts, Central and South. Various Specialty and support sections/units are included in Field Services.

Sheriff patrol callsigns are comprised of a number-number-letter-number combination. The first number denotes the district(1-8) the 2nd number denotes the car/unit within the district, the letter denotes the shift(discussed below), and the final number(1 or 2) identifies the number of officers in the car. FTO Cars use the 1 suffix initially (41D1) but will switch, after several FTO phases, to 2 suffix (41D2), as the trainee gains experience/trusted more as a solo/competent deputy.

SSD/SSO, unlike SPD, barely makes use of their formal Beat system except for reporting purposes, so units will roam throughout their district, if not division wide. SPD, mentioned below, generally requires strict beat discipline, and units are expected to remain inside their beat unless dispatched out.

North Division

District 1(Northwest)-Areas near Sac. International Airport, McClellan, North Highlands, Antelope, Rio Linda Examples: 11A1 District 1 unit 1 morning/Day shift 1 man unit 16F2 D1 Car 6 graveyard shift 2 man car

District 2(North)- Old Foothill Farms, Carmichael 22C1 District 2 Car 2 Swing shift 1 man car 24D2- District 2 Car 4 Swing Shift 2 man unit

District 3(Northeast)-Fair Oaks, Orangevale

District 4(North Central)- Arden Arcade

East Division(RCPD/SSO East Area patrol)

District 5(RCPD)- City Limits of Rancho Cordova)

District 7(East)- North part of Vineyard, Mather, Rosemont Gold River, unincorporated north eastern part of South Sacramento County.

Central Division(Central/South bureau)

District 6(Central)- Florin, Vineyard

District 8(South) Most of South Sacramento County, Herald, Wilton, River Delta, Rancho Murrieta

SSO Map of Districts Provided: https://www.sacsheriff.com/pages/north_division.php

X-ray-extra/specialized patrol units, usually unmarked

5Xray2- RCPD Crime Suppression Unit

Sam- Sergeant units, for both patrol and specialties. Usually 2-3 for North, 1-2 for East, and 1 for Central.

61S-Sergeant for District 6 (the higher the 2nd digit, the later the watch the sergeant is assigned) 66S- Ed Watch Sgt.

North Patrol: North Area Supervisors are numbered differently, with the first digit (1-3) being based on the shift assigned, day-swing-graveyard, and the 2nd number is the district the supervisor is primarily responsible for. For Sgts. on the 2nd half of the week (Boy,David,Ed units), the 2nd digit is not known for sure. 11S-Day Shift D1 sergeant 36S-Ed Watch supervisor possibly for D3/D4 POP6S-POP Sergeant in District 6 GANG2S-Gang Sgt.for "team" 2

Lincoln- Lieutenant and Watch Commander, usually 1 per patrol division. LTs have differently laid out shifts so generally, covering 2 days for each of the two watches they oversee, there is always one on one side of the river. L52 may be covering District 6/8 as well, due to their Lt. not being on, while L62 may cover D5/7 on L52's days off. L53- Watch Commander for East/RCPD Patrol Division

NXXX/EXXX/CXXX- Patrol Division admin/possibly station detectives, such as division commander(N100-North Division CO)//unknown or referred to as a phonetic or as “north, Central, east” C100- Central (South) Patrol Captain N102- North Patrol XO(Lt)

D5XX-Belived to be RCPD Detectives

Henry- Fulton El Camino Park Police(Separate agency, but dispatched/CAD Managed by SSO) Use patrol callsigns such as 1H35-a patrol unit, H4S for a Sgt, and H100 for Chief.

SSO Shifts

Patrol Shifts are divided into 3 watches, Day, Swing, and Graveyard, 10 hours in length. Each watch is further divided to make 6 patrol teams to allow for days off. Watches are overlapped by about 2 hours to allow for efficient/safe shift changeovers

Adam/Boy- Day shift units (0600-1600) Charles/David- Swing Shift(1400-0000) Frank/Ed- Graveyard shift (2200-0800)

Specialty units: Most specialty units, such as, POP, etc, are named somewhat plainly over radio, such as GANGXX, POPXX, with the numbers matching the patrol district they are matching, with a somewhat random 2nd number.

CSOXX- non-sworn Community Service Officer

Gang-Obvious (It appears that Gang Units are divided by teams, possibly by race of gang focused on, etc. Confirmed to be GANG2X and GANG3X teams. POP- Problem Oriented Policing/Homeless Outreach Units

ADAMXXX-Sac. Intl. Airport deputies, number in line with Corrections laid out below

ID/IDAXX- CSI, CSI units are fully sworn deputies, unlike Sacramento Police.

K9(#)-duh//SSO has approximately 10-13 canines, plus a sergeant(K9S1) assigned to Canine Detail. Additional K9s assigned to non-patrol at Airport and Folsom Dam.

KINGXX-Never seen, but believed to be single-role drug dogs assigned to Criminal Interdiction in ghosted cars *Very Rare*.

CIT(#)-Mental crisis units, County Health/social worker paired with SSO deputy.

CINTXX-Negotiators, numbering based on sonority

R(River)X-Marine enforcement/Boat units

SilverXX- Universal CA callsign for parole agents

SAFEX-Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement Team-PC 290 Compliance/enforcement task force units

STAR#-Sheriff’s Tactical Aerial Response or Resource(SSO Helicopter Unit///SSO has 3 Eurocopter H120s, and 2 Bell UH-1 Hueys//Frequently radioed as just STAR.

5(Mary/Motor)#-Motor unit, exclusively for RCPD.

EOD-Obvious

CIV/Civil###- Civil Bureau Deputies(Oversee civil court process)

SCOUT/SCTX (UAV operators)-Callsign believed to only be used when they are called out as on-call, rather than when already on patrol WXXX/WiliiamXXX-Work Release(Work Project/House arrest)

SACCAT/ACE- Sacramento County Auto Theft Task Force/Auto Crimes Enforcement- Auto theft units, usually with single number, such as SACCAT9 or ACE2.

Youth#- SSO Youth Services Unit

SSO has a standing contract with the Elk Grove Unified School District to provide SROs for their schools. SCHXX/SchoolXX

SSO will occasionally provide full-time/part time SROs for other districts, such as San Juan Unified

SJ41 San Juan 41. San Juan “Safe Schools” assignment in District 4.

SSO also provides overtime/off-duty patrol to various neighborhoods, restaurants, etc. Usually these units will use a abbreviation/name of the job, followed by a 1-2 digit number that matches the patrol division the location is in. Wil4 or Wilhaggin4- Willhaggin neighborhood patrol unit in District 4

Special Enforcement Detail(SED)

SED is the department's full time SWAT Team. The team is comprised of approximately 20 operators, 2 sergeants, and several former members as auxiliaries. When not on a callout, the team, both singularly and in pairs, will work patrol, both in marked and unmarked vehicles, mainly in crime suppression or serving warrants.

SED members on patrol will use patrol callsigns in the 90 series(i.e 97E, 91A,90/92S, L90).

Centralized Investigation Division(CID)

CID has a variety of sections, such as Homicide, Crimes Against Persons, Crimes against Property, Sexual and Elder Abuse, etc

All CID units, go by "Union", followed by a 3 digit number. Numbers are divided by assignment, for example:

It also appears that CID supervisors(Sergeants) have very low(close to UX00) callsigns, if not UX00 itself I.E U600-Major Crimes Sgt. U100-CID Captain 2XX-Homicide Bureau 3XX-Robbery Bureau 4XX-Sexual Assault and Elder Abuse Bureau 5XX-Child Abuse Bureau 6XX-Major Crimes Bureau(Fugitive Apprehension/Warrant Squad) 7XX-Property Crimes Bureau 8XX-Crimes Against Persons Bureau In addition, there may be smaller units that use the same callsigns, and are tied in to an existing bureau's callsigns

SSO Administration and Staff officers use callsigns beginning with either "STAFF" or "SSD". For example, the PIO goes by Staff210.

STAFF400-IA Captain Staff4XX- IA/PSD Detectives. Also includes Legal Affairs

Main Jail Deputies, at least from the Main Jail, go by Jail XXX, with lower numbers for greater senority

RioXX-Rio Consumes Correctional (RCCC) Units

=== Sacramento Police Department[SacPD/SPD]

SPD is comprised of several Bureaus, inluding the Office of Operations, Office of Investigations, Office of Specialized Services, and the Office of the Chief

Office of Operations(Field Services)

Office of Operations contains the front-lines of SPD, including Patrol, Gang Enforcement Team(s)(GET), POP, and other things, mainly in Downtown, such as Bikes, Marine, Mounted, etc, as well as Dispatch.

Patrol is Divided into 3 stations, totaling 4 Area Commands(North, Central, East, and South) [Central/East are quartered together, with separate leadership, at the Richards Station]

As mentioned above, SPD generally recognizes/requires strict beat discipline from patrol officers, and their callsigns are tied to their beats.

North Command

District 1-Natomas, NorthGate, American River Parkway[NorthWest/NorthCentral Sacramento] Beats 1A-1C

District 2-Del Paso Heights, Arden Fair/parts of Arden Arcade, Cal Expo, Hagginwood, North Sacramento [North-Central/North-East Sacramento] Beats 2A-2C

Central Command-Downtown,

District 3-Midtown, Old Sacramento, Richards Blvd. Area [Central Sacramento] Beats 3A(2 separated beats), 3B, 3M

East Command

District 6-East Sacramento, Oak Park, Tahoe Park, College Glen, CSUS, Florin-Frutridge, CSUS [East & South-East Sacramento] Beats-6A-6E

South Command

District 4-Land Park, South Land Park, Pocket/Greenhaven, Curtis Park, Sac City College, Exec. Airport, Freeport Manor, Hollywood Park["Northern" South/South-West Sacramento] Beats 4A-4C

District 5-Meadowview, Parkway, Delta Shores Shopping Center, Valley Hi [South Sacramento] Beats 5A-5C

Patrol Shifts-

SPD is divided into 36 patrol teams split between 3 patrol Shifts(2 teams per district per shift for days off) Late Watch-2100-0700 Day Watch-0600-1600 Mid Watch-1430-0030

Patrol Callsigns

Patrol Callsigns are based on Watch and District/Beat assignment

1. XAB

1. -Number of Ofc. in car(1 or 2)

X-Watch, with Graves being Alpha(A), Day being Bravo(B), and Swing being Charlie/Charles(C) A-District B-Beat within District, 1-3 refers to Beat A, 4-6 Beat B, Etc.(SPD generally staffs 2-3 units(Including 2-officer cars) per beat per district, totaling, on average, 6-10 officers per district, with 6 total districts

     For District 6: numbers in 60/70/80 series are used, due to the much larger number of beats present

1A21 would be a 1 officer Late Watch unit assigned to District 2-Beat A 1B44-1 officer Day Watch District 4 Beat B 2C67-2 Officer Mid Watch District 6 Beat D

Supervisors

1. SM#-Sergeants

  #1-Watch Assignment, same as Patrol(1-A 2-B 3-C)
  SM-Sam phonetic
   #2 District 1-6

1SM5-Late Watch Sergeant for District 5 2SM3-Day Watch Sergeant District 3

It appears that SPD sustains one sergeant per district per watch on patrol daily. Also, if there is already/still is a sergeant on duty in district, a 2nd digit will be added to the final series i.e 2SM33 in district 3.

I also believe that SPD specialty unit sergeants follow the same format as SSO, with the phoentic/name then a digit, followed by Sam, such as GANG6S

Lieutenant

/LN##-Lincoln, followed by 1-2 numerical digits. The numbering is unknown/possibly by seniority

It appears that SPD has a lieutenant per command per shift, so 2-3 total per command

Patrol Executive/Command Staff Each Area Command has a Captain in command, as well as an Executive Lieutenant(X0), followed by the watch lieutenant

Captain-It appears that the callsign of a patrol captain is a/the district under the command, followed by "CO" 6CO-East area Captain

Lieutenant-I can not confirm, but my guess would be the same as Captain, but "XO" instead of "CO"

3XO-Central Cmd. Exec. Lt.

Specialty

GANGXX-Obvious

   XX-Appear to be based largely off assigned district/Beat. SHOTSPOTTER units are tied into/apart of GET. There are 3 Gang Enforcement Teams(GET)-North(NGET), South(SGET), and East(EGET)

RTXX-Regional Transit(RT) police (Contracted with SSO/SPD/single Folsom Ofcr.)-Only numbers seen so far are RT3X units. SSO/SPD officers are occasionally paid up

Delta/DavidXX-POP

EODXX-Obv

AIR/ARC6X- Drone Units

AIR2X-CHP Fixed Wing

AIR1-SPD Helo

BIKE/BIK(XX)-Bike Patrol Units

MT/MotorXX-Motor Officers

Marine/MARX-SPD Marine Units

CSI-CSI/Forensic Techs(Non-Sworn Employees, unlike SSO)

TACXX-Believed to be extra patrol/speciality, simiar to SSD "Xray" units ARDN/ArdenX-Off duty/extra patrol Arden Mall

SC/SecurityXX- Off duty/extra patrol at various locations at various times

GRN/GREENXX- temporary Hospital Security

UNION-SWAT officers, numbered on seniority (UNION1=Lt.)

CSO/CS: X(CS)ABC-X=Shift(Sgt format), CSO, ABC-unknown number series, possibly seniority ranking

Office of Investigations

Detectives-IVY/IVXXX-number poss. tied to seniority/ranking(sergeants lower number)