Sangamon County (IL)

Sangamon County is a large county by Illinois standards having a total area of 877 square miles and a population of 188,951. Springfield the capitol city, is also the county seat of Sangamon County. Southern View, Grandview, Jerome, Leland Grove and Sherman are suburbs of Springfield. Other Municipalities in Sangamon County include Williamsville, Riverton, Dawson, Lanesville, Buffalo, Illiopolis, Mechanicsburg, Rochester, Pawnee, Divernon, Auburn, Thayer, Chatham, Lowder, New Berlin, Loami, Pleasant Plains, Cantrall and New City. Most of the municipalities have their own Police Departments which the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office works with and closely supports.

Sangamon County Sheriff's Office

[sheriff.co.sangamon.il.us/ Sheriff Website]

155.535R has input receive sites at Auburn, New Berlin, Illiopolis, downtown Hilton, County Building, I-55/Toronto Road (@ Cool 101.9 tower). Probably connected by Fiber optic/phone lines.

• MDT Locations: 1) ISP Tower @ D9 2) Buffalo 3) 911 Tower-Spfld 4) New Berlin 5) Hilton

• Juvenile Facility license - [wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/ApplicationSearch/applFreqSum.jsp?applID=542059 FCC Link] Dismissed by FCC, never licensed. (Still in use 12/08)

4/22/05 - 74 deptuties. 74 is considered a full force. Jail-200 South 9th, County Bldg?? Juvenile Division-501 Livingston? Detectives Bureau - 200 South 9th, County Bldg Animal Control - 2801 North 5th Street?

OPERATIONS DIVISION - The Operations Division consists of the Patrol Section,Court Security and special units. PATROL - The Patrol Section consists of three (3) Lieutenants, six (6) Sergeants and forty-seven (47)? sworn officers. The section is divided into three (3) standard shifts and one (1) power shift.?? COURT SECURITY - The Court Security Division currently consists of 12 full time officers including one (1) Lieutenants and two (2) Sergeants. These Officers provide security for the Sangamon County Court Complex. They are responsible for maintaining security at the entrance doors by utilizing ?x-ray equipment, providing security during court proceedings, protecting the Judges and employees of the Court Complex and providing escorts to?the jail after court hearings. SPECIAL UNITS - DUI UNIT - The DUI Unit consists of one (1) sworn officers that are assigned to the Power Shift. There were 184 DUI arrests in 1997. K-9 UNIT - The K-9 Unit consists of two (2) sworn officers that are assigned to the Power Shift. T.R.U. UNIT -The Tactical Response Unit consists of 22 sworn officers and 4 paramedics. 19 from Sheriff?s Office & 3 from other Sang. Co. Police agencies. 1997--13 call-outs: 2 search warrant (drugs), 1 hostage situation,2 search for fugitive and six high-risk arrest warrants, 3 barricaded suspects. JAIL - The Detention Facility opened Oct 1991 after 4 years of planning/construction. It is a state of the art facility utilizing a podular indirect supervision design, with the capability of direct supervision in four of the major cellblocks. Can house up to 313 inmates. Inmates are housed, based on security level, from a dormitory type area for work release and trustees to single cells for maximum-security inmates.?? Ave Daily Pop. is 250 inmates, 10% female.?Staff of 72 correctional officers and 27 control room operators.

• SG1-SG8 ? Sheriff/Captain/Lieutenants
• 100s First Shift Units (06:30-15:30) (111) 115 (11/07)
• 200s Second Shift Units (14:30-23:30) SG210 ? K-9 Patrol
  • 201,211,218 (11/07), 219
• 300s Third Shift Units (22:30-07:30)
• 400s Detectives ?
• 505, 507 ? DUI Patrol Cars
• 580-599 ? Animal Control Units (582,583,587)
• PB-XX ? Probation Officers
• SG900 - Coroner

POST # MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT UNIT NUMBERS

• 79 AUBURN (DISPATCH 154.81500) 600-609
• 70/73 BUFFALO-MECHANICSBURG 610-619
• 81 CHATHAM (DISPATCH 155.67000) 620-629
  • heard unit 128 (10/07)
• 77 DIVERNON 630-639
• 60 GRANDVIEW 640-649
• 50 ILLINOIS STATE POLICE N/A
• 72 ILLIOPOLIS 650-659
• 62 JEROME 660-669
• 63 LELAND GROVE 670-679 (671, 673 10/07)
• N/A LOAMI 680-689
• N/A LINCOLN LAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE 690-699 (formerly Mechanicsburg)
  • does respond to calls outside of LLCC when county asks for assistance
• 84 NEW BERLIN 700-709
• 76 PAWNEE (DISPATCH 155.04000) 710-719
• 86 PLEASANT PLAINS 720-729
• 68 RIVERTON 730-739 (736 11/7/07)
• 74 ROCHESTER 740-749
• 02 SANGAMON COUNTY JAIL N/A
• 01 SANGAMON COUNTY SHERIFF?S OFFICE SEE ABOVE
• 64 SHERMAN 750-759 (758)
• 61 SOUTHERN VIEW 760-769 (760 11/07,767 11/07)
• 66 SPAULDING 770-779
• 03A SPRINGFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT SEE BELOW
• 78 THAYER 780-789 (787)
• 65 WILLIAMSVILLE 790-799

Sheriff & Police Department Radio Codes

• 12 Juvenile Party
• 15? BOOKING? heard: (Booking Stolen Property)(Caller Canceled)
• 20? UNSPECIFIED PATROL
• 21? 1 MAN PATROL?
• 22? 2 MAN PATROL?
• 23? UNMARKED PATROL
• 24? FOOT PATROL
• 25? SPECIAL DETAIL?
• 29? SURVEILLANCE
• 30? ARREST MADE (10-95)
• 31? ARREST? W/Drugs? (for poss. of cannabis (marij) at high school)
• 31 (gone on arrival)
• 34? PARKING DETAIL
• 36? RADAR PATROL
• 37? TRAFFIC PATROL
• 38? TRAFFIC STOP
• 41? CITATION
• 42? WARNING
• 43? COMMUNICATIONS DUTY
• 44? BREAK TIME (Long 44 is probably lunch)
• 45? OFFICE DUTY
• 46? WATCH SUPERVISION
• 47? DEPARTMENT MEETING?
• 48? SQUAD MEETING
• 49? JAIL DUTY
• 50? REPORTS
• 51? PREMISE CHECK
• 52? SPECIAL INVESTIGATION
• 54? VEHICLE MAINTENANCE
• 56? VACATION CHECK DUTY
• 61? PROCESS CRIME SCENE
• 72? SOCIAL CLUB CHECK
• 75? IDENTI-KIT DUTY
• 76? BREATHALYZER DUTY
• 82? DIRECTED PATROL
• 83? CANINE RUN DUTY
• 84? CANINE KENNEL TIME
• 86? CANINE ACTIVITY
• 89? COURT APPEARANCE
• 90? COURT LIAISON
• 91? PUBLIC SPEECHES
• 92? TRAINING TIME
• 93? SURVEY DUTY
• 94? CRIME PREVENTION
• 95? NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
• 96? RESIDENTIAL CONTACTS
• 97? PREMISE SECURITY CHECK
• 98? DARE SCHOOL PROGRAM
• 207 (said @ Federal Building)

• J3 - Male Subject
• J4 - Warrant
• J5 - Female subject
• J6 - Drugs
• J8 - He/She (transvestite)

Sangamon County Office of Emergency Management OEM

2 Full-Time, 45 Volunteers, 18 Search & Rescue K-9s, Dive Team, Weather Spotters. Responds to traffic accidents and water emergencies when needed to search for a missing boater. Also assists county fire depts by filling air tanks and providing emergency medical care at large fires.

Sangamon County ETSD/911

12/9/08 - CD-2, 158.745 is now using a 225.7 PL tone, at least on dispatch, if mobiles are not using it yet, will probably be programmed in the future.

158.82: Dispatches all Fire/EMS agencies in Sangamon County except the city of Springfield. (Many can be dispatched locally PD too.)

New bases added on 158.82. Identifies as "OEM" --- 800 N Rutledge-SIUE School of Medicine, 2801 N Fifth-pringfield City Building/OEM, 2020 Shale Road-911 Tower, 2020 Shale Road-OEM Bldg, I-55 & Toronto Road-backup tower Also added 156.225 BM at 2020 Shale Road All Springfield Fire is dispatched on TRS.

All 3 EMS agencies dispatched on C-MED, 155.22. All Springfield City dispatchers are in the same center as the county. 10/1/07 - Heard on 158.82 "All units use ESDA Ch. 2 on this call" -2 Ambulances form all 3 companies cover all of Sangamon County -Riverton FD has ALS non-transport, everyone else in county is ILS or BLS

Fire/EMS: Pawnee, Auburn, Chatham -- Page their own fire departments.

MABAS Primary Division 52 (tower located at Sangamon County 911/EMA-- 2020 Shale Road-Springfield) CHTM Chatham Fire Protection District LOAM Loami Fire Protection District WMSV Williamsville Fire Protection District BUFF Buffalo Fire Protection District MECH Mechanicsburg Fire Department RAFP Riverton Area Fire Protection District VDFD Dawson Fire Department SHRM Sherman Fire Protection District DIVY Divernon Fire Department District PAWN Pawnee Fire Protection District NBIG New Berlin - Island Grove Fire Protection District RFPD Rochester Fire Protection District SPFD Springfield Fire Department Riverton Fire and EMS

9/18/07 - Mutual Aid Agreements between the Springfield-based 183rd Fighter Wing's firefighters and the departments of Athens, Pleasant Plains, Springfield and Sherman. The agreements took effect in late June. The community fire agencies are still called first.

Public Safety Unit Numbers

Fire/EMS

Chatham Fire Department

• 3F28, 3F29, Brush 1, Brush 2, Command 1, Engine 1, Engine 2, Engine 4, Squad 1, Tanker 1, Truck 1, Utility 1, Utility 2

Pleasant Plains Fire Department

• Units: 9; Engine 3 (10/07)

Sangamon County Rescue Squad

Springfield, City of

Springfield Fire Department

All Call? 0 /?634.5Hz		Engine 8 669.9 / 634.5	Engine 12 928.1 / 634.5
Station #1 825 E. Capitol	Station #2 2810 Stevenson Dr	Station #3 801 North Grand Ave. West	Station #4 1900 E. Converse
Station #5 1723 E. Clay	Station #6 2156 S. Ninth St.	Station #7 1428 S. Glenwood	Station #8 2051 W. Monroe
Station #9 2405 S. Chatham Rd.	Station #10 2401 Peoria Rd.	Station #11 1805 Toronto Rd.	Station #12 2925 S. Koke Mill Rd.

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Springfield Police Department Units

A-Adam----- Lieutenants (A-03 12/07) C-Charles-- Misc. Vehicles D-David---- Detectives I-Ida------ Crime Scene Detectives (ID) L-Lincoln-- Patrolmen --L-02 (12/07), L-06 (10/07), L-22 (11/07), L-23 (11/07), L-56 (12/07), L-99 (10/07), L-112 (12/07) N-Nora----- Park District Police --Ranger 513 (11/07) P-Paul----- Drug "Vice" Units R-Rangers-- Park Rangers (Federal/Abraham Lincoln's Home) S-Sam------ Sergeants T-Tom------ Traffic Wardens --T-71 & T-81 DUI Patrol Cars V-Victor--- Undercover Patrols W-Willy---- Downtown Officers (on foot patrol) Y-Young---- Parking Enforcement Z-Zebra---- K-9 Patrols

CWLP - City Water Light & Power

===Springfield Park District==+ Parks Website Parks Police Webpage