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|Bravo||District 2 (Roxbury/Dorchester) || Channel 3
 
|Bravo||District 2 (Roxbury/Dorchester) || Channel 3
 
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|Charlie||District 3 (Mattaphan) || Channel 3
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|Charlie||District 3 (Mattapan) || Channel 3
 
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|Delta||District 4 (South End/Back Bay) || Channel 5
 
|Delta||District 4 (South End/Back Bay) || Channel 5
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|Harry||District 11 (Dorchester) || Channel 6
 
|Harry||District 11 (Dorchester) || Channel 6
 
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|Jake||District 13 (Jamacia Plain) || Channel 4
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|Jake||District 13 (Jamaica Plain) || Channel 4
 
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|Kilo||District 14 (Alliston/Brighton) || Channel 5
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|Kilo||District 14 (Allston/Brighton) || Channel 5
 
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|Lima||District 18 (Hyde Park) || Channel 4
 
|Lima||District 18 (Hyde Park) || Channel 4
 
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|Mike||Special Event Units || -
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|Mike||Bureau of Field Services
 
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|Romeo||Big Dig Details || -
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|Nova|| Operations/Headquarters Division
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|Silver||Fleet Services || -
 
 
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|Tango||Special Operations || -
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|Romeo || Extra Paid Details - Large Scale/Citywide Events (not "Road Jobs)
 
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|Victor||Detectives || -
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|Silver || Bureau of Administrative Services (Civilian Units)
 
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|Yankee||Administration || -
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|Tango || Special Operations Division
 
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|-align="center"
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|Victor || Investigative Services Bureau
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|Whiskey || Boston Public Health Commission Police Department
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|X-Ray || Internal Affairs Bureau
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|-align="center"
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|Yankee ||Boston Police Department - Administration Units
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|Zebra || Boston Housing Authority Police Department
 
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!User(s)  
 
!User(s)  
 
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|1 || 2 Man Patrol Cars
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|1 || Two Officer Patrol Unit "Rapid Car"
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|2 || Two Officer Prisoner Transport Wagon
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|3 || Officer Assigned to Motorcycle
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|4 || One Officer Patrol Unit "Service Car"
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|5 || K9 Units
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|6 || Foot/Bicycle Patrols
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|7 || Mounted Units (Rarely speak on radio)
 
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|2 || Prisioner Transport Wagons
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|8 || Detective
 
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|3 || Motorcycles
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|9 || Sergeant (Road Supervisor)
 
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|-align="center"
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|4 || Neighborhood Service Units
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|A || Lieutenant
 
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|5 || K-9 Units
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|B || Captain
 
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|6 || Foot Patrols
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|C || Various Command Staff
 
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|-align="center"
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|7 || District Detectives
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|D || Various unspecified units - Specific to their division/bureau (V D = Crime Lab Staff)"Detail"  IE "Alpha Detail to Operations" Officer doing road detail in specific district
 
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|8 || Major Crime Detectives
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|E || Explosives Ordinance Unit (may be followed by 3 digits Ie. T E 501 - is K9)
 
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|9 || Supervisors (Sergeants)
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|F || Haven't figured out yet - has to do with Special Ops
 
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|A || Lieutenants
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|G || Emergency Deployment Team (SWAT) Tango Gold 1 and Tango Gold 2 are (Gun Cars)
 
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|B || Captains
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|H || Harbor Patrol/Dive Team Units (ex Tango Harbor One)
 
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|C || Command
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|K || Officer on plain clothes proactive assignment (District or Citywide)
 
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|D || Other
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|S || Boston School Police (ex Tango Sierra ##)
 
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|-align="center"
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|K || Anti Crime Officers (Plain Clothes)
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|T || Traffic Enforcement Units (ex Alpha Tango 55 - District 1 Traffic Unit)  
 
|}
 
|}
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*Third/Fourth (Number)
 
*Third/Fourth (Number)
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**Unit ID always ends with 2 numbers, that signify the Unit Specific ID Number
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*Fifth Character (used at shift change sign on/sign off)
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{|border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="solid darkgray;"
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!Character
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!User(s)
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|-align="center"
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|A || "Last Half" 11:45 pm - 8:00 am
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|-align="center"
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|D || "Day Shift" 7:45 am - 4:00 pm
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|F || "First Half" 3:45 pm - 12:00 am
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|}
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==MBTA==
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*Next List is unit identifiers for the MBTA Transit Police: (work in progress)
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**Similar to Boston PD:
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***1st Character - Phonetic
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***2nd Character - Phonetic or Number
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***3rd and 4th  - Specific Unit
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!Phonetic
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!User(s)
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|Alpha || Central District Patrols (Downtown Boston/Backbay)
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|-align="center"
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|Bravo || North District Patrols (North of Boston - Medford/Somerville/Cambridge)
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|-align="center"
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|Charlie || South District Patrols (South of Downtown - Roxbury/Quincy/Braintree)
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|-align="center"
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|Echo || Explosives Detection Team
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|-align="center"
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|Kilo || K9 Units
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|-align="center"
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|Lima || Lieutenant
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|-align="center"
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|Sierra || Sergeants/Patrol Supervisors
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|-align="center"
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|Tango || Special Operations Division
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|-align="center"
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|Zulu || Command Staff -(Captains and above)
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|}
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*Examples
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**Echo Kilo 100 = Explosives K9 100
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**Alpha Sierra 1 - Central District Patrol Supervisor
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*Other Units:
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**North Station # - North Station Foot Patrols
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**South Staiton # - South Station Foot Patrols
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**CST - Crime Suppression Team
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**Commuter Rail - Commuter Rail Foot Patrols - Starts with district identifier (Bravo Commuter Rail)
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**OCC - Operations Control Center (Officer Assigned the MBTA's OCC)
  
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*Unit ID always ends with 2 numbers, that signify the Unit Specific ID Number
 
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==Mailing Lists/Forums==
 
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Revision as of 17:11, 24 October 2019

Suffolk Co. (MA) Fire & EMS Dept.'s

Boston PD District Stations


Boston Police Unit IDs

  • BPD uses 4 Characters in their ID's Phonetic (Area), number (Unit Type), and Number (Unit ID)


  • First (Phonetic)
Letter User Channel Used
Alpha District 1/15 (Downtown/Charlestown) Channel 2
Bravo District 2 (Roxbury/Dorchester) Channel 3
Charlie District 3 (Mattapan) Channel 3
Delta District 4 (South End/Back Bay) Channel 5
Echo District 5 (West Roxbury) Channel 4
Fox District 6 (South Boston) Channel 6
Gold District 7 (East Boston) Channel 2
Harry District 11 (Dorchester) Channel 6
Jake District 13 (Jamaica Plain) Channel 4
Kilo District 14 (Allston/Brighton) Channel 5
Lima District 18 (Hyde Park) Channel 4
Mike Bureau of Field Services
Nova Operations/Headquarters Division
Romeo Extra Paid Details - Large Scale/Citywide Events (not "Road Jobs)
Silver Bureau of Administrative Services (Civilian Units)
Tango Special Operations Division
Victor Investigative Services Bureau
Whiskey Boston Public Health Commission Police Department
X-Ray Internal Affairs Bureau
Yankee Boston Police Department - Administration Units
Zebra Boston Housing Authority Police Department


  • Second (Number/Letter)
Number User(s)
1 Two Officer Patrol Unit "Rapid Car"
2 Two Officer Prisoner Transport Wagon
3 Officer Assigned to Motorcycle
4 One Officer Patrol Unit "Service Car"
5 K9 Units
6 Foot/Bicycle Patrols
7 Mounted Units (Rarely speak on radio)
8 Detective
9 Sergeant (Road Supervisor)
A Lieutenant
B Captain
C Various Command Staff
D Various unspecified units - Specific to their division/bureau (V D = Crime Lab Staff)"Detail" IE "Alpha Detail to Operations" Officer doing road detail in specific district
E Explosives Ordinance Unit (may be followed by 3 digits Ie. T E 501 - is K9)
F Haven't figured out yet - has to do with Special Ops
G Emergency Deployment Team (SWAT) Tango Gold 1 and Tango Gold 2 are (Gun Cars)
H Harbor Patrol/Dive Team Units (ex Tango Harbor One)
K Officer on plain clothes proactive assignment (District or Citywide)
S Boston School Police (ex Tango Sierra ##)
T Traffic Enforcement Units (ex Alpha Tango 55 - District 1 Traffic Unit)
  • Third/Fourth (Number)
    • Unit ID always ends with 2 numbers, that signify the Unit Specific ID Number


  • Fifth Character (used at shift change sign on/sign off)
Character User(s)
A "Last Half" 11:45 pm - 8:00 am
D "Day Shift" 7:45 am - 4:00 pm
F "First Half" 3:45 pm - 12:00 am

MBTA

  • Next List is unit identifiers for the MBTA Transit Police: (work in progress)
    • Similar to Boston PD:
      • 1st Character - Phonetic
      • 2nd Character - Phonetic or Number
      • 3rd and 4th - Specific Unit
Phonetic User(s)
Alpha Central District Patrols (Downtown Boston/Backbay)
Bravo North District Patrols (North of Boston - Medford/Somerville/Cambridge)
Charlie South District Patrols (South of Downtown - Roxbury/Quincy/Braintree)
Echo Explosives Detection Team
Kilo K9 Units
Lima Lieutenant
Sierra Sergeants/Patrol Supervisors
Tango Special Operations Division
Zulu Command Staff -(Captains and above)
  • Examples
    • Echo Kilo 100 = Explosives K9 100
    • Alpha Sierra 1 - Central District Patrol Supervisor
  • Other Units:
    • North Station # - North Station Foot Patrols
    • South Staiton # - South Station Foot Patrols
    • CST - Crime Suppression Team
    • Commuter Rail - Commuter Rail Foot Patrols - Starts with district identifier (Bravo Commuter Rail)
    • OCC - Operations Control Center (Officer Assigned the MBTA's OCC)


Mailing Lists/Forums


Unidentified Federal Frequencies

164.0625  analog voice << - PL ? Likely VA Hosp Maint
173.2875  SCADA?   << - Not Federal

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