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Raleigh Police Department Monitoring Guide

The Raleigh, North Carolina Police Department migrated from a legacy UHF 460Mhz Conventional Analog System to digital voice talkgroups on the Wake County Simulcast part of the statewide Motorola Smartzone 3600 baud System known as VIPER a few years ago. You have to have a digital voice capable Trunking scanner to be able to monitor Raleigh PD (and any other public safety agencies in Wake County).

Being part of the Wake Simulcast part of VIPER means that the same transmission is heard over all of the Wake County Towers. Meaning that you hear the same thing no matter where you are located at in the Simulcast Coverage Area. If you do have a digital voice capable trunking scanner and you are located within Wake County monitoring the Wake Simulcast part of VIPER is easy. All you should need to do is enter the following 4 system Control Channels to be able to follow/track the system:

868.150MHz (Main Control Channel)
868.5375MHz (Alternate Control Channel)
868.5625MHz (Backup Control Channel)
868.7875MHz (Backup Control Channel)

As many of you are aware Raleigh PD divides up the city into 6 Districts...Here is a map of the 6 districts:

Raleigh PD divides up communications based on the Districts above.

Let's go over each set of Talkgroups used by Raleigh PD

Each of the 6 District Radios should be setup in the following format:

District Specific Dispatch
District North or South Status
District Specific "Tac 1"
District Specific "Tac 2"
8 Citywide "LE Ops" Talkgroups Numbered 5-12

Dispatch Talkgroups:

TGID	District
40016	RPD NWD DISP
40032	RPD ND DISP
40048	RPD NED DISP
40064	RPD SED DISP
40080	RPD DD DISP
40096	RPD SWD DISP

Districts breakdown as follows:

RPD NWD DISP Northwestern District 1xx Units
RPD ND DISP Northern District 2xx Units
RPD NED DISP Northeastern District 3xx Units
RPD SED DISP Southeastern District 4xx Units
RPD DD DISP Downtown District 5xx Units
RPD SWD DISP Southwest District 6xx Units

Note: Raleigh/Wake 911 is not equipped to have a dispatcher for each of the 6 Districts. So they are patching all 6 dispatch talkgroups together to allow radio users to familiarize themselves with unique home talkgroups (like Raleigh PD districts) while bringing them all together. So for the time being (and the foreseeable future) one dispatcher handles all 6 Districts and the same radio traffic is passed over all 6 dispatch talkgroups.

Status Talkgroups:

TGID	RPD Usage
40112	Northern Units (NWD 1xx, N 2xx, NED 3xx) Status
40192	Southern Units (SED 4xx, DD 5xx, SWD 6xx) Status

Note: As far as RPD Status Channels/Talkgroups are concerned the 3 Districts of NWD 1xx, N 2xx, & NED 3xx are known as the "Northside Districts" and are patched together handled by one dispatcher while the SED 4xx, DD 5xx, & SWD 6xx Districts are known as the "Southside Districts" and are patched together to be handled by another dispatcher...The Northside Status Talkgroup/Channel (1xx, 2xx, 3xx units) is known by its old UHF nickname of "Raleigh 3" while the Southside Status Talkgroup/Channel (4xx, 5xx, 6xx units) is known by its old UHF nickname of "Raleigh 2"...

District Specific TAC 1 & TAC 2 Talkgroups:

TGID	RPD Usage
40208	RPD NWD TAC1
40304	RPD NWD TAC2
40224	RPD ND TAC1
40320	RPD ND TAC2
40240	RPD NED TAC1
40336	RPD NED TAC2
40256	RPD SED TAC1
40352	RPD SED TAC2
40272	RPD DD TAC1
40368	RPD DD TAC2
40288	RPD SWD TAC1
40384	RPD SWD TAC2

Note: about the District Specific "Tac 1" and "Tac 2": These talkgroups are designed for intra-district communication only and are NOT monitored by Raleigh/Wake 911. These are basically a "Car to Car" chit chat channel.

8 LE OPS Talkgroups (Numbered 5-12):

LE OPS5 TGID 40432
LE OPS6 TGID 40448
LE OPS7 TGID 40464
LE OPS8 TGID 40480
LE OPS9 TGID 40496
LE OPS10 TGID 40512
LE OPS11 TGID 40528
LE OPS12 TGID 40544

Note: The 8 LE OPS Talkgroups (Numbered 5-12) are used for communication of on-scene events where a Dispatcher needs to be able to monitor what is going on...these talkgroups are also used when units from more than one District respond to a situation...most events worth monitoring end up on an LE OPS channel...LE OPS 12 is usually reserved for units assigned traffic duty around the RBC/PNC Center and the NC State Fairgrounds.

Special Ops Status Talkgroup:

RPD SO STATUS TGID 40400

Note:The RPD Special Ops (SO) Status Talkgroup is for units doing speed enforcement, Animal Control and other assorted RPD Units. It is sometimes known by its old UHF nickname of "Raleigh 8".

Investigations/Special Operations:

Note: All Investigative & Special Operation Radio Traffic is encrypted full time and therefore cannot be monitored.

Hopefully this gives you a good starting point for monitoring Raleigh PD on VIPER 800Mhz.

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 ===District Specific TAC 1 & TAC 2 Talkgroups:===
+{|class="wikitable sortable collapsible" border=1 style=border-collapse:collapse cellpadding=3
-*RPD NWD TAC1     TGID 40208
+!TGID!!RPD Usage
-*RPD N TAC1       TGID 40224
+|-
-*RPD NED TAC1     TGID 40240
+|40208||RPD NWD TAC1
-*RPD SED TAC1     TGID 40256
+|-
-*RPD DD TAC1     TGID 40272
+|40304||RPD NWD TAC2
-*RPD SWD TAC1     TGID 40288
+|-
-*RPD NWD TAC2     TGID 40304
+|40224||RPD ND TAC1
-*RPD N TAC2       TGID 40320
+|-
-*RPD NED TAC2     TGID 40336
+|40320||RPD ND TAC2
-*RPD SED TAC2     TGID 40352
+|-
-*RPD DD TAC2     TGID 40368
+|40240||RPD NED TAC1
-*RPD SWD TAC2     TGID 40384
+|-
+|40336||RPD NED TAC2
+|-
+|40256||RPD SED TAC1
+|-
+|40352||RPD SED TAC2
+|-
+|40272||RPD DD TAC1
+|-
+|40368||RPD DD TAC2
+|-
+|40288||RPD SWD TAC1
+|-
+|40384||RPD SWD TAC2
+|-
+|}
 '''Note:''' about the District Specific "Tac 1" and "Tac 2": These talkgroups are designed for intra-district communication only and are '''NOT''' monitored by Raleigh/Wake 911. These are basically a "Car to Car" chit chat channel.
 ===8 LE OPS Talkgroups (Numbered 5-12):===