the atlanta feeds are pretty good. but they freak me out sometimes because I'm like "oh shit, that's only a couple blocks away"

i guess ignorance is bliss.

7/29/2010 10:57:00 PM

Feed: http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?feedId=756

Quote :

"10-0 caution; use caution 10-1 signal bad; signal weak; unable to copy 10-2 signal good; signal strong 10-3 stop transmitting 10-4 acknowledgement; okay 10-5 relay 10-6 busy 10-7 out of service; unable to take calls 10-8 in service; able to take calls 10-9 repeat; say again 10-10 fight 10-11 animal/dog 10-11A pick up animal 10-11B stray animal 10-11C animal bite 10-11D dead animal 10-11E injured animal 10-12 stand-by 10-13 weather advisory 10-14 prowler report 10-15 civil disturbance 10-16 domestic disturbance 10-17 meet complainant 10-18 quickly; urgent 10-19 return to quarters; return to station 10-20 location 10-21 call on telephone 10-22 disregard 10-23 arrived at scene 10-24 assign completed 10-25 on the scene; meet in person 10-26 detaining subject 10-27 drivers license info 10-28 vehicle registration info 10-29 check records for "wanted" status 10-30 improper use of radio 10-31 crime in progress 10-32 armed individual; subject with gun 10-33 emergency; respond with lights-and-siren 10-34 riot 10-35 major crime alert 10-36 time check 10-37 suspicious person 10-38 suspicious vehicle 10-39 respond with lights-and-siren 10-40 silent run; no lights-and-siren 10-41 begin shift 10-42 end shift 10-43 information 10-44 leaving beat 10-45 animal in road 10-46 disabled vehicle; assist motorist 10-47 need road repair 10-48 traffic sign repair 10-49 traffic light out 10-50 vehicle accident 10-50 PI - personal injury 10-50 PD - property damage 10-50 F - fatality 10-51 wrecker; wrecker needed 10-52 ambulance 10-53 road blocked 10-54 livestock 10-55 intoxicated driver; vehicle occupied by same 10-56 intoxicated individual 10-57 hit and run; same 10-50 PI/PD/F codes apply 10-58 direct traffic 10-59 escort, usually funeral 10-60 squad in area 10-61 personnel in area 10-62 reply to message 10-63 prepare to copy 10-64 message 10-65 assignment 10-66 cancellation 10-67 clear channel 10-68 dispatch info 10-69 received info 10-70 fire; fire report; fire apparatus 10-71 nature of fire 10-72 fire rpoert 10-73 smoke report 10-74 negative 10-75 in contact with 10-76 en route 10-77 ETA 10-78 request assitance 10-79 coroner 10-80 vehicular chase 10-81 breathalyzer 10-82 lodging 10-83 school crossing 10-84 advise ETA 10-85 will be later 10-86 personnel on duty 10-87 pick up checks 10-88 telephone number 10-89 bomb threat 10-90 bank alarm/holdup 10-91 pick up subject 10-92 illegally parked vehicle 10-93 roadblock 10-94 racing 10-95 subject in custody 10-96 mental subject 10-97 radio test 10-98 prison break 10-99 stolen; wanted"

Quote :

"RALEIGH POLICE & WAKE COUNTY SHERIFF SIGNALS: 6 Phone_________ 7 Meet__________ 8 Any item not wanted or known 13 Conviction or revocation 14 Suspension or revocation 26 Computer down 35 Breaking & entering 44 Burglar alarm 45 Disturbance 65 Robbery 66 Rape 67 Overdose 69 Larceny 68 Suicide 75 Careless & reckless driver 86 Person down 100 All units respond 101 Shots fired 102 Shooting 103 Homicide 1000 Assume roadblock post 2000 Alert status 3000 All units report in 4000 National Guard called in Chapter 90 - Any illegal drug "

Feed: http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?feedId=756

7/29/2010 10:57:07 PM

Capital Westbound near Peace blocked off

I haven't had this much fun listening in a long time, was a good storm for sure.

7/29/2010 11:10:20 PM

^Thanks, the signals were what I was looking for.

New Bern & South Raleigh power out, Peace street flooded and blocked. Wrecks and fires everywhere.

7/29/2010 11:11:06 PM

haven't listened to the scanner in a long time...

kind of addictive

7/29/2010 11:16:11 PM

We got a 4-20 off Kaplan....

7/29/2010 11:20:45 PM

10-50

s.saunders and 40

also at lenoir st

7/29/2010 11:30:17 PM

10-50 new bern ave

7/29/2010 11:31:30 PM

serious question - what is the purpose of the 10codes, standardization? why can't you just say "crime in progress?" or "okay"?

7/29/2010 11:32:57 PM

10-50 s. dawson and west st 2 vehicles involved

7/29/2010 11:33:00 PM

structure fire somewhere could not make out where.

7/29/2010 11:36:06 PM

code 50 is just an injury. not a fatality(in raleigh, wake SO)

there was a motorcycle wreck last night with a 50 and he was alive. turned it off when the meat wagon came

7/29/2010 11:39:19 PM

down power line pool rd and Raleigh blvd sparking on ground

7/29/2010 11:42:39 PM

anyone got the cary feed?


nevermind
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?feedId=3351

[Edited on July 29, 2010 at 11:45 PM. Reason : .]


oh crap its deleted

[Edited on July 29, 2010 at 11:45 PM. Reason : .]

7/29/2010 11:44:43 PM

you can tell which cops are the "farva"s by how the other ones respond to them.

7/29/2010 11:46:35 PM

structure fire due to lightning strike

7/29/2010 11:47:18 PM

subject at new bern ave waffle house very "10-56", wet his pants, will not leave, being very rude

7/30/2010 12:06:56 AM

suspicious vehicle on hillsborough st

7/30/2010 12:24:12 AM

Fuck. I need to get the hell outa there...

7/30/2010 12:24:41 AM

Quote :

"serious question - what is the purpose of the 10codes, standardization? why can't you just say "crime in progress?" or "okay"?"

I think that alot of places are trying to switch over to "plain talk"

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113738105

7/30/2010 12:44:19 AM

because if you're detaining somebody you don't want them to know whats going on. like if you're losing signal on your radio or if backups haven't arrived, etc. Also if you're questioning somebody and want to call backup, etc. without them being a flight risk

shit like that

[Edited on July 30, 2010 at 3:00 AM. Reason : ignored the quotes but whatever, still answered the quoted question]

7/30/2010 2:59:33 AM

7/30/2010 7:05:32 AM

Quote :

"Years ago as a national park ranger, I heard the following exchange over the park radio. It was between a district ranger with years of experience and a first-year seasonal ranger. With the particular ten-code we were using at the time, “Ten-nine" meant, “I did not understand your message; say it again." The young ranger had made a routine inquiry over the radio. District ranger: (briskly) “Ten-nine." Young ranger: “What does ‘ten-nine’ mean?" District ranger: (a pause, then stoically) “Repeat your message." Young ranger: (emphatically) “What does ‘ten-nine’ mean???" District ranger: (impatiently) “Repeat your message!" Young ranger: (very slowly with exaggerated enunciation) “WHAAAT – DOES – TEN – NINE – MEEEEEAN . . ." District ranger: (His microphone was keyed, but he said nothing. In the office background, one could hear numerous people howling with laughter.)"

7/30/2010 9:35:42 AM

Quote :

"How do they distinguish between different cars on the same beat? 612 being the NCSU beat. I hear things like 612baker, does that mean it's the second car on the 612 beat?"

Yep. they just an a-b-c suffix.

Quote :

"Is each incident given a number like 6543? Or am I mistaking their talkgroup id's. I see your sticky thread on radiorefernce now."

There is a computer generated incident number for each call that can be viewed on the officers MDT/Computer.

Quote :

"What are the regular codes for raleigh? (not the ten codes) I assume code 2 is a fire."

The ten codes/signals linked above are correct.

Quote :

" I assume Chapter 90 is drugs."

Correct. Chap 90 is the nickname for NC General Statue Chap 90 which has to do with drugs:
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByChapter/Chapter_90.html

From time to time you will hear a "50b order" which has to do with domestic violence/restraining orders:
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByChapter/Chapter_50B.html

Quote :

"I thought they were supposed to be getting rid of all these variable 10 codes."

A lot of municipalities have reduced their use of codes/signals.

7/31/2010 1:26:26 AM

Quote :

""D25 [fire?]House struck by lightning" alarms going of in the background "hit the power pole" I assume that's a firehouse"

Nope. that is Raleigh PD.

The District names of 21-26 changed earlier this year into what you see below. Some dispatchers
will still slip up and forget and will use the no longer valid D21-D26 Beats.

District 21 aka Northwest 1xx District
District 22 aka North 2xx District
District 23 aka Northeast 3xx District
District 24 aka Southeast 4xx District
District 25 aka Downtown 5xx District
District 26 aka Southwest 6xx Dist

7/31/2010 1:34:19 AM

Quote :

"serious question - what is the purpose of the 10codes, standardization? why can't you just say "crime in progress?" or "okay"?"

As stated above the main reason given why the 10 codes were develop was to
try to keep suspects from knowing what you are talking about. They were also developed
to provide quick communication. Over the years agencies came up with their own
customized 10 codes/signals. Which caused issues in a situation where your neighboring county
had different 10 codes. Now there is a big push for clearnext (no ten codes) for interoperability purposes.

7/31/2010 1:40:23 AM

that makes sense.

so why do truck drivers use them?

7/31/2010 11:25:32 AM

Penis envy.

7/31/2010 11:47:52 AM

Quote :

"that makes sense. so why do truck drivers use them?"

To make themselves sound more important while cruising down the road hopped up on goofballs?

10 codes get even more confusing when you consider all of the different versions used here in Central NC:
--The set linked earlier in this thread is the main one used in most of Wake County
--However Wake Sheriff has their own set with a few different changes
--The NCSHP has their own set
--Durham uses an altogether set which is somewhat like the SHP's version.

Example: In most of Wake County a chase is a "10-80" while in SHP & Durham Speak a chase is a "10-43".
Once a suspect in a chase is caught in Wake codes they are "10-95" but in Durham and SHP they are "10-72".

The push for "cleartext" speak has been in the works for about 4 years due to Federal pressure under NIMS compliance. Here is part of an email sent out by a local PD near the end of 2006:

Quote :

"In February of 2006, The National Incident Management System (NIMS) Integration Center sent out a bulletin requiring Plain English be used for multi-agency events, such as a major disaster. Beginning October 2006, federal preparedness grant funding was contingent on the use of common terminology in incidents requiring assistance from responders from other agencies and jurisdictions. Beginning January 1, 2007, the *************** Police Department will be converting from the current 10-codes to ClearText (plain language) communication. This new protocol will assure compliance suggested by the National Incident Management System (NIMS). This new policy is a step toward ensuring that during multi-jurisdictional incidents or any other time other agencies must communicate through the radio system, everyone involved understands what is being communicated. The following codes and signals may still be utilized as necessary. 10-4=OK 10-8=In-Service 10-32=Man with gun 10-33=Emergency 10-50=Traffic accident 10-89=Bomb Threat 10-96=Mental subject 10-99=Wanted/stolen indicated Signal 13=Revoked (DWI) Signal 14=Revoked (all other) Signal 25=Officer needs assistance Signal 66=Rape Signal 68=Suicide Signal 104=Deceased person For CAD purposes, when coding Incident Reports over the radio, you will utilize the alpha code and then say what the code means. An example would be “code A, report filed”. All other radio communications will be conducted using plain language. In order to maintain brevity and professionalism on the radio, the department will be using the definitions already established on the current 10-code list. For example, under the new system, instead of using 10-38, the user would say, I’m stopping a vehicle at "Location" and then give the communicator the vehicle information."

7/31/2010 11:50:59 AM

haha a fire truck just hit a deer up here

and a storm's coming through and apparently some lightning has caused a brush fire

8/4/2010 11:06:54 PM

the LAPD has theirs scrambled and secret Had lunch at the police academy a while back and went into their 'store' and was informed that you can possibly find a hacked version on the internetz but that it ain't cheap. I was sort of amazed that I was being told this while standing in the company of cops but hey.....

8/4/2010 11:11:31 PM

^ http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?ctid=201

8/4/2010 11:13:03 PM

lol we got some flash flooding at the dollar general

8/4/2010 11:30:41 PM

which one you listening to? I'm still pretty sure the one that the officers themselves use is scrambled....cause I just can't believe they'd go to all that trouble if the shit were easily available on the net..... but I dunno...I'll find some cops tonight and ask em...

8/4/2010 11:47:38 PM

What is a signal 10

there is one off new bern ave

NOW

8/5/2010 12:34:04 AM

Having duplicate numerical 10 codes and signals is about the dumbest thing I've ever seen. Their alphabet codes are silly too.

[Edited on August 5, 2010 at 1:00 AM. Reason : .]

8/5/2010 12:50:37 AM

10-50 wreck on "louisburg rd"...occupied one time, occupant having chest pain

8/5/2010 12:55:30 AM

power flashing off kapla...shit wrong thread

8/5/2010 12:56:24 AM

signal 10 is a traffic stop

before RPD went to their trunking system I had to lock out the traffic stop channel (2 i think) because it got so annoying listening to the scanner stop on "Raleigh 2 signal 10 blah blah blah"

never anything good on the traffic stop channel

8/5/2010 1:18:53 AM

mytwocents->Someone was BSin' ya. Or someone was confusing digital voice with encryption. Unencrypted digital voice can be monitored on any digital capable scanner. LAPD uses unencrypted digital voice conventional channels for day to day operations as shown on this site:
http://www.harrymarnell.net/lapd-freqs.htm

And that is why you can monitor LAPD on the Live audio feeds above. Someone has a digital capable scanner that is providing that feed.


jtw208-- Your issue goes back to how RPD divides up their radio channels. For many years now RPD has operated under this type of Radio Channel Setup:

Channel 1 = Raleigh PD Citywide Dispatch
Channel 2= Raleigh PD Northside Units (1xx, 2xx, 3xx) Status (including traffic stops etc)
Channel 3= Raleigh PD Southside Units (4xx, 5xx, 6xx) Status (including traffic stops etc)

Once Raleigh PD moved to 800Mhz Trunking there was an internal push to revise the above channel layout.
The original plan was to get rid of the separate status channels and just have 2 combo dispatch & status channels handled by
2 different dispatchers: One North and One South.

The above plan was put on hold for a variety of reasons...some political, some internal differences.

A "Pie in the sky" perfect plan would actually be to have 6 combo dispatch/status channels...one for each of the 6 districts.
If you listen to Raleigh PD on a weekend evening you will quickly pick up on the fact that the Southeast District (4xx Units) usually has more priority calls than pretty much any of the other 5 districts and would greatly benefit from having their own separate dispatcher.
Obviously RWECC (Raleigh 911) does not have the resources to entertain this anytime in the near future though.

I will let ya in on something: as far as how channels/talkgroups are setup in the system there really are 6 separate dispatch talkgroups. On the backend of the system all 6 dispatch talkgroups are patched together full time so it looks like only 1 Dispatch Talkgroup Citywide. This is to make changes to the channel layout easier down the road.

Obviously this is waaaaaay more info than anyone here ever wanted to know about Radio Geek stuff

[Edited on August 5, 2010 at 7:28 PM. Reason : tt]

8/5/2010 7:27:29 PM

^ thanks for the info. how are you in the know on the back end of Raleigh's 800mhz system (if you dont mind me asking)?

2 things.

-who wants to sell me a cheap trunking scanner so i can keep up with RPD/RFD/wake ems?

-do the Tac and Ops channels come through on trunking scanners? before the switch, you'd hear things like "move to Ops 5" and then no more of that convo. maybe the tac/ops channels were 800mhz before everything else was?

8/5/2010 7:33:31 PM

Quote :

"cheap trunking scanner"

LOL

8/5/2010 7:39:14 PM

Here is how an actual Raleigh PD Motorola XTS 5000 is programmed...

You have a bunch of "Zones" or Banks and each Zone has its own channels (or talkgroups as they are known on a trunked system).

This zone shows the layout of the Raleigh PD Southwest District (6xx) which just so happens to include a certain university



SWD DISP =Southwest District Dispatch

S STAT= South Units (4xx, 5xx, 6xx) Status Channel

SWD TAC 1 & SWD TAC 2= Two Talkgroups/Channels for intra district chit-chat. RWECC does NOT monitor these two channels so you will never hear priority traffic on these two channels.

LE OPS 5-12= 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 (or RICOPS 12) is usually reserved for units assigned traffic duty around the RBC Center and the NC State Fairgrounds.

FRT DESK= Front Desk Channel. RPD channel for asking about warrants and other assorted paperwork.

DIRECT 4= Conventional Non Trunked Low power OPS.

DCI = Countywide channel for running vehicle plates & checking statewide warrants.

EVENT 10= Wake County Event Channel 10. Wake County has 10 Event Channels/Talkgroups for use at concerts at Walnut Creek, Downtown Amphitheatre, etc. Due to NIMS requirements usually one channel is set aside for "Fire Branch", One channel is "Medical Branch" and one channel "Law Branch".

For any of the other 5 districts just replace the district name.

jtw208--- The cheapest you are going to find a digital capable scanner for is around $300. Wake County (including RPD and NCSU PD) operates in a digital voice format. Any of the radios listed on this page:
http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Categoryigital_Scanners
Should work fine for Wake County.

There are 2 main manufactures of scanners today: Uniden and GRE of America. GRE allows Radio Shack to "Rebrand" GRE radios with the Radio Shack logo and sell the GRE radios through Radio Shack stores.
I beta test Radios for Uniden before they are released. I have beta tested the Uniden BCD396XT, BCD996XT and others.
http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/BCD396XT
http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/BCD996XT
Both can be seen in this pic I posted earlier in the thread:




--The Public Safety "PS" TAC Channels (Numbered 13-39) (mostly used by Fire & EMS) come through just fine on any digital capable scanner. As I described earlier RPD has their own "LE OPS" channels that are different than the PS TAC Channels.

For the most part you can listen to pretty much anything public safety wise in Wake County.
I usually have about 7 or 8 radios on at any one time monitoring a variety of different agencies.

8/5/2010 7:55:16 PM

Ha ha, fight on Cat bus. Blunt and E Davie street. Bring da ambulance.

8/7/2010 11:12:01 PM

Quote :

"how are you in the know on the back end of Raleigh's 800mhz system (if you dont mind me asking)?"

Missed this question. Been involved in all things radio since I was a kid.

I worked as the Production Director & a Traffic Reporter for Traffic Patrol Broadcasting/Metronetworks from 1999-2004.
Part of that job was monitoring about 7-8 different scanners and sending out the traffic reporters to verify traffic issues I heard
over said scanners.

I have been a licensed Ham for too many years

I have held Radio Consulting jobs for agencies all around NC.

I am also a trustworthy conduit for public safety personnel statewide that want to share Public Safety Comm info anonymously due to job security concerns, etc.

Most people in Public Safety in NC know of me just through word of mouth if they have not met me in person.
It has been said that no one knows public safety comms in NC better than myself.

I guess that is why I am one of only 10 people nationwide that a radio manufacturer trusts to beta test their products before release.

8/8/2010 2:45:59 PM

Quote :

"Ha ha, fight on Cat bus. Blunt and E Davie street. Bring da ambulance."

Heck, that happens pretty much daily

I can't stand to monitor the CAT Bus or TTA bus Channels/Talkgroups. Just trying to decipher
what the heck the driver is saying is difficult. Not because they speak in any type of codes but
because they have horrible two-way-radio skills. They don't enunciate or speak clearly.

8/8/2010 2:48:53 PM

A friend called me and said there are like 12 cop cars and a bomb sniffing dog at Cameron Court...

8/8/2010 2:54:01 PM

is that near st. mary's? i just drove by there...tons of cops and it was taped off

8/8/2010 10:29:58 PM

it was an untimely death

its on wral

[Edited on August 8, 2010 at 11:41 PM. Reason : http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/8103568/]

8/8/2010 11:40:55 PM

Just dispatched a little while ago:

Quote :

"xxxxxx 21:58:50 From:xxxx@locution.com Subj:Locution Dispatch Incident: FBT : BODY TRANSPORT Map: 075D Address: xxxx BRIGADOON DR Common Place: Apartment: Cross: AVENT FERRY RD / TARTAN CIR Units: WC7, Talk Group: City: RA Comments: **BODY TRANSPORT** ME xxxxx xxxxxx PRIMARY UNIT CHANGED TO: FD/WC7, REPORT NUM: xxxxxxx - ADDED TO EVENT FOR: FD/WC7,"

Just in case anyone sees the white van in the area.

8/17/2010 10:35:59 PM