Hopefully they update the manual soon because ive heard units like 5k and 3k and units like that and i have no idea which units those are.
Never having worked at any of these divisions except for three months as a Student Worker at
Commission Investigation Division in 1969, I'm loath to even guess at most of this. But that never stopped me before, so...
Any idea where I could hear training division units or they use the radio rarely?
The first place that comes to mind would be at
the EVOC at Davis Training Center near the I-5/405 interchange, where they may well use radios in the cars during vehicle and tactical training. My guess would be that they use a simplex frequency for it.
also i hear alot a 6D unit being code6 in topanga area what could that unit be doing in topanga? I already know its emergency ops division.
EOD (or is it now EOB?) has a variety of seemingly disparate functions, and just a SWAG for this one - if the "6D" activity you've heard has particularly been since January 19, it may have involved investigating the apparently faked shooting of the LAUSD officer at El Camino High; either investigating what he did, or investigating/evaluating LAPD's response to the thing.
and ive heard 1pc units go code6 on sherman way in reseda. what could a police commision unit be doing?
The Police Commission and its 80 or so sworn and civilian personnel have
all kinds of stuff that they oversee, investigate and regulate, from the Chief himself all the way down to tow truck operators, private patrol officers, taxi dancers, burglar alarm installations, and dozens of permits that the city has put in their lap over the years.
All that being said, keep in mind that units in other than patrol and traffic divisions are
generally neither dispatched nor tracked by Communications Division. When they do come up on an RTO's frequency it's often just a one-time deal where they have some reason for wanting Comm Div to know
where they are, but typically
not what they're doing. They may be doing something or at a location where there's a possibility of things going sideways and they may need to call for help, and they want the operator to know where they are. Or occasionally they're right on top of a hot radio call, and they decide to assist, even though they've not been assigned. In the latter case they're supposed to radio in that they're "Code 6
in plainclothes" (assuming they are), so other responding officers are alerted to that.
As Todd818 sort of hinted at up the thread this morning, these units will sometimes forget to radio back in when they're clear from wherever they put themselves "out" at, and then Communications Div is required to track them down to verify that they're OK. There've been a few times when some of these guys would disappear from the radio and not be found until they were ID'd by their office and called at home... "Oh, sorry. But I could have sworn that I cleared."
