Monitoring Raleigh PD on 800Mhz

[KE4ZNR]

Raleigh PD has migrated from UHF 460Mhz to VIPER 800Mhz a few months ago...

The database has the current talkgroups used...Here is how the 800Mhz radios are programmed:

As many of you are aware Raleigh PD divides up the city into 6 Districts...a map of the 6 districts is available here at RR.com:
Link to RPD District Map

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

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

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

Dispatch Talkgroups:

• RPD 21 DISP TGID 40016
• RPD 22 DISP TGID 40032
• RPD 23 DISP TGID 40048
• RPD 24 DISP TGID 40064
• RPD 25 DISP TGID 40080
• RPD 26 DISP TGID 40096

Raleigh/Wake 911 is not equipped to have a dispatcher for each of the 6 Districts. So they are using a feature called MultiSelect or "talkgroup merge" that allows talkgroups to be "merged" 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.

Status Talkgroups:

• RPD 21 STATUS TGID 40112
• RPD 22 STATUS TGID 40128
• RPD 23 STATUS TGID 40144
• RPD 24 STATUS TGID 40160
• RPD 25 STATUS TGID 40176
• RPD 26 STATUS TGID 40192

Note: As far as RPD Status Channels/Talkgroups are concerned the 3 Districts of 2100, 2200, & 2300 are known as the "Northside Districts" and are patched together handled by one dispatcher while the 2400, 2500, & 2600 Districts are known as the "Southside Districts" and are patched together to be handled by another dispatcher...The Northside Status Talkgroup/Channel (2100, 2200, 2300 units) is known by its old UHF nickname of "Raleigh 2" while the Southside Status Talkgroup/Channel (2400, 2500, 2600 units) is known by its old UHF nickname of "Raleigh 3"...

District Specific TAC 1 & TAC 2 Talkgroups:

• RPD 21 TAC1 TGID 40208
• RPD 22 TAC1 TGID 40224
• RPD 23 TAC1 TGID 40240
• RPD 24 TAC1 TGID 40256
• RPD 25 TAC1 TGID 40272
• RPD 26 TAC1 TGID 40288
• RPD 21 TAC2 TGID 40304
• RPD 22 TAC2 TGID 40320
• RPD 23 TAC2 TGID 40336
• RPD 24 TAC2 TGID 40352
• RPD 25 TAC2 TGID 40368
• RPD 26 TAC2 TGID 40384

A 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

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 Center and the NC State Fairgrounds.

Special Ops Status Talkgroup:

• RPD SO STATUS TGID 40400

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".

Hopefully this gives you a good starting point for monitoring Raleigh PD on VIPER 800Mhz. Feel free to email me if you have further questions.

Happy Monitoring & Stay Safe!
Marshall KE4ZNR
KE4ZNR@radioreference.com

[KE4ZNR]

I went through and did some much needed housecleaning in this thread as well as updated the info within.
Hopefully this thread now provides a good starting point for monitoring Raleigh PD.
Marshall KE4ZNR

[Randyg711]

Thanks for this. I was talking with my neighborhood RPD officer recently and he said they are still struggling with how they break out the dispatching- away from every district all tied on to 1 channel. Maybe split them up , northside and southside on their own 2 groups with their own dispatchers. The concern is that if something major is happening on the northside group, the southside will not hear it in real time. They really need to get with the times. There are so many simple solutions for this.

Coming from NY and knowing firsthand how these logistics work, I am sure there are workable solutions for RPD. They way they have things now where officers monitor dispatch and often their Status Talkgroup at the same time is just crazy IMO. IF they have a dispatcher on the Status channel already, why not just split and switch all dispatch to northside and southside?

[KE4ZNR]

Raleigh PD expanding Districts.

Good info contained within. Looks like RPD is having to adjust to our ever expanding city boundaries.
Marshall KE4ZNR

[WA4MJF]

Thanks, Marshall. I see they now have a small CRASH unit. Hopefully, it can grow and do as good a job as LAPD's CRASH unit did in the South Central on their gang bangers. It is too bad that their Chief when he came west from PA disbanded it. Our gangs need to know that they won't be handled with kid gloves.

[Randyg711]

Yes, thanks Marshall, this document was great additional info. . Their changes affect me directly, and it looks to be positive. I am in the Raleigh PD North district , north of 540 off Falls of Neuse. and today it is one large officer beat. Under the changes they will split this large beat into 2 and be part of the Northeast district. Regardless of the district, 2 units covering the area that just 1 does today is a good thing.

It will be interesting to see if the put the NW, North and NE districts on just 1 channel and the SW, downtown and SE on another for all operations.

[mthom50]

Marshall (and others), Thanks for the info here. I wonder if you could expand a little on what info is contained in individual unit numbers. I get that the districts and beats are there, but I'm wondering if the numbers give any idea as to which are supervisors, which are one or two-person cars, etc, similar to LAPD with its A cars (2-person), L (one), beat numbers ending in zero for supervisors, and so on. Anything like that to listen for here? Likewise, Wake SO seems to have 3 digit numbers for its patrol units. Is there any similar info to glean from those numbers? Any insight appreciated! Mike

[mthom50]

Marshall, Upon reading farther down the list of topics, looks like you already answered the Wake SO part of my question in the "Wake... platoon" thread. Thanks - Mike