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dodgerboi84
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In Tucson here
Not anymore, but i lived there for years and scanned the heck out of tucson. 4 sides of town, each with its own frequency back in those days. be interested to hear what they are using now. i used to go back over Xmas and scan while on vacation there. now i live on east coast and it's too far. tucson rocks!
dodgerboi84
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Well, now all TPD and PCSO are on a PCWIN (Pima County Integrated Wireless Network) owned by Pima County which is a P25 Phase II. There are 5 teams now (1-South, 2-West,3 Central, 4-East, 5-Downtown.) TPD also dispatched for South Tucson Police. All Police and fire are on this new system minus Marana which has their own.
FYI, TPD will be downsizing again to the 4 teams, should be on or about 1 July. The Police Chief recommended this in the reorganization memo that is supposed to save TPD some money.
It's going to be a rocky ride for the folks at TPD for a while.
It's going to be a rocky ride for the folks at TPD for a while.
dodgerboi84
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I was going to mention that too. However we will see what happens. I heard that one day just one day they may create a far east team. Not anytime soon.
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There is going to be some type of entertainment area, aka downtown, for TPD, but it won't receive the full team designation, from my understanding.
I wouldn't doubt some day they'll have to do something with the east side. It keeps growing
I wouldn't doubt some day they'll have to do something with the east side. It keeps growing
dodgerboi84
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There is going to be some type of entertainment area, aka downtown, for TPD, but it won't receive the full team designation, from my understanding.
I wouldn't doubt some day they'll have to do something with the east side. It keeps growing
I sure does. I wonder if they are going to add them back to team 2 like they were before. Curious what their designators will be
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We'll have to wait and see, but my understanding is Team-5 will be merged back in to Team-2, as it was in the past.
kd7eir
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If they want to expand they need to expand into the Rita Ranch area, or at least permanently assign a baker unit there. It's ridiculous that it takes up to ten minutes to get a unit on scene of a level 1 call there sometimes.
I'm on the far east side at Speedway and Harrison, which is basically a half mile from the east end of team 4, and response times in this area are pretty quick - probably not hurt by having code 14 at Harrison and Golf Links.
I'm on the far east side at Speedway and Harrison, which is basically a half mile from the east end of team 4, and response times in this area are pretty quick - probably not hurt by having code 14 at Harrison and Golf Links.
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