Do police still have cbs?

[Thatsclear]

With almost all police in my area encrypted I am finding other avenues of radio comms to explore. do any police agencies That patrol the highways still have CBs installed in their cars? I feel from time to time I will see a low band whip cb Antenna. Thanks

 

[TailGator911]

Lots of state troopers do have CBs in order to communicate with truckers and weigh stations.

 

[pb_lonny]

It would depend on your area and department. Here a couple of rural police units do.

 

[Giddyuptd]

Some not all. Most it is a troopers self paid install or requests it. Many still have lowband vhf antennas depending where you are for low band still in use as fall back or other purposes.

Majority now days no.

You're more likely to see it in a very rural place then anywhere else.

 

[KK4JUG]

Virtually no municipal police vehicles have CBs. Some sheriff's units do (depending on the extent of their urban territory) and state trooper/highway patrol frequently have them but, because of the chatter, turn them on only when they want to use them.

Down here, the highway patrol use the state Department of Public Safety frequencies to talk to weigh stations and other state enforcement agencies.

 

[Giddyuptd]

Back in time troopers would monitor for ch9, then that went to weigh stations which would monitor 19 and 9.

Most of the time it would be mainly used to hear if they been spotted during radar or to hear if trucks were avoiding the chicken coops.

 

[appalling_hauling]

Not here. State units used to have 102 inch whips on their crusiers. Between the skip noise and aggravation from base stations it was pretty much deemed self defeating. Once they trunked,that was that.

 

[PrivatelyJeff]

I see them very rarely on CHP vehicles, mainly ones that work in the Kern county area.

 

[KK4JUG]

The last whip antenna I saw was on Andy Taylor's patrol car.

 

[DomW]

Since some law enforcement near here still use low VHF, CB's would not be inconceivable.

 

[DeoVindice]

Sandoval County SO has CBs along with VHF Hi (IIRC) in their cruisers. I believe the Magdalena Marshal uses CB exclusively, no other antennas on the truck.

 

[captaincab]

Pennsylvania state police used to use them at least in my area Belmont and Media barracks cars had them. Mainly due to i276 and 76 and 95 I have not looked one way or the other in the last few years though.

 

[Giddyuptd]

Sandoval County SO has CBs along with VHF Hi (IIRC) in their cruisers. I believe the Magdalena Marshal uses CB exclusively, no other antennas on the truck.

I believe I seen them last time I was up that way also.

 

[Giddyuptd]

Magdalena Marshal uses CB exclusively, no other antennas on the truck.

They probably stick with the Sandoval vhf portables since the coverage there is beyond good on handhelds.

 

[DeoVindice]

They probably stick with the Sandoval vhf portables since the coverage there is beyond good on handhelds.

Magdalena is down by Socorro, it is extremely unlikely there is coverage from the Sandoval County system that far south.

 

[krokus]

I see CB whips on some of the state police Commerial Vehicle Enforcement vehicles, pretty much no others.

 

[12dbsinad]

Very rare here unless. Only the 800 trunked radio and lowband are installed. The lowband has been in service for decades and they still haven't been able to figure out how to bend the 800 radio waves yet for use in the mountains..

 

[Ensnared]

In the recent past, I learned from those responsible for installing/programming trunking systems in the central Texas area that Texas DPS can monitor CB transmissions; however, they are disallowed from using it to talk.

In Eastland, Texas, I had an interesting conversation with DPS. I heard DPS transmissions in the background. So, I engaged this trooper after two drivers nearly ran me off the road when I was attempting to enter IH20.

The DPS trooper started with their attitude thinking I was a trucker. He indicated that they were only interested in dealing with 18-wheelers. I can say without a shadow of a doubt my comments were very sarcastic and confrontational.

In one central Texas city, the city where I learned about DPS having CB radios, they indicated that the local PD had them as well. I verified this one day when I was traveling on the loop.

I was driving around the loop in the city in question and noticed a unit set up for laser and/or radar. I announced their whereabouts on the CB. Immediately after making this transmission, I heard, "we got you 59." I was going exactly 59 mph. There were several other engagements with this police agency. Although restricted to do so, the officer did not follow protocol. I did poke fun at the cheap-looking CB antenna on top.

 

[JamesPrine]

We used to have a CB base station and several mobile CB units with the St. Bernard Sheriff's Office (just outside New Orleans) back in the 70's. Mostly in the Emergency Medical Services section we operated in conjunction with the Police Jury. We paid for everything ourselves. The base station was "The Blood Bank", DR-23, the big Modulance, was "The Bucket of Blood", and smaller ambulances were numbered as the "Cups of Blood"...we had a lot of fun back in those days, and the general public kept us motivated and entertained with their questions, comments, and good-natured insults...

 

[soberbyker]

Pennsylvania state police used to use them at least in my area Belmont and Media barracks cars had them. Mainly due to i276 and 76 and 95 I have not looked one way or the other in the last few years though.

I actually asked the PA state police via their contact us link on their website a couple years ago, this very question. According to the communications trooper they no longer monitor CB.

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