LAPD/CHP Motorcycle officers in tandem...

[LZJSR]

When LAPD or CHP motorcycles are riding in tandem (either as partners or usually I see them on the I-5 or SR-14 riding home, what do they use to chat with each other during the ride? Are they on a simplex/direct talk-around channel, or maybe their divisional channel but on direct mode so they don't transmit to the dispatcher? I'm assuming there isn't an assigned channel for that, but figured I would throw it out there to see if anyone knew just in case.

 

[Ravenfalls]

Possible they chit chat using Bluetooth helmet to helmet.

Some helmets have an app & easy to pair everyone together.

 

[Peter_SD911]

Possible they chit chat using Bluetooth helmet to helmet.

Some helmets have an app & easy to pair everyone together.

On the TV show "CHIPS...
Ponch and John (7-Mary 3 and 4) just yelled at each other across all the lanes of traffic.
They heard themselves just fine, without the need of those new fangled blew tooth contraptions..

Tandem Motor cops in LA have been communicating just fine for 75 years with very little radio use Car 2 Car.
They also use hand signals.

 

[K6GBW]

LAPD and CHP motor officers don’t talk to each other.

 

[LZJSR]

LAPD and CHP motor officers don’t talk to each other.

For clarity...when several LAPD motorcycle officers are riding in tandem or more (i.e. heading home towards Santa Clarita or High Desert), or CHP motorcycles are riding together... not when an LAPD and CHP officer happen to be near each other....

 

[K6GBW]

Being a retired motor officer, I can tell you that we rarely use the radio when in a formation. We simply use hand signals or shout to each other. Getting on the radio creates a lot of drama we'd rather avoid. CHP sometimes uses simplex to talk to another unit down the road though, usually when doing something like a red robin to clear the roadway. The CHP can do that easy enough by switching to the repeaters output. With LAPD you have to switch to different frequency altogether and it's rarely worth the effort.

Besides, on the ride home we turn the radio off and let the sound of wind rushing past take us to our zen place!

 

[LZJSR]

Being a retired motor officer, I can tell you that we rarely use the radio when in a formation. We simply use hand signals or shout to each other. Getting on the radio creates a lot of drama we'd rather avoid. CHP sometimes uses simplex to talk to another unit down the road though, usually when doing something like a red robin to clear the roadway. The CHP can do that easy enough by switching to the repeaters output. With LAPD you have to switch to different frequency altogether and it's rarely worth the effort.

Besides, on the ride home we turn the radio off and let the sound of wind rushing past take us to our zen place!

Thanks for the feedback! I appreciate it