Ohio State Highway Patrol cruiser #'s

[CVPI4Ever]

Do the numbers on the OSHP cruisers mean anything? I always wondered this.

I know that on the Columbus PD cruisers they mean this:

The letter "R" as a prefix to this system denotes a "replacement". Plate R-106 is used because the 10th precinct has a regular vehicle in maintenance or repair.

The letters "S" and "L" stand for Sergeant and Lieutenant and denote that vehicle assigned to that ranked officer assigned to the following numbered precinct: S-12 is the Sergeant for precinct-12 and L-1 is the Lieutenant for zone-1. Sergeant vehicles are Chevrolet Impalas and Lieutenant vehicles are SUVs.

The letter "T" Denotes a "Training" vehicle and is assigned to the Police Academy

The letter "X" stands for eXtra. X-Cars are kept at the Police Impound yard and are available to officers for special duty.



So what do the OSHP car numbers mean?

 

[hoser147]

Its a car number. a trooper can be in car 1009, and be his unit number such as 883.Dont know why they do it that way but to each their own........Hoser

 

[RagnarD]

I think it may just be the lineal number assigned to the cruiser. It is pretty common to assign an ID number to a car. I imagine that helps for maintenace records and such.

I know when you hear them mark on (when they can't using their MDT) you will hear them say they are either in their PC (personal car/cruiser I assume) or they are in car xxx (which I assume is the number on the cruiser that you are referring to)

Don't want to hijack your thread but does OSP still award "Ace" plates to troopers that are Ace's (recovered 5 stolen vehicles)?

73
de
chris
kq4z

 

[hoser147]

The ACE awards are still issued. And trooper of the year gets a new car. You are right the car number is for maintenance and fleet Id. The trooper uses his number no matter what car they are using. Hoser

 

[Tfitzmaurice89]

do troopers still get to take their cars home?

 

[FPO703]

If they don't have the next day off, yes.

 

[CVPI4Ever]

I got it. So the number is for nothing other then maintenance. Thanks guys!

 

[FPO703]

There are a few trropers who's unit number and cruiser number are one in the same.

Out here we have 1009 which drives car 1009. Go figure. How easy would that be to remember for using the private call feature on MARCS?

 

[hoser147]

That is pretty cool see'n how I just pulled that Number up above out of the air.......Hoser

 

[harleydpolice]

Troopers used to get lightning bolts on their cars for every stolen vehicle they recovered, I’ve backed up a lot of troopers over the last couple years and I don't remember seeing any bolts on their cars. Does anyone know if they still do that or not?

 

[wa8pyr]

There are a few trropers who's unit number and cruiser number are one in the same. Out here we have 1009 which drives car 1009. Go figure. How easy would that be to remember for using the private call feature on MARCS?

It probably wouldn't be at all. ID numbers on MARCS are not assigned using any kind of plan or scheme. When the system started out, each agency had a given number of radios and were assigned a like quantity of ID numbers. Now, a requesting agency is simply given the next available numbers in the database; if they have 10 radios, they get the next 10 available numbers.

If anyone's car or badge number coincide with their radio ID, their agency was lucky enough to get a group of IDs that coincidentally happened to line up with their car or badge numbers.

 

[CVPI4Ever]

Troopers used to get lightning bolts on their cars for every stolen vehicle they recovered, I’ve backed up a lot of troopers over the last couple years and I don't remember seeing any bolts on their cars. Does anyone know if they still do that or not?

Yes. Its called the ACE program. You get 5 lighting bolts on your door and you get a license plate that says ACE with the 5 bolts

Here is a pic of a 2003 Ford CVPI from the OSHP that I took that shows this

http://images8.fotki.com/v107/photos/4/49373/967042/cnpca1351-vi.jpg

 

[hoser147]

Ive noticed quite a few Tahoe's around with the OSP, one of them is a K9 but there are a couple of others, Maybe for Accident reconstruction?? Hoser

 

[harleydpolice]

Yes. Its called the ACE program. You get 5 lighting bolts on your door and you get a license plate that says ACE with the 5 bolts

Here is a pic of a 2003 Ford CVPI from the OSHP that I took that shows this

http://images8.fotki.com/v107/photos/4/49373/967042/cnpca1351-vi.jpg

So they get five bolts for every stolen found, or do they have to find a certain number before the crusier gets "ace status"? Can there be more than 5 bolts?

 

[RagnarD]

Hi HarleyD,

It used to be one stolen vehicle recovery = 1 lightning bolt per recovered stolen vehicle. When the trooper got 5 lightning bolts they were recognized as an ACE and got ACE plates. I know public safety vehicle in Ohio don't have license plates, I guess it is more like a license placard.

Some troopers were ACE's several times and I'm sure there probably still are some around.

73
de
chris
kq4z

 

[hoser147]

Not sure if its just found stolen vehicles, I believe there has to be an apprehension with it. Hoser

 

[K8TEK]

Not sure if its just found stolen vehicles, I believe there has to be an apprehension with it. Hoser

They need an apprehension to go with it. They just can't roll up on a stolen vehicle.

Just a little bit of research would go a long way on many people's behalf.
http://www.statepatrol.ohio.gov/programs/BMAX.HTML

 

[hoser147]

Thanks that what I thought, couldnt remember thou..............Hoser

 

[k9gunner]

The ACE awards are still issued. And trooper of the year gets a new car. You are right the car number is for maintenance and fleet Id. The trooper uses his number no matter what car they are using. Hoser

The trooper of the year is always unit 1000 also, then the next year he/she goes back to their old unit number. A trooper in the county I work on got it in 06. Their new cars usually have goodies, his had a neat HUD (heads up display) for everything.

 

[DualReverse]

I believe the 'R' denotes a reserve officer, not a replacement.

Do the numbers on the OSHP cruisers mean anything? I always wondered this.

I know that on the Columbus PD cruisers they mean this:

The letter "R" as a prefix to this system denotes a "replacement". Plate R-106 is used because the 10th precinct has a regular vehicle in maintenance or repair.

The letters "S" and "L" stand for Sergeant and Lieutenant and denote that vehicle assigned to that ranked officer assigned to the following numbered precinct: S-12 is the Sergeant for precinct-12 and L-1 is the Lieutenant for zone-1. Sergeant vehicles are Chevrolet Impalas and Lieutenant vehicles are SUVs.

The letter "T" Denotes a "Training" vehicle and is assigned to the Police Academy

The letter "X" stands for eXtra. X-Cars are kept at the Police Impound yard and are available to officers for special duty.



So what do the OSHP car numbers mean?