San Antonio Police Unit Numbers

[nicknpd]

Back in "the day", the unit call numbers for patrol officers was the first three of the patrol district (xxx) followed by an even number starting at 0 for each unit in that district (I.e., 5310, 5312, 5314, etc.). Since we've had ProVoice decoding and I've started listening to them again, I've been hearing some odd numbers as the fourth digit (5311, 5313, etc.) mixed in with the traditional even numbers. Does anyone have any inside scoop as to what the distinction is?

 

[kem554991]

At one time it was explained to me that SAPD at some point switched to using their shield numbers on the radio. Since they use 4 digit numbers, and their shield numbers are re-issued unless the officer is dies in the line of duty, the first officer to get that number since the new system was implemented is 0XXX. The second officer is 1XXX, third officer is 2XXX, etc. So for badge #240, the first officer would've just been "240" on the radio. The second officer would've been "1240". I'm not sure how accurate this is, but that is how it was explained to me by someone who had been an officer in the Bexar County area since around 1965

 

[NC5267]

It is still done by districts but they have added more officers to a district. like district 3240 is one district as is 3242 but 3240 will have another officer assigned to a district. 3241 or 3243 for 3242's district. They are still very short handed as you can hear and routinely answer calls out of their districts I think the added officers help keep the officer assigned to the district in his area, but even that doesn't help when they get flooded with calls. I heard this from a PD officer last year.. So basically just added officers to a service area.

Attached is their latest map for districts. Not to detailed but shows basic districts and boundaries

 

[nicknpd]

Ah ok that makes sense. So they're trying to shrink patrol area for each officer in a district by giving them an assigned portion of it?


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[NC5267]

I think it is just adding back up and extra officers to handle the call volume. Same district sizes. Unless they have changed it in the last year which they could have because of population growth.

 

[Dark_Side]

1-A NORT (31xx 32xx 33xx Patrol units) (813x Uniform Di's)
(933x Park Dist For NORT)
(Station-3 Service Agent @ Sub Stn)
(30xx SAFFE/Property Crimes)
(3100 3200 3300 Are Sgt)

1-C WEST (51xx 52xx 53xx Patrol units) (815x uniform Di's)
(935x Park Dist For West)
(Station-5 Service Agent @ Sub Stn)
(50xx SAFFE/Property Crimes)
(impound Lots)
(5100 5200 5300 Are Sgt)

1-E SOUT (61xx 62xx 63xx Patrol units) (816x uniform Di's)
(936x Park Dist For SOUT)
(Station-6 Service Agent @ Sub Stn)
(60xx SAFFE/Property Crimes)
(6100 6200 6300 Are Sgt)

1-G CENT (21xx 22xx 23xx Patrol units) (812x uniform Di's)
(25xx Bike Patrol) (932x Park Dist For CENT)
(96xx Park police River)
(9300 Park Police Office
(Station-2 Service Agent @ Sub Stn)
(20xx SAFFE/Property Crimes)
(2100 2200 2300 Are Sgt)


1-I EAST (41xx 42xx 43xx Patrol Units) (814x uniform Di's)
(934x Park Dist For EAST)
(Station-4 Service Agent @ Sub Stn)
(40xx SAFFE/Property Crimes)
(4100 4200 4300 Are Sgt)

1-K Prue (71xx 72xx 73xx Patrol Units) (817x Uniform Di's)
(937x Park Dist For PRUE)
(Station-7 Service Agent @ Sub Stn)
(70xx SAFFE/Property Crimes)
(7100 7200 7300 Are Sgt)

2-A TRF1 /2-A TCS1 (11xx Traffic Units)
(EAGLE Helocopter Primary CH)

3-A VICE (86xx UNITS)

3-C NARC (87xx UNITS)

3-D ICE (81xx UNITS)

3-E ROP (88xx UNITS)

3-F CID (83xx UNITS +CID+) (85xx UNITS +Sex Crimes+)

3-H HOM (85xx UNITS)

3-I AUTO (84xx UNITS)


Special Units
DPS 107 HELOCOPTER

Note if unit id's as xxxxBravo there offduty unit not sign on to MDT The xxxx is there Badge #
Shifts xxxxA 7a-3p xxxxB 3p-11p xxxxC 11p-7a xxxx is there dist/unit # xxxxT or Tango is a Swing Shift
if a patrol-dist has more then one unit like 2110 the next unit #2111 the unit is a Secound unit in dist 2113 third unit and so on

 

[nicknpd]

Good comprehensive list!

A couple more -- x000A/B/C is the shift lieutenant for each service area, x001 is the station commander, the other sergeants (property crimes and SAFFE) have the next few numbers, and then property crimes and SAFFE, and directed patrol officers start somewhere around x011.

0001 is the chief of police, 00xx are the rest of the command staff; I don't know for certain who exactly is what, but if I recall correctly 0009 is the PIO.


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