State Police and County Police CB usage

[mmckenna]

The CHP CB antennas I've seen on the commercial enforcement trucks is always been a Firestick antenna.
Are you sure that isn't from CalTrans or someone else?

Could be CB, that would be interesting. Haven't see a full sized whip on the CHP cars in a long time. Our local sheriffs office used to have low band whips on the sergeants cars solely so their scanners could hear the local CHP dispatch.

 

[PrivatelyJeff]

Nope. It was the old black and white crown vics (before the explorers). I’ve also seen the fire sticks on them. My thinking is on the crown vics is that they are on their last miles and are used as spares in the motor pool. I don’t see them often, maybe once or twice a month at best and only on 99. I’ll see an occasional fire stick on an explorer but it’s super rare (maybe they help out with the commercial enforcement guys). I know it’s rare enough that when I see it, it surprises me.

It’s only in Kern county that I see them. I drive as far north as Sacramento, west to the ocean and all the way to the Sierra foot hills, and the only place I see them is Kern. I chalk it up to all the truck traffic going through there. I never hear them on it, but I see the antennas.

 

[mmckenna]

That's interesting, I'll have to keep my eyes open next time I'm through there.
Not seeing any CHP Crown Vic's around here any more. Ford SUV's and Chargers.

 

[PrivatelyJeff]

I’m not going through there any time soon, but I’ll try and get a pic if I see one. I figure that by time I cruise through there next summer, the last of the crown vics will be gone and probably the older explorers too. I thought about trying to pick one up at auction when CHP dumps them.

 

[kc8kek]

Ohio

Ohio is beginning to move away from it, but I actually made contact with a trooper about five years ago on channel 9. When you enter the state on major freeways, signs are still posted at the state line
"State Highway Patrol Monitors CB-9, KNN-3083."

Motor carrier enforcement still has them, but lately only about half of the cruisers still have antennas. They use the Larsen NMO low bands tuned for 27MHz.

Edit: it's still posted on the web site and brochure. Scroll to the bottom of the second page:
http://statepatrol.ohio.gov/doc/Post Brochure.pdf

 

[captaincab]

I know in my area the Pennsylvania state police have cb radios in the patrol vehicles and most troopers do monitor channel 9 or sometimes channel 19 or 33.

 

[ScanWI]

Wisconsin State Patrol are still installing CBS in some vehicles mainly Commercial Vehicle enforcement, but some patrol units have them as well in areas with more interstate coverage.

They are all using glass mount CB antennas


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[PrivatelyJeff]

Saw a CB antenna on an old CHP explorer again today in Kern on the 99.