Baltimore PD channel question...

[Erik71]

Looks like "2A Southeastern" (TGID: 9802) is the main channel, but what is "2C Southeastern C" (TGID: 9125) used for?

 

[jkahn]

Usually a TAC or talk-around channel. Could also be for bigger events to take extra chatter off the main channel

 

[Erik71]

Usually a TAC or talk-around channel. Could also be for bigger events to take extra chatter off the main channel

Gotcha. Thought I'd go ahead and include it in a favorites list and was curious. Thanks

 

[maus92]

Baltimore City police radios have a 3 position switch labeled A - B - C. Position A is the dispatch TG for the district, Position B is an encrypted TG with the dispatcher (I think) and Position C is the district Tac channel for misc comms, usually without dispatcher control. I don't listen to Baltimore City very often, so actual channel usage might be slightly different that I've described.

Their fire radios also have the 3-position switch, but it is used in conjunction with the channel selector to choose various TGs. Some TG are the same regardless of the position of the switch.

 

[Erik71]

Baltimore City radios have a 3 position switch labeled A - B - C. Position A is the dispatch TG for the district, Position B is an encrypted TG with the dispatcher (I think) and Position C is the district Tac channel for misc comms, usually without dispatcher control.

Isn't there an inter-agency channel of some sort? Between City/County...?

 

[maus92]

They have "lateral channels" and DPW channels for coordination with other city agencies. The radios have different Zones that allow them to operate directly on neighboring county systems. For example, I hear Baltimore City units operating on the Anne Arundel County system on a regular basis, at least on the fire side.

 

[riveter]

B isn't really district related. The district main and tac nets are on A and C because of the way Motorola radio ABC selectors physically worked on pre-APX radios like the XTS5000 - it's WAY easier to throw the switch from A to C or vice versa than to carefully try to get to B and overshoot a few times.

 

[marksmith]

When an incident (shooting etc) takes place in a district, they will usually take that incident to the C channel to free up the normal district dispatch channel for normal comms.

Any situation where the needed coordination would screw up normal dispatch in that district usually gets moved to C.

I tend to not monitor the A channels because there is constant talk, but follow the C channels. Might not catch the initial transmission if something sigh ificant is happening, but usually catch the important comms on C because not monitoring the continuous stuff.

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