CHP Napa 42.42 Code 33 ?

[SCPD]

I just turned my scanner on and they running after somone.
This i also the first time I hear on CHP (code33) i think is the right term when the radio beeps and tells everybody to stay off.
has anybody more info on it ?

 

[EMSJUNKY]

Code 33 is 10-code for "emergency traffic only" Code 22 on the otherhand, is restricted traffic on the channel only. Essentially, code 33 is used so that officers involved with a high risk call can have an open radio to talk to dispatch with out having to wait for another officer to finish routine traffic. The beep is utilized to remind the officers that the code 33 is in effect.

The beep may also be utilized for other purposes based on the department.

Hope this helps.

 

[SCPD]

Thanks.
I guess it's over whatever was going on.
never found out what was going on.
this is the first time i heard the (audible) tone on CHP, usally i hear it only on sonoma sheriff.

 

[EMSJUNKY]

Standard Opperating Procedures for varoius department dictate whether a tone is present during a code 33. Most departments it is common for the tone to be part of the Code 33, yet the officer can request code 33, no tone.

 

[SCPD]

Standard Opperating Procedures for varoius department dictate whether a tone is present during a code 33. Most departments it is common for the tone to be part of the Code 33, yet the officer can request code 33, no tone.

this was the first time i ever heard the (tone) on CHP
and i have being listing now for about 2 years.

How often does this occur on CHP ?

On Sonoma Sheriff i hear this all the time, on CHP it was a first one for me

 

[cristisphoto]

Code 33....

The code 33 "tone" depends on their system..
For example, some towns, cities have a constant beep that's the radio signalfyng to keep the air clear unless it is directly related to the emergency...
Here in San Francsco however, there are no beeps or tones just silence,
except for voices lol
So I would say that it depends on their radios
Trunked opposed to conventional and even then it depends on their MOdel of radio Motorola xxxx or
Motorola xx etc, etc, etc,,,,
Furthermore,

FYI
42.42000 42.66000 BM 131.8 PL GRAPE Napa Office FM
Cheers,
Crista

 

[drouse3]

Code 30 (Officers needs Help)

Everytime I have heard this code the police have beem involved in gun fire with a suspect. I only here this one about once every three to four years in the SF Bay Area.

I heard CHP (San Jose) on Sunday morning at 0130hrs code 33 chasing a sports car at a 100 plus on Highway 101.

 

[pfish]

It's used during pursuits (foor or vehicle), making entry to a building (on an alarm call), or when the officer requests it (circumstances at the scene)

I've heard it used on CHP a lot, usually during pursuits. The dispatcher usually turns it on/off from the radio software (CentraCom Gold Elite for Motorola systems) unless the officer asks for a silent code 33.

 

[Cressida81]

wow, thanks! i've been wondering what that beeping on CHP was!

 

[brandon]

I noticed CHP has different style of beeps depending on the division you are listening to. Is it the same up in NorCal?

Here are the ones I've noticed down here

Border Division Emergency Tone

Inland Division Emergency Tone

LA Division Emergency Tone

 

[wolter]

The Golden Gate Division uses one similar to your Border Division recording.

 

[inigo88]

The Golden Gate Division Code 33 tone definitely sounds most similar to the one on the Border Division recording. And drouse3, there have actually been a LOT of code 33 CHP pursuits around the bay area recently, just on different CHP frequencies. If you scan all of them you'll be more likeley to hear it more than every 3 or 4 years.

Giggity Giggity Giggity Giggity Alllllllrrriiiggghhhhht. :lol:

 

[drouse3]

Code 30 (Officer needs Help)

You can not go more than a half hour without a code 33 in the bay area, I said code 30 it makes a big difference. A code 30 will always turns into a code 33. The Officer will call the code 30 almost all of the time, Then dispatch goes code 33.

The Golden Gate Division Code 33 tone definitely sounds most similar to the one on the Border Division recording. And drouse3, there have actually been a LOT of code 33 CHP pursuits around the bay area recently, just on different CHP frequencies. If you scan all of them you'll be more likeley to hear it more than every 3 or 4 years.

Giggity Giggity Giggity Giggity Alllllllrrriiiggghhhhht. :lol:

 

[KMA367]

Code 30, Code 33, 10-33, etc

You can not go more than a half hour without a code 33 in the bay area, I said code 30 it makes a big difference. A code 30 will always turns into a code 33. The Officer will call the code 30 almost all of the time, Then dispatch goes code 33.

Ah the non-standardness of codes. So the Code 30 you're talking about, is "officer needs help" (aka 999 or 10-99 or 11-99)? In L.A. a Code 30 is a burglar alarm (the other end of the priority spectrum); I believe Kern County agencies use Code 30 as the cancellation of a Code 33. Not to be confused with 10-33, which in some areas is a burglar alarm, and in other places is the same as Code 33. 10-4? QSL?

 

[mkewman]

giggity!

a cop once told me that the Code 33 tone is called the "swine finder", in other words, it tells the perp where the cop is, and how far away, because they can hear the tone getting closer or farther away.

thats why some departments don't use it, or units request code 33 w/o tone.

 

[KMA367]

...it tells the perp where the cop is, and how far away, because they can hear the tone getting closer or farther away. thats why some departments don't use it, or units request code 33 w/o tone.

In the three (well 9 total, including a 7-city JPA) agencies for whom I've dispatched, none have used the 10-33, Code-33 or "EIP" beeps at all.

I've always envisioned an officer walking down a dark alley, or seaching inside a building, for a crook, with his radio blasting out a BEEP every 15 or 30 seconds, thinking to him/herself "OK, which is worse, announcing my presence and location to the suspects, or not being able to hear my radio?" Folks like SWAT have earphones which can obviate that problem, but they're generally not very handy for patrol officers.

 

[RolnCode3]

In the three (well 9 total, including a 7-city JPA) agencies for whom I've dispatched, none have used the 10-33, Code-33 or "EIP" beeps at all.

I've always envisioned an officer walking down a dark alley, or seaching inside a building, for a crook, with his radio blasting out a BEEP every 15 or 30 seconds, thinking to him/herself "OK, which is worse, announcing my presence and location to the suspects, or not being able to hear my radio?" Folks like SWAT have earphones which can obviate that problem, but they're generally not very handy for patrol officers.

I wear an earpiece every day on patrol (as do MANY officers). And yes, they're extremely handy! Plus, you don't get feedback when rolling around in your vehicle, and you key up the mobile.

 

[sac-emt]

I wear an earpiece every day on patrol (as do MANY officers). And yes, they're extremely handy! Plus, you don't get feedback when rolling around in your vehicle, and you key up the mobile.

I have the same type of earpiece used in the field, with the fitting that makes it able hear the radio as well as the ambient surrounding sound. It seems to be easier on the eardrum, too.

 

[KMA367]

Earpieces

I wear an earpiece every day on patrol (as do MANY officers). And yes, they're extremely handy! Plus, you don't get feedback when rolling around in your vehicle, and you key up the mobile.

and

I have the same type of earpiece used in the field, with the fitting that makes it able hear the radio as well as the ambient surrounding sound. It seems to be easier on the eardrum, too.

Good info, thanks. Being up here in the boonies, I guess I and all the local blue-suits are behind the curve on technology that's come along since about 1990 or so*. Who makes these earpieces (URLs?) ?

* Good side of THAT is that everybody is VHF, most of it repeated; nothing digital and nothing trunked in use for almost 100 miles. My oldie scanners from the 70s/80s work just dandy. Until I go over the mountains.

 

[mkewman]

you can find those earpieces online, ebay, etc. some for as little as 10 bucks.

some folks in hollywood use them on movie sets (they don't like the mcdonalds style headsets, they leave them for the hamsexy )