CHP unit designations

[HappilyRetired]

And some of you already know, I listen to CHP a lot. As a retired cop I really don't want to listen to routine law enforcement calls, even though I can't because they're encrypted.

I'm figuring out the areas that individual black and white shoes. But what are David units? What are units such as Inland 5? I think I figured out that Robert units are Reserve units. Or are they commercial inspection units?

 

[MiCon]

To the best of my knowledge, CHP doesn't have Reserves.

 

[HappilyRetired]

To the best of my knowledge, CHP doesn't have Reserves.

I could have phrased that better. They are extra units.

 

[es93546]

To the best of my knowledge, CHP doesn't have Reserves.

I hear calls out of the Bishop Dispatch Center with a "Robert" callsign, example, "72-5 Robert." It has been my understanding that these are reserve units.

EDIT:

I hear the Robert units more around special event periods, like Bishop's Mule Days, 4th of July and the Tri-County Fair.

 

[HappilyRetired]

I hear calls out of the Bishop Dispatch Center with a "Robert" callsign, example, "72-5 Robert." It has been my understanding that these are reserve units.

EDIT:

I hear the Robert units more around special event periods, like Bishop's Mule Days, 4th of July and the Tri-County Fair.

That wasn't the question. What are David units? What are Inland 5x units?


R units are extra units like you wrote.

 

[Kingscup]

Might be something like this.

CHP "Eagle" units

what about a david unit? It sounded like something like a aircraft to ground related unit David i think is special duty units which include commercial enforcement, maybe in your case it was speed enforcement

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[Kingscup]

Or this.

CHP "Eagle" units

what about a david unit? It sounded like something like a aircraft to ground related unit David i think is special duty units which include commercial enforcement, maybe in your case it was speed enforcement

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[es93546]

That wasn't the question. What are David units? What are Inland 5x units?


R units are extra units like you wrote.

David units are "Detail" units which consist of things such as school bus inspections and similar. I don't really know the full range of their duties. Other David units are the area office fleet maintenance mechanics. They aren't on the air much.

Inland 5x would be commercial enforcement units. I hear them up my way (Bishop Disp. Center) staffing temporary inspection stations and stopping trucks for this and that.

That is my limited knowledge of the questions you ask. I don't know anything else in regard to these subjects.

 

[Oakland_Tower]

David units are Detail, as mentioned above aka "Special Duty", court officer, PIO, etc. Usually work M-F day shift. R units I believe are overtime units working special enforcement such as HOV lanes, sideshows, etc. Inland would be units working out of Inland Division. Auto theft, commercial enforcement, public affairs, etc.

 

[es93546]

David units are Detail, as mentioned above aka "Special Duty", court officer, PIO, etc. Usually work M-F day shift. R units I believe are overtime units working special enforcement such as HOV lanes, sideshows, etc. Inland would be units working out of Inland Division. Auto theft, commercial enforcement, public affairs, etc.

The Division units always ID with the Division name followed by some numbers. The CHP website shows all the divisions in the state. As far as I know the Detail units always work out of the Area Offices and don't have any "beat" assignments per se. Some Area Offices have a low workload in some of the more remote counties in the state so they might only have one Detail Officer and the Area Office Fleet Mechanic.

 

[nokones]

And some of you already know, I listen to CHP a lot. As a retired cop I really don't want to listen to routine law enforcement calls, even though I can't because they're encrypted.

I'm figuring out the areas that individual black and white shoes. But what are David units? What are units such as Inland 5? I think I figured out that Robert units are Reserve units. Or are they commercial inspection units?

"D" Unit Call Signs are assigned to Officers in Special Duty assignments such as Accident Investigation Officers, Court Officers, Public Affairs Officer, VIN Officer, etc. that are not assigned to Road Patrol or a Beat. The "D" call signs are used in the field area office commands such as San Bernardino, Riverside, etc..

Inland call signs are assigned to Personnel assigned to the Division and the Division has management responsility of the field commands known as Area Offices. I. E. "Inland 1 would be the Division Commander (Deputy Chief), "Inland 2 & 3" would be used by the Assistant Division Commanders (Assistant Chiefs). "Inland 5" may be a Lieutenant in the Inland Division Command.

There are no reserve Officers in the Highway Patrol. They may be either Units assigned to Patrol units not assigned to a specific beat assignment or a dedicated Radar Unit.

Most Commercial Enforcement Units are assigned to the Division Command now. They would normally be assigned a Division number i.e. in Inland Division they would have an "Inland" number.

Some years ago, they were assigned to Commercial Inspection Facilities or Area Commands and each Inspection Facility where there own Command. If a Commercial Enforcement Officer, formally known as "Mobile Road Enforcement (MRE) units, were assigned Unit numbers that began with "850". I.E. a Commercial Officer assigned to Santa Ana Area would have a radio call sign of "86-850".