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Recently I've noticed that GCSO channels 1 dispatch South has switched to North and channel 2 North has switched to South , I've also noticed different unit numbering , probably because of the new sheriff ? Seems they no longer have Pxx unit numbers and now use 4xx instead ? I'm still monitoring and will make changes as needed to the Galveston county Wiki page , anyone else notice this ?
 

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Yea, I've noticed that for sure. Even before they stopped using the xPxx unit numbers they were also using the 4xx numbers. Now the 4xx units seem to be district patrol units, although there doesn't seem to be any system for district numbering like there used to be. The number before the P used to denote the shift, the number after the P denoted the district. For example, district 2 was San Leon (how I miss Sunny San Leon) and Bacliff. They also seem to go back and forth with the North and South channels. xCxx units are still constables, with the number before the C denoting the precinct.

It has to be because of the new sheriff, because GCSO now no longer has the green and white patrol cars that they had as long as I can remember and the patch has been changed to look like half of the other Galveston County agencies. There goes the neighborhood :(
 
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I noticed that a few months ago also. The green and white were distinctive and sure brought back memories from the 80s when I lived in Dickinson and Texas City.

"GCSO now no longer has the green and white patrol cars that they had as long as I can remember"
 

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Yea, I've noticed that for sure. Even before they stopped using the xPxx unit numbers they were also using the 4xx numbers. Now the 4xx units seem to be district patrol units, although there doesn't seem to be any system for district numbering like there used to be. The number before the P used to denote the shift, the number after the P denoted the district. For example, district 2 was San Leon (how I miss Sunny San Leon) and Bacliff. They also seem to go back and forth with the North and South channels. xCxx units are still constables, with the number before the C denoting the precinct.

It has to be because of the new sheriff, because GCSO now no longer has the green and white patrol cars that they had as long as I can remember and the patch has been changed to look like half of the other Galveston County agencies. There goes the neighborhood :(
I've been keeping a log of the 4xx units and location of their traffic stop locations , and call address locations , once I'm sure which units are consistent with certain locations I will post it on the county Wikipedia page.
I'm not sure what channel Bolivar peninsula units are on ?
 

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I've been keeping a log of the 4xx units and location of their traffic stop locations , and call address locations , once I'm sure which units are consistent with certain locations I will post it on the county Wikipedia page.
I'm not sure what channel Bolivar peninsula units are on ?
They should be on the south dispatch channel. That's what they were always on before. I'm almost sure they still are. Before they changed the unit numbers they were district 4 units. Let us know what you figure out about those 400 units. So far I haven't been able to detect a pattern with them
 

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They should be on the south dispatch channel. That's what they were always on before. I'm almost sure they still are. Before they changed the unit numbers they were district 4 units. Let us know what you figure out about those 400 units. So far I haven't been able to detect a pattern with them
Yes , but South channel is now the North channel and vice versa ? If so should be submitted to the Data base for change ?
 

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Yes , but South channel is now the North channel and vice versa ? If so should be submitted to the Data base for change ?
I just heard them dispatch 459 and 438 to a call in San Leon, so if you can make any sense out of that numbering system you're smarter than me. That area used to be district 2 (1P2x, 2P2x, 3P2x) This new numbering system doesn't seem to correspond to districts as far as I can tell.
They dispatched it on the channel that's designated "north", which is the channel that part of the county is supposed to be on.
 

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And I just heard a Bolivar unit on the north channel shortly after I heard them dispatch a call in San Leon on the same channel, so now I'm even more confused....and then they just dispatched a Clear Lake Shores unit on the South channel, when Clear lake Shores is obviously north....so all in all this doesn't make any sense, and this is just within a few minutes of each other
 

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So far I have confirmed that Bolivar is on the channel used by North units,
Tiki island , bayou Vista, , and Hitchcock are on the other channel
 

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Not sure why they switched it up like this ?
I guess the new sheriff likes do just shoot from the hip 😂
 

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Just to let you guys know the city of Galveston police are about to switch channel 2 alternate over to E this is the channel used for checking drivers license, warrants , ECT. They have temporarily moved this activity to Channel 6 public safety for now from what I'm hearing officers need to bring their radios to the sheriff's office next to police headquarters tonight at 9 pm for programing
 

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I was getting some recordings on Galveston police channel 2 earlier , I heard 2 Short E transmissions , I'm hoping that it's only channel 2 and the dispatch channel remains clear , but you never know !
 
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