ISP talkgroups along I80 list?

[PJH]

Anyone know what districts/talkgroups would be good to monitor across I80 in IL?

Will be traveling across the highway later this month. No fire/EMS needed, just ISP/Tollway that goes from IA to IN. I've looked at some maps and weblinks but they are too hard to read or links are dead to get a good representation.

Dispatch talkgroups are good enough, really don't need seldom used tactical etc.

Thanks!

 

[Awesomeman92]

Just along I-80, from west to east, you'll need districts 7, 17, 5, 15, and Chicago. For the number districts, the Dispatch A channel should be good enough (D7: 9015, D17: 9019, D5: 9013) although it might not hurt to program in the Dispatch B's too. For District Chicago, program in Channel C (9007), and if you want Channel A (9005) which is for priority and emergency traffic. For District 15 (which you'll only be in for about 5 miles or so, where 294 and 80 run together) you'll need D15 Patrol South (9099). The only car to car I would recommend listening to is District Chicago; troopers frequently contact IDOT trucks to locate accidents, debris in the roadway, etc., it can be helpful in finding out what's going on. On the non-StarCom side, ISPERN occasionally will have highway-related traffic other than routine DUI's, but not too much with any regularity. The HF-2 channels are all essentially dead except during the rare StarCom outage, same with Point to Point and HF-4. I know the various county sheriff departments tend to patrol I-39 out there near Ottawa/Lasalle, but I can't really speak for what they do on I-80, but that would be up to you whether you'd want to get that deep into things anyway.

Hope this helps!

 

[PJH]

That works perfectly for me! Thanks!

 

[MikeyC]

In Bureau County, the SO (VHF) responds on I-80 quite a bit because they'll often be a lot closer than the nearest Dist. 17 ISP car. In LaSalle County, Peru, LaSalle, and Utica PDs (VHF) will often patrol their respective sections of I-80. The LaSalle County SO (800 SMR TRS) will respond on I-80 when the ISP isn't close.

In Bureau and LaSalle counties you'll find the Tri-DENT (Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team) patrolling I-80 from time-to-time. Their member units will typically be on their local agency's channels (mainly VHF)

Also in LaSalle County is the LaSalle County State's Attorney's Felony Enforcement Team (SAFE Team) which also patrols I-80 but I'm not sure where they're located on the radio... It's not StarCom, so it might be the SO's trunked system (ClearTalk) or on VHF.

I-80 is a major drug corridor between the east and west coasts so everyone is out there trying to get their slice of the forfeitures