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The Metropolitan Communications Agency, or MECA, began reprogramming local police radios Monday in preparation for the merger of the Indianapolis Police Department and the Marion County Sheriff's Department.
"Basically we're just changing the names of the channels," said Rick Pennington, a senior MECA systems technician.
People who listen to live cop action at home will have to reprogram their scanners. Law enforcement officials haven't released the new coordinates, but that is not an obstacle. Scanner listeners can simply tune in until they hear a communication that interests them, then hit a "store" button.
Police officers are assigned channels based on the geographic area they patrol and type of work they do. IPD's North District, for instance, has several channels earmarked for its use only. The SWAT team has its own channel.
IPD and the Sheriff's Department each have more than 60 channels. After the merger, the combined force will operate with about half as many channels.
The goal is to make the radios able to be switched over easily the moment the two agencies become one.
From Indianapolis Star:
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061128/LOCAL/611280415/1006/LOCAL
"Basically we're just changing the names of the channels," said Rick Pennington, a senior MECA systems technician.
People who listen to live cop action at home will have to reprogram their scanners. Law enforcement officials haven't released the new coordinates, but that is not an obstacle. Scanner listeners can simply tune in until they hear a communication that interests them, then hit a "store" button.
Police officers are assigned channels based on the geographic area they patrol and type of work they do. IPD's North District, for instance, has several channels earmarked for its use only. The SWAT team has its own channel.
IPD and the Sheriff's Department each have more than 60 channels. After the merger, the combined force will operate with about half as many channels.
The goal is to make the radios able to be switched over easily the moment the two agencies become one.
From Indianapolis Star:
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061128/LOCAL/611280415/1006/LOCAL
