Wise871,
You know, that might be a good idea. I just looked at the database entry and it is not clear that the Tac channels are assigned to a particular Precinct. Doing as you suggested would make that clear. Excellent suggestion.
Garys,
I'll have to do some listening to comfirm this: Its' been a while since I've monitored the entire system for any length of time. Usually I listen only to Precinct 1 as that is the one I live in. But in general the following is true:
Precinct 1:
1 through 19A
Precinct 2:
20 through 29
Precinct 3:
30 through 39
Precinct 4:
40 through 49
Precinct 5:
50 through 59
The callsign consists of two parts. The first number coorisponds to the shift, the second to the individual unit. an example would be; 2-19. That unit would work second shift, area 19. If a second unit is assigned to an area then that unit will have an "A" appended to it ( 2-19A).
Sargents will have an "S" or "Sam" inserted after the shift number: 2Sam3 would be the sargent for Precinct 3 working the second shift.
There are others of course and I hesitate to talk about them because I haven't made notes about them. There are traffic units, Tactical units, Special Operations units, Truancy units and a few more that don't readily come to mind as I type this.
Does this help?
Wayne...