Montreal Policenew vehicle unit numbers

[Hotelsecurity]

Last night instead of hearing the studio calling 16-2 or 20-3 they were calling 16D2 & 20D3. I suspect it has something to do with the new shifts. Can anyone confirm? (I read French).

 

[cacherjoe]

Might be RCMP. That is how they number their vehicles. If you were listening to QPP or Montreal Police, maybe they were working with the RCMP on a common frequency?

Joe

 

[Hotelsecurity]

Might be RCMP. That is how they number their vehicles. If you were listening to QPP or Montreal Police, maybe they were working with the RCMP on a common frequency?

Joe

No it was Montreal Police on their channel 3. 16 is in Verdun & 20 is downtown. It was going on all night, it was not 1 operation. I also heard cars from station 12 (Westmont) being called with the D.

Montreal recently went to 6 teams. 3 on for 7 days & 3 off for 7 days. The shifts over lap to have extra vehicles on duty at certain times. I think it has something to do with that. What confuses me is that now at 20h00 they are using the "-" again.

 

[plaws]

What confuses me is that now at 20h00 they are using the "-" again.

D for "Days". Probably not.

Is it a case of having two cars on duty that would otherwise have the same number? E.g., the first 11-15 is just that, but 2nd 11-15 is referred to as "11D15"? You did note overlapping shifts.

Actually, now that I think of it, is there a good list of how the numbers are assigned for each PDQ?

Peter

 

[VORTAC]

D = Nights shifts