Norwalk Alpha Tags

[adamfancher]

So, I've dug into my radio logs for Norwalk, a city with close to 500 radios, and I have lots of questions....

First off, I'm a little unclear on what certain designations are in the OTA aliases.
For instance, some show what looks like maybe a badge number, these are in F08xx format as follows:

"103 PD F0825-M"

"103 PD F0805-M"

"103 PD F0806-M"

"103 PD F0807-M"

"103 PD F0810-M"

"103 PD F0828-M"

"103 PD F0830-M"

"103 PD F0836-M"

"103 PD F0844-M"

"103 PD F0850-M"

"103 PD F0853-M"

"103 PD F0864-M"

"103 PD F0882-M"

"103 PD F0894-M"

"103 PD F0898-M"

"103 PD F0903-M"

Norwalk does publish arrest/citation logs with badge numbers and they do not seem to match this format.

Another question I have relates to the numbering scheme of patrol cars. I see that some mobile radios are in the "103 PD CAR XXX" format, indicating easily enough that these are vehicle numbers. However, among these are radios with aliases in the "103 PD XXX-M" format, leading me to believe that these are perhaps badge numbers rather than vehicle numbers, but not knowing definitively what format the badge numbers are in I can't speculate.

A few more that still have me scratching my head:
"103 PD PLTC-CS"
"103 PD PTLS-CS"

"103 PD X4236"

"103 PD X4237"

"103 PD X4238"

One other thing and then I think I've blathered enough for starters...

The aliases "T103-OP01" through "T103-OP08" don't do a great job of describing the specific use of each of the operations consoles, same with "103 DISP CS 1" through "103 DISP CS 3".

Thanks in advance to anyone who is able to weigh in here.

 

[iowa9015]

So, I've dug into my radio logs for Norwalk, a city with close to 500 radios, and I have lots of questions....

First off, I'm a little unclear on what certain designations are in the OTA aliases.
For instance, some show what looks like maybe a badge number, these are in F08xx format as follows:

"103 PD F0825-M"

"103 PD F0805-M"

"103 PD F0806-M"

"103 PD F0807-M"

"103 PD F0810-M"

"103 PD F0828-M"

"103 PD F0830-M"

"103 PD F0836-M"

"103 PD F0844-M"

"103 PD F0850-M"

"103 PD F0853-M"

"103 PD F0864-M"

"103 PD F0882-M"

"103 PD F0894-M"

"103 PD F0898-M"

"103 PD F0903-M"

Norwalk does publish arrest/citation logs with badge numbers and they do not seem to match this format.

Another question I have relates to the numbering scheme of patrol cars. I see that some mobile radios are in the "103 PD CAR XXX" format, indicating easily enough that these are vehicle numbers. However, among these are radios with aliases in the "103 PD XXX-M" format, leading me to believe that these are perhaps badge numbers rather than vehicle numbers, but not knowing definitively what format the badge numbers are in I can't speculate.

A few more that still have me scratching my head:
"103 PD PLTC-CS"
"103 PD PTLS-CS"

"103 PD X4236"

"103 PD X4237"

"103 PD X4238"

One other thing and then I think I've blathered enough for starters...

The aliases "T103-OP01" through "T103-OP08" don't do a great job of describing the specific use of each of the operations consoles, same with "103 DISP CS 1" through "103 DISP CS 3".

Thanks in advance to anyone who is able to weigh in here.

T103-OP01 through OP08 is the standard numbering scheme for consoles on the system, with the UID’s also following the same standard scheme 1039001. That’s how they’re aliased and ID’ed throughout the entire system. The CS aliases are for desktop control stations that may have different varying purposes. 🤷‍♂️

 

[adamfancher]

That’s how they’re aliased and ID’ed throughout the entire system.

I appreciate the reply but while 1039xxx is certainly the Radio ID scheme for consoles, the part about aliases is
not factual, in fact this is the first town of many I've even come across that simply names all of their consoles Operations 1-8. In almost all cases, the OTA aliases of the consoles ("control stations") contain an indicator of the agency they are used for....hence the question.

The CS aliases are for desktop control stations that may have different varying purposes. 🤷‍♂️

Understood....the "different and varying purposes" is what I'm trying to find out.