OSP Station Numbers

[far342]

As the OSP Wiki Page hasn't been updated in some time I would just like to know if anyone here has any info on current OSP Station/Unit Numbers. I have been hearing a few that are not listed on the station numbers section at all and I'm also curious if any of the ones that are listed have remained the same or change at all.

Numbers I have heard used but have not identified and the specific units I heard:
18 | 1811 (On Albany-1 on 11/01)
20 | 2010
29 | 2949
92 | 9210, 9211, 9212. (Specifically heard 9212 on Albany-1 on 11/01)

When it comes to already known numbers I can at least confirm that 21 is still Salem, 23 is still Albany, and 25 is still Springfield. I have also heard "specialized units" such as 23-King-35 and 25-King-21. I assume the specialized units are still prefixed with the appropriate Station Numbers but I have no idea what the phonetics represent and what other ones exist.

 

[Baker845]

29 isn't listed on wiki page, 29 units are OSP Florence.

 

[ScanRite]

I updated the Wiki. You should find everything you need there now.

 

[far342]

I updated the Wiki. You should find everything you need there now.

Thank you!!

 

[vansigint98661]

Can someone direct me to the OSP Wiki, because going to the Oregon State Police site and checking Wiki, says it does not exist and would anyone like to add something. By the above, it sounds as if there is something there, just not updated. Please advise?

 

[far342]

Can someone direct me to the OSP Wiki, because going to the Oregon State Police site and checking Wiki, says it does not exist and would anyone like to add something. By the above, it sounds as if there is something there, just not updated. Please advise?

State Police (OR) - The RadioReference Wiki

wiki.radioreference.com

The section that has been updated by ScanRite is labeled as "Station Numbers / Unit Numbers" It is near the very bottom.

 

[mikepdx]

Not a station number, but
95-95 was definitely once and perhaps
still is, the governor.
Can anyone verify the current designator?

 

[radiotweester]

I updated the Wiki. You should find everything you need there now.

I'm not seeing 18. It was Banks with units going Hwy 47 from there to Forest Grove to Carlton.
I've not listened in a while, but I'll try to and get back to you.

 

[ScanRite]

I'm not seeing 18. It was Banks with units going Hwy 47 from there to Forest Grove to Carlton.
I've not listened in a while, but I'll try to and get back to you.

Sorry, I overlooked adding that one. It's in there now.

 

[dkf435]

The king units are the drug dog working from Eugene to Salem on interstate 5. Think the 92 units are academy units had one local trooper that would bounce between 23 and 92 call numbers when going to Salem

 

[vansigint98661]

State Police (OR) - The RadioReference Wiki

wiki.radioreference.com

The section that has been updated by ScanRite is labeled as "Station Numbers / Unit Numbers" It is near the very bottom.

Thanks for the assist to get there. For some reason when I go in normally it's not there. Anyway one question. Way back in the day, when Station 19 was Hayden Island (and OSP still cruised I-5) the code "12-34" (i.e. 1-2-3-4) was used by many departments in the Portland Metro Area incl OSP to mean "Mental case", when did that evolve?

 

[mikepdx]

...Anyway one question. Way back in the day, when Station 19 was Hayden Island (and OSP still cruised I-5) the code "12-34" (i.e. 1-2-3-4) was used by many departments in the Portland Metro Area incl OSP to mean "Mental case", when did that evolve?

12-34 or 1-2-3-4 is from the very old PPB
12 and 10 codes.
I recall a very very few. 12-1 = Auto Accident, for instance.

I wish I still had one of the free code sheet handouts
that were at all the Radio Shack stores.

Around the time PPB & MCSO went to 460 MHz (1975 ish),
they went to using CRISS Codes.
CRISS = Columbia Regional Information Sharing System.

They still use some of them, like 33 Baker= Bomb Threat,
55= Death, 39 Adam= Rape, etc.
I think those are right.
It's quite amazing that they're still around after nearly 50 years.

There was a whole slew of CRISS codes for
every response and status imaginable.
Almost impossible to memorize all of them.
Super confusing for both the dispatchers
and the officers, as I recall very well.

They finally dumped most of them for plain talk.
Thank God.

This all comes from scanning since 1969 or thereabouts...

 

[avery_k]

Here in Lake County, we have OSP units with 38 as the station prefix- the Wiki has this listed as Gardiner. I'm not sure if Gardiner has changed, just posting for info.

 

[Baker845]

Gardiner doesn't have a OSP station any longer. Its been 20 years plus. OSP 33 units go to calls in Gardiner area, or Reedsport PD, if no OSP in the area close by.

 

[avery_k]

Gardiner doesn't have a OSP station any longer. Its been 20 years plus. OSP 33 units go to calls in Gardiner area, or Reedsport PD, if no OSP in the area close by.

Thanks for the info! Since moving here, I've only ever heard OSP units from Station 38. I'll see about getting it changed in the WIKI.

 

[rosecitytransit]

55= Death

I'm pretty sure I've heard 'person is trying to 55 themselves' and fire fighters reporting a 'confirmed 55', the latter in a vehicle crash

 

[avery_k]

I went ahead and edited Station 38 from Gardiner to Lakeview.

 

[vansigint98661]

12-34 or 1-2-3-4 is from the very old PPB
12 and 10 codes.
I recall a very very few. 12-1 = Auto Accident, for instance.

I wish I still had one of the free code sheet handouts
that were at all the Radio Shack stores.

Around the time PPB & MCSO went to 460 MHz (1975 ish),
they went to using CRISS Codes.
CRISS = Columbia Regional Information Sharing System.

They still use some of them, like 33 Baker= Bomb Threat,
55= Death, 39 Adam= Rape, etc.
I think those are right.
It's quite amazing that they're still around after nearly 50 years.

There was a whole slew of CRISS codes for
every response and status imaginable.
Almost impossible to memorize all of them.
Super confusing for both the dispatchers
and the officers, as I recall very well.

I still have crystals for those UHF "Nets" as well as the earlier VHF frequencies. i'm sure I have copies of the CRISS codes as well. That particular 12 code was used by many Departments including Van PD. I miss listening to them. Fire just isn't the same. Oh well....
but

 

[rosecitytransit]

Here's a 1973 description of CRISS; says that the 10 and 12 codes were abandoned due to confusion with time and district numbers and being inconsistent. https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/13624NCJRS.pdf