Oxnard/Port Hueneme PD scanning 101

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uman18

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I've been scanning Oxnard/Hueneme PD for 11 years now. The info posted here and other sites are somewhat correct. A few years ago they went to a repeater set up. Reason I say they, is both departments share the same primary frequency. So this post is to assist more the new scanner people with the Oxnard/Hueneme channel line up etc.

CH 1 155.7450 Primary Dispatch
*Used by both departments. Oxnard Dispatch is Station 3; Port Hueneme Dispatch is Station 8.
CH 2 155.7850
*Same for both departments but is Oxnard's PD primary info/records. Only used by Port Hueneme when CH1 is committed to an incident (10-33).

Oxnard CH3 155.6550 Oxnard CH 3 Oxnard's talk-around channel (old primary dispatch freq)
Port Hueneme CH3 158.8800 Port Hueneme's CH3 info/records/talk around

4 and 5 are set up the same for both departments:
4 154.9200 CLEMARS
5 156.0150 County wide car-car

Oxnard Units are:
District #: 1-4
Beat #: 1-2 (District 2 has 3 beats all others only have 2 beats, beat 23 is downtown area)
Shift: A, B, C.
Unit # for beat. 1-8 etc.
Example: 42-A (Forty-two Adam) District 4, Beat 2, Shift A, when another unit is same beat shift etc, then add # to however many units are working same shift i.e. 42-A, 42-A-2, 42-A-3 etc.

General Areas for Oxnard:
District 1 North
District 2 West/Central
District 3 East
District 4 South

Oxnard Units:
Units starting with 11, 12, 21, 22, 23, 31, 32, 41, 42 are black and white patrol units.
Adam- Animal Safety (animal control)
Charles- 2 man city rover patrol (need to confirm)
David- Detectives
Edward- Code Enforcement
Frank-Gang Units
John- School Resource officer
King- K9
Lincoln- Watch Commander
Nora- Narcotics
Paul- Community Service Officer- Cadets
Robert- Jail transport
Sam- Field Supervisor
Tom 1-13 Motorcycle Traffic Units
Tom 20-above Cadet Traffic Enforcement Units
Victor- Vice
Zebra Beat Coordinators
**might be off a bit on unit list.
*Just add number at end for however many position in that category.
King-1 - King-6 etc.

Port Hueneme follows same line up but adds 8 before the unit #, Oxnard has King-1, Port Hueneme has King-81, Sam-81, Sam-82.

Also Port Hueneme assigns unit number based on seniority and does not follow a beat plan like Oxnard since the city is so small. Units cover the whole city when on duty

Units are ID by Paul etc. P is for Patrol.
80-Paul is the must senior patrol officer (not including Zebra or Sam Units)
Patrol is 80-94 Paul
Sam 80-84 Supervisor
Zebra 80-84 beat coordinators.
King-81 K-9

On busy days Oxnard has a lot of radio traffic and sometimes its hard for Hueneme to get on the air and uses CH 3 158.8800 heavily to give out heads up info to the units until clear to make the dispatch on CH1. Oxnard is the biggest department in the county and Port Hueneme is the smallest or 2nd to smallest. Oxnard surrounds Port Hueneme on all sides and each agency backs up each other and sometimes handles calls for each other when the other agency is tied up.
 

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Great info! I think it should be added to the wiki if you allow :)


Sure why not, I just need to verify some items. I have several contacts with Oxnard and Hueneme PD which can help me out.


what kind of stuff do you hear on OPD's channel?

You hear some pretty good stuff. Thats the channel I listen to the most. If they only made 1CH scanners that would be my channel.
 

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I hate to do this to you, but Ventura County F.P.D. and all of it's cooperators have begun a Countywide reprogram of our radios this week. The plan, from channel 17 on down, has changed - in some cases substantially. I have not had a chance to update this site yet, and don't have the file in anything but Excel, but if somebody wants the info and can convert it or update the database, I'd be happy to send them a copy. As Public Safety agencies are ALWAYS hesitant to provide raw data, including inputs and CTCSS codes, I have been considering modifying the matrix, leaving that info out. However, the previous post contains just about all the same info, so it would be pointless now.

Sorry for the late notice.

NOTE: Stay tuned - within a year we will be doing this again for a whole new radio system Countywide!
 

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I'll be happy to change it if or whenever you get the time to submit the updated channel plan. Radioreference database policy is to NOT post raw repeater input tones. Unfortunately, many systems RX in CSQ but the repeater passes through the TX tone (not that secure!) and it mistakenly gets submitted.

Sorry about posting the document, no malicious intentions were meant - it simply came up on the first page of a google search for "Oxnard PD repeater input" and seemed relatively available in the public domain.

Regards,

Inigo
 

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No worries - the info is actually available all over the net. As you said, one Google of a simple question got you the info you desired. I don't personally have an issue with sharing the data and it makes it easier to do so if it is already out there.

Anyhow, if ou want to PM me with your personal e-mail address I'll get the raw document out to you. I just won't have the time to update everything.

Thanks . . .
 

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I hate to do this to you, but Ventura County F.P.D. and all of it's cooperators have begun a Countywide reprogram of our radios this week. The plan, from channel 17 on down, has changed - in some cases substantially. I have not had a chance to update this site yet, and don't have the file in anything but Excel, but if somebody wants the info and can convert it or update the database, I'd be happy to send them a copy. As Public Safety agencies are ALWAYS hesitant to provide raw data, including inputs and CTCSS codes, I have been considering modifying the matrix, leaving that info out. However, the previous post contains just about all the same info, so it would be pointless now.

Sorry for the late notice.

NOTE: Stay tuned - within a year we will be doing this again for a whole new radio system Countywide!

So are they changing all their TX and RX frequencies as well or just the channel line up on the radios?

or are the 17 channels the SEMS (Standardized Emergency Management System) line up that is getting revised.
 

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So are they changing all their TX and RX frequencies as well or just the channel line up on the radios?

No - most of the frequencies remain the same, with a few changes. What changed is the grouping. Our Department still has 48-channel MT2000's as the primary Engine portable radio. That limits some of our capabilities. We tried to get as many of our Mutual Aid/Operational Area as we could in those fist 48 channels. In doing this, it created a sort-of fruit basket upset. I like what we ended up with, but it was a process.

or are the 17 channels the SEMS (Standardized Emergency Management System) line up that is getting revised.

To be honest, our SEMS plan within Ventura County is so out of date that it is invalid. Some of the Sheriff's frequencies have changed or been altered (different CTCSS) and not every Law and Fire Dept. has it included in their plan. I can not answer for the 3 private ambulance companies, but I would be surprised if all three had it included. I am sure that we will be revising the plan to remain within NIMS, but it will be another process that is not going to be easy. Politics and personalities almost guarantee some issues that will have to get resolved first.
 

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Will RR post these to stream online?

I have RR streaming over the internet on my phone. Who do we have to as to upload these lives streams? OPD, OFD, and if possible VCSD.

Thanks.
 

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Oxnard Units:
Units starting with 11, 12, 21, 22, 23, 31, 32, 41, 42 are black and white patrol units.
Adam- Animal Safety (animal control)
Charles- 2 man city rover patrol (need to confirm)
David- Detectives
Edward- Code Enforcement
Frank-Gang Units
John- School Resource officer
King- K9
Lincoln- Watch Commander
Nora- Narcotics
Paul- Community Service Officer- Cadets
Robert- Jail transport
Sam- Field Supervisor
Tom 1-13 Motorcycle Traffic Units
Tom 20-above Cadet Traffic Enforcement Units
Victor- Vice
Zebra Beat Coordinators
**might be off a bit on unit list.
*Just add number at end for however many position in that category.
King-1 - King-6 etc.

Port Hueneme follows same line up but adds 8 before the unit #, Oxnard has King-1, Port Hueneme has King-81, Sam-81, Sam-82.

Also Port Hueneme assigns unit number based on seniority and does not follow a beat plan like Oxnard since the city is so small. Units cover the whole city when on duty

Units are ID by Paul etc. P is for Patrol.
80-Paul is the must senior patrol officer (not including Zebra or Sam Units)
Patrol is 80-94 Paul
Sam 80-84 Supervisor
Zebra 80-84 beat coordinators.
King-81 K-9

Anyone know if this info is still valid 3 years later? I live in Oxnard and am trying to decode the Oxnard PD codes. Thanks!
 
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