Adam - Two officer patrol unit
Admin - Administrative staff
Bravo - Bicycle officer
Charlie - Crisis Intervention Specialists (civilian)
David - Detectives
Edward - Crime Scene Specialists (civilian)
Frank - Field Training unit
George - Gang detectives
John - Second officer in a beat
King - K9 officers
L - Single officer patrol unit (majority of patrol officers - You're hearing 2014, but it's 2
L14, etc.)
Mary - Mounted officers
Nora - Municipal security guards
PA - Police Aide (civilian accident investigators/crime report writers)
Patrol - District and Watch Commanders
Paul - Public Information officers
Robert - School Resource officers
Sam - Special Investigations detective (includes SWAT, Narcs, Intelligence)
Tom - Traffic officers (Motorcycle, car or accident reconstruction detectives)
William - Detention officers (civilians)
Xray - H.E.A.T. (High Enforcement Activity Team - Patrol based special assignment officers)
As for the patrol call signs, the first number is the shift (1 = graveyard, 2 = day watch, 3 = day midwatch, 4 = swing shift) and the last number is their beat assignment. For example 2L14 is a day shift, single officer unit assigned to Beat 14.
The city is divided into four patrol districts each having five beats.
City of Scottsdale - Police Districts for specific maps.
At large officers (with no specific beat assignment) are 30 and 40 series units, i.e. 4L45 is a swing shift single officer assigned to District 4. Patrol sergeants are 60 (District 1), 70 (District 2), 80 (District 3), and 90 (District 4) series, i.e. 3L73 is a day midwatch patrol sergeant in District 2.
