Signal 2

[Xitium]

Anyone know what Signal 2 means in washington county?

 

[Docster911]

i believe a Signal 2 is the term used to close the air for emergency traffic only. i.e. an officer is in a high risk situation and needs the air closed for any potential emergency use by the officer(s) in that situation.

 

[Xitium]

That makes sense. Now that you say that they were talking about not having enough channels and they were bouncing people off the common law channel at the time.

 

[Navycop]

A Signal 2 In Norfolk Va Means A Back Up Officer.

 

[pdxbofh]

Docster is correct.

Signal 2 in Wash. Co means the channel is closed except for the unit(s) on a specific incident.
(ie. dog track, foot/veh. pursuit, fight, code 3 cover etc etc)

On friday night, they had a Signal 2 on SO 1, SO 2, AND Common Law - for 3 seperate incidents. That was the first time I had heard THREE signal 2's at once !!!

So yea, I could see how they would be looking for what channel to dispatch any remaining units from.

 

[Xitium]

Do you know what was going on that caused the signal 2?

 

[pdxbofh]

well, on SO 1 they had a kidnapp that had just occured

on SO 2 they had a foot pursuit from a hit and run

and I dont know what they had on Common Law