This might of been asked before or in another thread but does anyone have any info on how the State Police unit numbers work? I’m assuming there by rank, but is there any resemblance on specific unit numbers for locations or districts
Interesting you should ask that... While I'm certainly not able to provide an official answer to that question, it appears to go by nothing other than time spent with the agency and has nothing to do with location, rank, or assignment. All WVSP units were assigned a new number at midnight on August 31 and I just happened to have made note of every Troop 1 unit I've heard use the radio and when I did the math, each of the 74 units which I have been able to confirm both old and new number (out of the 79 units in total) moved up an exact number of digits taking into account retirements, resignations and dismissals; no unit numbers skipped any others.
In Troop 1, The previous highest unit I logged was 671 who is now 625, a difference of 46... The lowest number I logged prior to the change was 63 who is now 51, a difference of 12... Since the switch, I have logged a unit #32 and a unit #37 but I did not get their prior unit numbers since I've only been able to hear them for less than a month and the higher ups in the agency rarely use the radio.
This differs greatly from the State of Ohio in which troopers there keep the same unit number throughout the entirety of their employment regardless of rank...
