State Trooper base channel???

[scannerman200]

Has anyone heard anything intresting on the state trooper Base freq today? - 154.920

 

[CSL126]

which base are you talking about? 154.920 is the frequency for several bases statewide...

 

[scannerman200]

154.920

 

[scannerman200]

this was heard in northwest alabama

 

[SAR923]

If you're referring to the "homeland security" message, it has been broadcast about once an hour on all ASP frequencies. I have no idea why it's being done or what the purpose of it is but it's more than a little odd. This type of thing usually gets discussed in briefing.

 

[RadioJonD]

Although I haven't heard these broadcasts, they are probably due to the holiday. Troopers have no briefings or roll calls. They begin their shift from their residence and may not get to the post for a while or at all.

All agencies receive a Homeland Security Teletype over NCIC daily. I can't imagine reading the whole thing over the air though, especially every hour!

Thanks for the heads up about these messages! I'll turn on the house scanner.

 

[RadioJonD]

According to my old shift mate who is working the Q*C Post radio now (09:45, 07/03/2007), the source and authority for these broadcasts is an e-mail from the Colonel. The messages are supposed to be broadcast twice a shift (probably coincides with troopers coming on duty).

As I suspected, these messages are for the holiday period only. BTW, the Colonel is a retired Secret Service Agent.

 

[SAR923]

"Troopers have no briefings or roll calls. They begin their shift from their residence and may not get to the post for a while or at all."

Every trooper....in the entire state? I'm not saying you're wrong because I don't know but does every trooper take his car home and start his or her shift from their residence, even if they live in an urban area?

Well, I guess the Colonel being retired Secret Service helps explain some of this but it seems to me it's being broadcast way more than twice a shift. It's hard to believe that there's not some way to communicate what sounds like a routine "be careful" message other than tying up a radio channel multple times per day. Maybe the Colonel thinks Al-Queda is listening and it will scare them to know our troopers are on high alert.

 

[RadioJonD]

"Troopers have no briefings or roll calls. They begin their shift from their residence and may not get to the post for a while or at all."

Every trooper....in the entire state? I'm not saying you're wrong because I don't know but does every trooper take his car home and start his or her shift from their residence, even if they live in an urban area?

Yep, each trooper begins and ends each shift in the patrol unit that they take home regardless of where they live. Any pressing matters or bolo's are given immediatly to each trooper upon start of shift or when all have come out for a shift and/or by phone beforehand. More serious bolo's require a radio "roll call" of each trooper.

As far as tying up the radio, the trend in recent times has been to require more radio traffic with stuff better communicated by means other than radio. This is especially true of the Quad*Cities Post which added to the growing list of reasons I had to get on out!

 

[SAR923]

That's amazing! Not that I'd ever wish to be a trooper, who seem to be about the most overworked bunch of cops I've ever met, but it sure would have been sweet to never have to go to roll call and briefings. Ours were usually an hour long and included block training, which was sometimes so boring you could hardly keep awake if you were working graves. The CHP had a similar system for rural officers but urban officers had normal roll calls and briefings and didn't take their cars home. And, we got bonehead messages like the one from the Colonel on CAD, where we could both ignore them and send each other nasty comments about the author. Luckily, our sheriff never could figure out how to look at car-to-car message logs.

 

[bee]

I have heard these "messages" on the Quad cities frequency of 155.505.

 

[SCPD]

I have caught it several times on 154.920 IN the Montgomery area

 

[TechnoDave]

I usually don't listen to the Bham Post of the State Troopers... Im pretty sure the dispatchers dont wear headsets and their transmissions sound like they are talking really really loud into a cave.

 

[OpSec]

Yep, each trooper begins and ends each shift in the patrol unit that they take home regardless of where they live. Any pressing matters or bolo's are given immediatly to each trooper upon start of shift or when all have come out for a shift and/or by phone beforehand. More serious bolo's require a radio "roll call" of each trooper.

As far as tying up the radio, the trend in recent times has been to require more radio traffic with stuff better communicated by means other than radio. This is especially true of the Quad*Cities Post which added to the growing list of reasons I had to get on out!

Same with us. The troopers are assigned a crusier and start/end their shift in their driveways. Due to the large geographic spread between the 7 HQ's in the state, there is no way they could come to HQ for a briefing or to get a cruiser every day. Any messages, ATL's, BOLO's etc are sent to each trooper's MDC (mobile data computer) and they get then when they log on to the system at the start of their shift.

Unlike ASP, we are moving more routine/admin things to the computer and off the radio. It's just easier and it is a more reliable means of getting the info out to the field or vise versa.

 

[Randmaster]

154.92 is the Tuscaloosa base. The only thing I hear on there is license and registration info. Most of the time, if the state troopers are transmitting within a mile of the base, you can hear them, too. The base doesn't quite transmit as often as the city does, but they transmit nonetheless.

 

[ibflat2]

I heard them down here in the Dothan area a few times over the weekend...

Seemed good the first time or two, but it got boring hearing it over and over all weekend.