VSP Unit map?

[SCPD]

Is their a specific area or stretch of Interstate VSP units are assigned to, because with all the traffic yesterday I've heard at least 3 different units I-664 on the Suffolk side, are their even such thing as a unit map?

 

[freqhopping]

Units are assigned to a division and within a division to an area. Areas are larger than counties.

 

[Nitsud]

Troopers are assigned duty posts. In small rural counties, these duty posts encompass the entire counties. In your bigger cities and metro areas (NOVA, Richmond, the beach) troopers are assigned specific interstates/roads which are sometimes further split up into certain stretches of those specific highways.

 

[Dafe1er]

This is a good start for ya.
File:Virginia State Police Division Map.png - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Use Google and you might be able to find others out there.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Vir...cI-ag0QHzqICQDw&ved=0CDQQsAQ&biw=1333&bih=631

 

[SCPD]

I'm totally aware of the Division boundaries, just wanted to know if their are maps of the Areas trooper patrol, not the whole Division, but a single unit's patrol area, kinda of like a patrol map for a City PD

 

[Dafe1er]

I'm totally aware of the Division boundaries, just wanted to know if their are maps of the Areas trooper patrol, not the whole Division, but a single unit's patrol area, kinda of like a patrol map for a City PD

I hear what you are saying.

I have been paying attention to the plates of the squad cars around my area and making a list for something like this. Maybe one day I will have enough to put it on a map. We shall see.

 

[QDP2012]

I'm totally aware of the Division boundaries, just wanted to know if their are maps of the Areas trooper patrol, not the whole Division, but a single unit's patrol area, kinda of like a patrol map for a City PD

It sounds like what you are looking for is a list of what the "Areas" are inside each division (in map-form is possible).

The VSP Bureau of Field Operations web site has a page for each division. On each page it lists the "Areas" and in parentheses lists what counties belong to each area, and related patrol responsibilities. This should be a good start to what you are looking for.

As to which cars/troopers are assigned to each area, well, that changes. As Nitsud explained, the duty-post for a given county depends on local/municpal/county law-enforcement availability. Generally, there is one or more trooper per county.

Examples:

• In Albemarle, VSP only patrols I-64, because APD covers the rest of the county. Sometimes there is only one trooper to cover I-64 from MM 100 to MM 132 (approx.). Other times, there are two.
• In Greene, VSP covers the entire county in support of Greene SO. Often this is one trooper.

The VSP pages are:

• Division One - Richmond
• Division Two - Culpeper
• Division Three - Appomatox
• Division Four - Wytheville
• Division Five - Chesapeake
• Division Six - Salem
• Division Seven - Fairfax

Hope this helps,

 

[SCPD]

I hear what you are saying.

I have been paying attention to the plates of the squad cars around my area and making a list for something like this. Maybe one day I will have enough to put it on a map. We shall see.

That's exactly what I'm talking about

 

[Dafe1er]

That's exactly what I'm talking about

Yeah, I notice they do not have these out here and began putting plates down a few months ago. Back in Chicago we had district maps and then beat maps.

So, I know what you are looking for. It is going to take a little time to get these together as I cannot drive around everyday looking for patrol cars.....lol

 

[SCPD]

I'll ask around, family friend is in the Counter-Terrorism & Criminal Interdiction Unit, he might have some knowledge.

 

[Ghstwolf62]

I'd be curious to see a map listing of what the VSP refers to as 39-2 and 38-6 and such. For instance they will ask for a 39-2 wrecker to respond to an incident. The 39-2 refers to a specific geographic area of coverage.

Is that a beat designation or something else?

Having beat 1, 2, 3, 4 etc mapped out for each area would be ideal.

 

[SCPD]

I think those numbers refer to a list of Wreckers for that area, like Joes towing is 47-3 wrecker.

 

[fredva]

I'd be curious to see a map listing of what the VSP refers to as 39-2 and 38-6 and such. For instance they will ask for a 39-2 wrecker to respond to an incident. The 39-2 refers to a specific geographic area of coverage.

Is that a beat designation or something else?

Having beat 1, 2, 3, 4 etc mapped out for each area would be ideal.

I thought it was a combination of the VSP area office number plus a number designating the particular county within the area. So there is a list of wrecker services for each zone (county?), and a request for a wrecker for that zone gets the next wrecker service on the rotation within that zone.

 

[Nitsud]

If you were in Area 18 (Albemarle, Greene, Nelson) then an "18-1" would indicate a wrecker from the 18-1 wrecker list. An 18-1 happens to be from the top of Afton to the 114 MM.

This transitions to each independent area, and depending upon the size and geography of the particular area, you could have as little as one zone for an entire county, or 10 + zones in your larger counties

 

[Nitsud]

I think those numbers refer to a list of Wreckers for that area, like Joes towing is 47-3 wrecker.

Im not familiar specifically with 47-3 zone, but for the knowledge of the boards, each zone can contain as few as one wrecker service, to multiple services. Zone "47-3" is not specific to one company, rather it is specific to a pre-designated zone inside the area

 

[SCPD]

Upon further listening they say for example" Send me the next 47-1 zone wrecker, and move xxx Towing to the bottom

 

[Ghstwolf62]

Thank you Nitsud, I appreciate getting the information. I kind of thought it was something along those lines.

 

[BoxAlarm187]

Duty posts were mentioned earlier, but kind of glossed over, so I'll add a little insight to that.

Let's take an area near me:
Division 1 - Richmond (has 22 counties and four cities in it, and includes Areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 44)
Area 6 - Chesterfield (has three counties in it - Chesterfield, Powhatan, and Amelia, each of those counties is a Duty Post)

So a trooper would be assigned to Division 1, Area 6, Duty Post 2 - meaning his/her primary area of responsibility is Powhatan County. However, that doesn't keep them from being assigned to patrol and handle calls in Duty Post 3 (Amelia) for the day, or on midnight shift they might be patrolling both Duty Posts 2 & 3.

As Nitsud said, the wrecker zones are relative to the Area Office. So going back to the above example, you could have Zone 6-1 through 6-7 for Area 6: 6-1 through 6-5 would cover different areas or roads within the Chetserfield County which is very large and populated, whereas the more rural counties would just have a single zone to cover each county (6-6 for Powhatan and 6-7 for Amelia).

Please note I simply made up those Zone numbers for Area 6, it's been 15 years since I had to have that one memorized.

 

[John]

Generally in our area troopers are assigned to a county which roughly align with area offices. Some of these have a single trooper assigned per shift while others may have several depending on how active they are. The more rural areas without major interstates tend to have less but the same applies to urban areas since in those areas the local police/sheriff tend to handle more.

The VSP unit numbers are roughly assigned to when they came on the force with the lower numbers being more senior. These unit number don't have anything to do with where they are assigned. For example 1200 could be in Roanoke while 1201 could be in Northern Va.

Troopers are also reassigned so can move from one area or division to another. The also frequently will be temporarily moved to another county/area for a day or more to cover for other troopers.

So making a unit map would not only be daunting it would also probably be out of date before you finished. I think the best you could do is do this on a local basis.

 

[Nitsud]

Generally in our area troopers are assigned to a county which roughly align with area offices. Some of these have a single trooper assigned per shift while others may have several depending on how active they are. The more rural areas without major interstates tend to have less but the same applies to urban areas since in those areas the local police/sheriff tend to handle more.

The VSP unit numbers are roughly assigned to when they came on the force with the lower numbers being more senior. These unit number don't have anything to do with where they are assigned. For example 1200 could be in Roanoke while 1201 could be in Northern Va.

Troopers are also reassigned so can move from one area or division to another. The also frequently will be temporarily moved to another county/area for a day or more to cover for other troopers.

So making a unit map would not only be daunting it would also probably be out of date before you finished. I think the best you could do is do this on a local basis.

The badge number has nothing to do with seniority when talking from #'s 500 and up. 499 and below are sergeants. A new graduate today could be issued badge 501 or 2001 it has nothing to do with seniority