Copied from a post I made to this forum a long while back - probably still accurate though - I understand the SAVE units may be cut due to budget reductions - For regular Beat units - Nora, Charles, Sam they use 1,2 or 3 for Shift and then the other is beat or zone i think - IE Nora 270 would be a North unit - Day shift - Beat 70 Joe
here are some Reno unit id's
Adam - Gang Units
Charles - Central Reno Police units
David - DRE - Drug/alcohol recognition officers
Frank - Community Services Officers - Non sworn uniformed personnel that take non critical reports - minor accident reports etc
Henry - Mounted (read horseback)
IDA - Detectives (general)
K9 - Police Dog Unit
King - Animal control (county and city of reno)
Lincoln - Parking enforcement officers (non sworn unarmed)
Motor - Motorcycle Polce Officers
Marshall - Reno City Marshalls - Sworn armed officers that work for courts - serve warrants (Sparks also has marshall units - same thing)
Nora - North Reno Police units
Sam - South Reno Police Units
Save - Senior Auxillary Volunteer Effort - Civilian uniformed patrols of malls - parking lots ect - they ticket handicap zone violators - check on abandoned vehicles, assist at special events etc.
Tom - Traffic (Accident Investigation)
Union - UNR (university of Nevada Reno) Police Units
Victor - ???
William - Walking/Bicycle Police Units
Xray - ???
Zebra - ???
Victor, Xray, and Zebra are most likely specialized plainclothes units - Narcotics, Vice, ROPE, Auto Theft, Street Crimes ETC - but dont know which is which yet. - Hope this helps some - Joe