What Radio communications do the Police use to respond to calls?
March 16, 2010 - 11:19 am
You know how you see the police talk into the radios they have clipped on to their belt or that sits in their car? Is that a CB or a Ham Radio? Or is it something else? I would appreciate it if you could answer if you have the law enforcement experience or are related to somebody who is law enforcement.
My county dispatch recently switched to 800Mhz. Other places I have worked transmitted on 400Mhz and although it’s a dinosaur by comparison, 150Mhz. These are all FM frequencies.
March 16th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
It is neither CB or Ham radio. It’s commercial service that is allocated for police and emergency services. It could be in any of many radio spectrum slices in the Very High Frequency and Ultra High Frequency bands.
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March 16th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
My county dispatch recently switched to 800Mhz. Other places I have worked transmitted on 400Mhz and although it’s a dinosaur by comparison, 150Mhz. These are all FM frequencies.
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Police Officer
March 16th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
It operates much the same as a CB, but uses different frequencies. Many departments use ‘trunked’ systems that actually switch frequencies regularly. This makes it difficult to follow conversations unless you know the frequency rotation.
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March 16th, 2010 at 6:27 pm
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AsL6eDcPTHSClNsqGRARd5kjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20100309171620AAp6v0g
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