- San Andreas Police Department
- Radio Usage Manual
- Within the San Andreas Police Department we operate a very complex radio system which requires concentration and discipline at all times. You as a member of the SAPD are expected to learn how to properly use the radio as quickly as possible. We have a strictly no OOC policy in the radio channels as the system is so complex.
- Call Signs
- The first thing you need to understand as a member of the SAPD is how to call yourself out on radio and how to identify others. Some staff within the SAPD have very specific call signs which can only relate to one person, whereas the general staff have very generic call signs.
- The ones which you must know are:
- • Staff 1 – Chief of Police
- • Staff 1 Adam – Assistant Chief
- • Staff 1 County – Sheriff
- • Staff 1 County Adam – Undersheriff
- • Staff 1 County David – RCSD Command
- • Staff 2 Robert – (Patrol) Captain
- • Staff 2 William – CID Captain
- • Staff 2 Henry – Training Director
- These call signs will always be followed by a badge number running from 1 onward sequentially with the exception of the Chief, Sheriff, CID Captain and Training Director. The others will all have a badge following them, for example:
- Staff 2 Robert 36. This identifies a Patrol Captain with the badge number 26.
- Patrol staff are always identified by the world ‘Robert’ which is the APCO code for the letter ‘R’ – the letter designated to Metropolitan Patrol Units. You also have a badge number; this will follow the word ‘Robert’ to identify you.
- For example ‘Robert 46” would identify Metropolitan Patrol Unit and the unit 46.
- A supervisor is recognised by a number ending in 0 exclusive of 10 and 90 at the end of their call sign. For example “Robert 46 20” would identify a Patrol Supervisor on duty who is unit 46.
- A Lieutenant will be identified by the number 10 at the end of their call sign. For example “Robert 46 10” would identify a Patrol Lieutenant on duty who is unit 46.
- Division Identifiers
- County – RCSD
- 2 David – Air Unit
- Henry – Training
- Romeo – Patrol
- William – CID
- Staff – High Command Unit
- Patrol Sectors
- The LSPD patrols in groupings called Sectors. Each sector has its own identifier which makes the call sign system even more complicated, but helps to organize patrol out for a dispatcher. Review the following.
- 24 Robert – West Side. (Santa Maria, Verona Beach, Rodeo, Market.)
- 25 Robert – North Side. (Jefferson, Las Colinas, Mulholland.)
- 34 Robert – East Side. (Glen Park, East Los Santos, Ganton, Willowfield, Seville)
- 35 Robert – South Side. (Commerce, Unity, El Corona, Idlewood.)
- You as an officer will use a sector identifier instead of a unit identifier. Ranks Sergeant and above are exempt from the Patrol Sector system and as such will use unit identifiers instead of sector identifiers.
- So, finally we get to you as an individual. Let’s say for example that your badge number is 24. You will be assigned a patrol sector at the start of every patrol and will take on the sector identifier of that sector. Let’s say for example you are assigned to the West Side, you will start each transmission with:
- “24 Robert 24...”
- A cadet will always be identified as ‘Charles.’ So a Cadet assigned to the West side would be:
- “24 Robert Charles...”
