| Talkgroup |
Usage |
| 144 |
South Band - Districts 1/17 (W. of Broad St.) |
| 48 |
Northeast Band - Districts 2/15 |
| 464 |
South 2 Band - Districts 3/4 (E. of Broad St.) |
| 272 |
Northwest Band - Districts 5/39 |
| 112 |
Central Band - Districts 6/9 |
| 16 |
Far Northeast Band - Districts 7/8 |
| 176 |
Southwest Band - Districts 12/18 |
| 240 |
North Band - Districts 14/35 |
| 208 |
West Band - Districts 16/19 |
| 80 |
North Central Band - Districts 22/23 |
| 304 |
East Band - Districts 24/26 |
| 336 |
25 Band - Distrct 25 |
| 368 |
J Band - Citywide Admin and Flash Messages |
| 400 |
T Band - Traffic Unit and Tow Squad |
| 432 |
M Band - Citywide |
| 496 |
Special Events 1 |
| 528 |
Special Events 2 |
| Terminology |
Usage |
| Back |
Back In-Service, Available |
| Back and Out |
Back In-Service from a previous assignment and out to a location to finish the investigation on a new one |
| Back and In |
Back In-Service from a previous assignment and in on a new one |
| CRD |
Call Radio Dispatcher by Telephone |
| DC |
District Control Number (aka. numbers) |
| DK |
Intoxicated Person (Drunk) |
| ERT |
Emergency Response Team |
| Fireboard |
Philadelphia Fire Department |
| Flash Information |
An initial (brief) description of a subject who just committed a crime |
| Founded |
An assignment was found |
| Further |
An assignment that already has DC numbers (addition to existing incident report) |
| GRM |
General Radio Message |
| Highway |
A street, road, etc |
| Hold Me Out |
When an officer sees and incident or gets flagged down (incident not dispatched) |
| Local |
A fire |
| Lunch |
Typical 30 minute lunch break |
| NAT |
Necessary Action Taken |
| Out |
Out of Service |
| Ped Stop |
Pedestrian Stop |
| Personal |
10 minute personal break |
| Report |
Contact District Operations by Telephone |
| Rescue |
Philadelphia Fire Department Medic Unit |
| Resume |
Resume or Continue Patrol |
| RPC |
Radio Patrol Car (normally one person unit) |
| RTF |
Report to Follow |
| Sector |
A geographical sub-section of a district, alphabetical |
| Solo |
One person assigned to a unit |
| Strong Arm |
Robbery that was committed without a weapon |
| Take |
Respond to a location for an assignment |
| Tender Age |
Child less than 10 years of age |
| TFP |
Tactical Foot Patrol (aka Tom Teams) a 2 person vehicle from 5 squad |
| Turn me/us around |
An officer is at one location and needs to go to another location while still
Involved with the same assignment |
| Unfounded |
Assignment could not be found |
| Wagon or EPG |
Emergency Patrol Wagon (2-person unit) |
