[Scan-DC] Prince William PD Info

[Kevin Loch]

----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Charles <rockonyc@flash.net>
Date: Saturday, April 5, 2003 1:10 pm
Subject: [Scan-DC] Prince William PD Info

> Can any advise on how the Prince William County PD is operational 
> structured (patrol districts,  unit call sign schemes, etc.)?
> 
> Also, I have PWPD Channel 1 (453.475) dialed up and it sounds like 
> the 
> dog catcher squad. Can anyone verify the purpose of this channel?
> 

Ch. 1 453.475 voiced DMV/subject lookups, information requests etc.
ch. 2 453.375 East Side Dispatch
Ch. 3 453.150 West Side Dispatch
Ch. 4 453.700 Admin/Detectives and Dispatch for some area (Dumfries?)
on busy nights.

Many units now have computers which lessens the load on Ch. 1.
They may be using it for something else now because of that but
I never listen to Ch.1 so I couldn't say.

Their 800MHz p25 system is online but not used at all.  My guess is
they are waiting to do coverage testing with leaves before accepting
the system.