[Scan-DC] US Park PD?

Mon Mar 1 15:18:21 EST 2010

Thanks, Carl, I found it after a little digging... it's actually Reno Monument Road, outside of Middletown.  I don't know that area all taht well but thought it must be up that way somewhere.  Also found Lambs Knoll Road - will have to take a ride up there when the weather gets a little better.

Regards,

Doug

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> From: t11spanner at gmail.com
> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 12:26:05 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] US Park PD?
>
> Lambs Knoll is located at the top of the hill that Reno Mountain road runs
> along in Washington County.
>
> The Frederick County MSP repeater, some other repeaters, a "Air Traffic
> Control" facility, and some other stuff is up there.
>
> I believe that the microwave for Manassas Battlefield and Prince William
> Forest, to download to C&O Canal is located up there now too.
>
> Carl
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Doug Kitchener" 
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 11:05 AM
> To: 
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] US Park PD?
>
>>
>> Thanks to all... have just put all those freqs in the BC-396.
>>
>> Ed, like you, I remember the "whole thing" in MD being called the Maryland
>> side... and I still think of it that way... when writing the original
>> email, I had to look at yahoo maps to determine what roads were called
>> what... now if I can only remember that! (Wonder when it changed... I
>> didn't think it was all that long ago, but tempus really does fugit!)
>>
>> Also, yeah, I recently saw a US Park PD cruiser working radar there at
>> Little Falls... he'da got me if the guy in front of me hadn't been going
>> slow. (Seems to me that they jink the speed limit up and down through
>> there... I thought at one time that most of it was 55 and now I think some
>> places are as low as 35...
>>
>> One last question... one of the frequencies given in RR for C&O canal is
>> tagged as Lambs Knoll... where's that? Yahoo maps didn't find it... I'll
>> keep looking...
>>
>> Again, thanks to all... next time a pickup augers in to the canal, I
>> should be up to date!
>>
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>>> Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 13:23:08 +0000
>>> From: edtobias at comcast.net
>>> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
>>> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] US Park PD?
>>>
>>> Like the BW Parkway and the GW Parkway, the Clara Barton Parkway is
>>> patrolled by US Park Police. I can attest to this because I was stopped
>>> by a USPP unit running radar on the Clara Barton a few years ago. (No, I
>>> did not get a ticket). By the way, long ago, before it was named the
>>> Clara Barton Parkway, that road used to be known as "the Maryland side of
>>> the GW Parkway".
>>>
>>> All of those units work off the same dispatch frequency of 166.925. Here
>>> are all of the USPP frequencies, from the RadioReference listing:
>>>
>>> Park Police
>>>
>>>
>>> Frequency Type Tone Alpha Tag Description Mode Tag
>>> 166.72500 RM 127.3 PL Park PD 1/6 Tactical/Special Events FM Federal
>>> 166.92500 RM 127.3 PL Park PD 2/7 Dispatch/Operations FM Federal
>>> 167.07500 RM 127.3 PL Park PD 3/8 Tactical/Administration FM Federal
>>> 166.85000 M 127.3 PL Park PD 4 Tactical/Special Operations FM Federal
>>> Also from RadioReference, here are the unit numbers. Either the 200 or
>>> the 300 units patrol the Clara Barton:
>>>
>>>
>>> • 100s - Central (Downtown)
>>> • 200s - George Washington Parkway
>>> • 300s - West (Rock Creek Park)
>>> • 400s - Baltimore-Washington Parkway
>>> • 500s - East (Anacostia, etc.)
>>> • 700s - Special Operations
>>>
>>> Ed
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "t11spanner"
>>> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
>>> Sent: Monday, March 1, 2010 6:51:13 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
>>> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] US Park PD?
>>>
>>> C&O is part of the National Capital Region of National Parks.
>>>
>>> They do not dispatch the Park Police, nor do they do the GW or BW
>>> parkway.
>>> Given the close proximity of those parks to the Park Police, they patrol
>>> it
>>> and dispatch it.
>>>
>>> C&O Canal, HQ'd in Hagerstown is the central dispatch center for the
>>> following National Parks in the Capital Region:
>>>
>>> C&O Canal,
>>> Antietam Battlefield,
>>> Monocacy Battlefield,
>>> Harpers Ferry,
>>> Catoctin Mountain Park,
>>> Manassas Battlefield,
>>> Prince William Forest,
>>> Fort McHenry
>>> Hampton Historical Site.
>>>
>>> Carl
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "David L. Wilson"
>>> Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 11:10 PM
>>> To: "Doug Kitchener" ;
>>> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] US Park PD?
>>>
>>>> C&O Canal is not part of National Capital Parks nor GW Parkway (though
>>>> they
>>>> probably also have those frequencies). C&O Canal uses a 3 repeater
>>>> linked
>>>> system that has repeaters at Great Falls, Lambs Knoll, and Cacapon
>>>> Mountain.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?aid=2695
>>>> 169.6875 repeater would have been the one to watch.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Doug Kitchener"
>>>> To:
>>>> Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 10:49 PM
>>>> Subject: [Scan-DC] US Park PD?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Last night (Saturday), I think around 2300, Montgomery County dispatched
>>>> fire / rescue units to (I think) lock 5 at the C&O canal for a vehicle
>>>> in
>>>> the canal... it turned out to be a pickup truck that had been involved
>>>> in
>>>> robbery or burglary or something like that, and subsequent police chase,
>>>> in
>>>> Ffx county. Vehicle turned out to be unoccupied by the time they got
>>>> there
>>>> (surprise!) and was upright... apparently the water was not that deep.
>>>>
>>>> I was falling asleep and gathered most of this, but didn't listen too
>>>> much
>>>> after I heard all that (basically the initial report). It was down in
>>>> the
>>>> Canal Road / Clara Barton Parkway / Cabin John Parkway area.
>>>>
>>>> I _think_ I turned on the 800-meg scanner and I _think_ I put it on the
>>>> MCP
>>>> Bethesda talkgroup (I didn't have the US Park channels programmed into
>>>> the
>>>> radio but have just remedied that), but was wondering at the time who
>>>> has
>>>> jurisdiction there, MCP or US Park Police, or both... does anyone know?
>>>>
>>>> I looked on RadioReference and only see four frequencies for US Park...
>>>> but
>>>> then another four for National Park Service... the NPS channels are
>>>> tagged:
>>>>
>>>> National Capital Parks - Central (US Park Police Ch. 5);
>>>> National Capital Parks - East;
>>>> George Washington Parkway; and
>>>> National Capital Parks - Central
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone have a little more detailed insight about how these
>>>> frequencies
>>>> are used, and how the Park Police operate? There doesn't seem to be any
>>>> indication of different frequencies for parks / facilities / operations
>>>> in
>>>> MD, DC, or VA...
>>>>
>>>> Tomorrow I'll check Alan's Capitol Hill Monitors site, I think at least
>>>> some
>>>> of this has been addressed there...
>>>>
>>>> Any info would be of interest! Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Doug
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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