I just stumbled across this online Fairfax PD/FD Scanner - http://www.radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?t=57578

Enjoy

I'm not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing that there is very little going on right now. Are people really that law abiding, that good at not getting caught, or are the police just chillin

They had the chopper up earlier

GET TO THE CHOPPAH!

lol. Some dude is hiding in the bushes and someone else locked themselves in the bedroom.

This owns.

In a morbid way, I kind of wish I'd been able to listen to the scanner the day of the shooting at the Chantilly police station.

this is fun

This shit is totally awesome, I wish I could thank the guy who did it. I'm listening to some guy being busted for eluding, I think. I think he has some drugs on him.

That's Reston for you.

Robbery in Culmore shopping center.

See, I have a feeling this thing wil repeat itself a lot.

Edit: Awesome! The cops are chasing the guys on foot and you can hear one guy huffing and puffing into his radio to give his twenty, and confirm that one of the robbers has a gun.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/02/2007 01:28AM by RESton Peace.

This is really cool. Thanks alot for posting that.

It's not working for me, or else nothing is going on. It says this:
[13:29:37] Connecting to boris.serveirc.com
[13:29:38] Connected to server Fairfax Scanner
[13:29:38] Welcome to Fairfax Scanner
[13:29:38] This channel uses an unsupported codec:
[13:29:38] GSM 16.4 Kbit

Any ideas?

What version of Teamspeak are you using? I installed RC2 (without the updated executable) and that was all I had to do. During installation there was a prompt stating that a check would be performed for the necessary codecs and if they were missing, they would be installed.

If you didn't just install, then you may want to check the goteamspeak site or see if the Teamspeak software has an option to update itself.

Also, search on google for the codec "GSM 16.4 Kbit"

Turns out the Mac version is not Teamspeak, but Teamspeex and doesn't support it. Oh well.

Yet another reason why PC > Mac.

OH NOES
PARAKEET FLEW AWAY

Here's a tip for those of you who think you see a townhouse on fire.

Check to make sure it isn't the damn DRYER VENT that is releasing HOT AIR before calling the Fire Department. I just heard a call for a townhouse fire. A few moments later one of the firemen called over the radio that it was just the dryer vent.

boredom Wrote:
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> Here's a tip for those of you who think you see a
> townhouse on fire.
>
> Check to make sure it isn't the damn DRYER VENT
> that is releasing HOT AIR before calling the Fire
> Department. I just heard a call for a townhouse
> fire. A few moments later one of the firemen
> called over the radio that it was just the dryer
> vent.

ROTFLM"F'in"AO!!!!

Calling all cars respond at once to Midgetville for a report of a disturbance. Local yokels taking pictures and gawking. Use caution. Midgets are armed and angry.

Thanks for the post. Know any other channels?

Excellent! This is incredible.

I'm about to shoot the maintainer an email and offer to host a 'mirror' of the feed so we don't suck down all of his bandwidth.

I'll also look into a real-time conversion of the 'TeamSpeak' stream into something more universally accessible like a SHOUTcast feed that can be played with Winamp or iTunes.

terrysb from radioreference.com: THANK YOU!

boredom Wrote:
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> In a morbid way, I kind of wish I'd been able to
> listen to the scanner the day of the shooting at
> the Chantilly police station.

There actually is a scanner recording from that day available here: http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read.php?2,14958#msg-15066

Its really hard to understand what they are saying sometimes. How do those cops understand eachother lol

Its really hard to understand what they are saying sometimes.

It's all part of the drama.

You can disable the annoying "Player Joining"/"Player Leaving" announcements by going to Settings...Options....Sound Notifications...check Disable All Sounds.

One of the reasons you dont here all the real good police stuff is, FFX Co uses there in car CAD/computers to send dispatch info ..

Fortunatly , FFX FD still dispatches over the air.

Does anyone know where to find a map of the Box codes.. ie engine 421 box 18 ..etc..etc..

Take a Stand Wrote:
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> One of the reasons you dont here all the real good
> police stuff is, FFX Co uses there in car
> CAD/computers to send dispatch info ..
>
> Fortunatly , FFX FD still dispatches over the air.
>
>
> Does anyone know where to find a map of the Box
> codes.. ie engine 421 box 18 ..etc..etc..

hearing cops giving position to each other during a foot chase, hearing the huffing and puffing and the dog barking in the background... I heard two cops chasing two guys on foot for over three hours last night after there was a robbery. I thought that was "real good".



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/03/2007 12:32AM by RESton Peace.

Sorry , I was being a little sarcastic.. but yeah your right..
When FFX used to be on the 900 mhz radios you would here everything including the responses back from plate requests and stuff like that.. You would also here peoples names and police records read over the air.. it was pretty funny.

This site is really good though, Has anyone contacted the owner yet?

You would also here peoples names and police records

I heard them read off names and addresses today. I haven't heard them read police records, but I've heard them refer to specific people as "known gang members", "drug dealers", etc. Great stuff.

Yes I also heard a dozen or so plate numbers being read, and a few dmv records being returned for registrations and shit, just last night.

This is pretty interesting.

Is it illegal to listen to the scanner?

No

How can they stop people from listening to a public broadcast?

Using the information you hear to assist in evading the police or committing a crime is illegal. Obviously.

Thanks Reston Peace - I didn't didn't know it was a public broadcast.

Foot Pursuit..Choppah is out!

There is a missing Learning disabled 13 yr old!

Wow, home invasion with fleeing suspect with a shotgun, Fairfax One is on scene looking for suspect. At the same time some guy called into the Spanish hotline saying he had 3 bombs straped to himself outside of a bar, and was waiting for the police to show up.

Eventful night.

Spanish hotline saying he had 3 bombs straped to himself outside of a bar

I heard this, but I fell asleep and didn't hear if they caught him or not.

"El Queda"

With all the posts on this board that are anti-police, it is surprising to see how excited you all get while listening to police dispatch. Kinda makes the donut jokes and trigger-happy comments make you feel like a tool, I guess.

Is there an open tag somewhere? In Safari, the bottom half (below Cary's second post) of the posts are showing up with a strikethrough. Seems fine in Internet Explorer 6 and Firefox on my PC though...

Edit: Nevermind, as soon as I posted, the strikethrough went away.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/04/2007 01:26PM by Genevieve.

Kinda makes the donut jokes and trigger-happy comments make you feel like a tool, I guess.

If you're having some type of problem with it, why not just come out and say so?

Cary Wrote:
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> There actually is a scanner recording from that
> day available here:
> http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read.php?2
> ,14958#msg-15066

It sounds like the recording starts after the shooting is resolved. Didn't it start at like 1PM or something? This recording starts at 5PM.

Take a Stand Wrote:
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> One of the reasons you dont here all the real good
> police stuff is, FFX Co uses there in car
> CAD/computers to send dispatch info ..
>
> Fortunatly , FFX FD still dispatches over the air.
>
>
> Does anyone know where to find a map of the Box
> codes.. ie engine 421 box 18 ..etc..etc..


Maps aren't available online for viewing. If you don't know, the beginning of the box number is the station that responds to that location 'first due'. You can think of a box as the size of a very small neighborhood or a large street block. So if you hear something like engine 421 respond to box 18-01, that means that the engine from station 21 (Fair Oaks) responds to that location; that location should be serviced by station 18 (Jefferson station on route 50)

Hi Guys,
I'm the owner of the scanner feed. I'm glad everybody seems to be enjoying it !
I have expanded coverage into Loudoun and Prince William and also Dulles Airport Police. However, priority is given to FFX activities so if something big is happening the other services will get disabled in favor of FFX. If you have any questions or comments please email me. You can find my email on the scanner site.

I also plan to put up an air traffic control channel (completely separate from the public services channel for those people interested in monitoring traffic in and out of Dulles)

BTW you can get a nice map of the county with the "Box" numbers from the Fairfax County Government.

What is the difference between a "scout" and a "motor?" Is a scout a pickup truck?

I believe that a scout is a regular police cruiser, a motor is a motorcycle.

Motor units are motorcycle officers, scouts are normal patrol officers.

Hi Terry,
I have had difficulty down loading the program. Can you give me step by step instructions. I would really appreciate it. thanks in advance.

Sure...

1. Download the Teamspeak Client version 2.0.32.60 from http://www.goteamspeak.com/index.php?page=downloads

2. Install the client on your windows machine by double clicking on the file you downloaded. Go through the normal accept license stuff with the installer.

3. At the end of the installation it will ask you whether you want to load the codecs. Make sure you click yes. That will complete the installation.

4. You should now have an icon on your desktop that says Teamspeak 2 RC2. Click this to start the program.

5. Go to the first menu item that says "Connection" and click on connect (the first menu item)

6. This will bring up a connection dialog. The first time through you will need to "add" a server by right clicking on the left hand side of the dialog box where it says servers (actually right click on the item just underneath servers). This will allow you to give the server a name. You can call it anything you want.

7. Now on the right hand side of the connection dialog fill in the following fields:

Server Address: boris.serveirc.com
Nickname: a name of your choosing

Underneath Nickname you will see a radio button that says anonymous. Click on that.

8. At the bottom hit the button that says Connect.

9. You are done. You should now be connected to the server. Make sure your volume control is set and that the sound on your computer is not muted.


Happy Listening and welcome to the scanner !

Terry is a nice person!

I'm glad everyone enjoys the scanner feed - there was a question about unit designators - here's a little clarification on some of the Fairfax Co. radio system:

-General Stuff
--Police Service Areas
The entire county is devided into Police Service Areas, or PSAs. These areas are identified by a 3 digit number.
The first digit of the area corresponds to the station:

1-Sully
2-Mt. Vernon
3-McLean
4-Mason
5-Reston
6-Franconia
7-West Springfield
8-Fair Oaks

The last 2 digits correspond to the specific area.

-Unit Designators

--Patrol Units
Patrol units are identified by "Scout" and 3 digit number and a letter - 800A 342C
The numbers correspond to the area they work, and the letter corresponds to the shift assigned.
Double units (2 fully trained officers - not used for a training officer) replace the last number with a 9
Units assigned the wagon replace the last number with an 8
(A-Midnighs, B-Daywork, C-Evenings).
Ex - 411B is a daywork unit assigned to area 411 (Culmore SC area)

-- 9xx units
The most senior officers (Usually the MPOs) on normal patrol shift are assigned 9xx designators. The first number
after 9 is the station assigned. The second number starts at 0 and goes up for every 9xx unit.
Ex - 941A - 2nd Midnight unit assigned to all of Mason station

--Set & X-Ray Units
These units are identified by Set or X-Ray and a two digit number. Generally they are units on a special assignment, such as traffic patrol in a specific area, stakeouts, etc.

--Overtime Units
These units are identified by Z and a three digit number - the first digit being the station assigned, and the
other numbers correspond to the overtime work location
Ex - Z835 - A Fair Oaks unit working the overtime location assigned the number 35

--Patrol Supervisors
These units are Luitnenants and Seargents assigned to normal patrol - These units are identified
by "Car" and a two or one digit number (two for seargents, one for Luitentants). The first digit (or only digit
for Liutentants) corresponds to the station assigned.

Ex - Car 10A - Seargent assigned to Sully Station midnight shift
Ex - Car 2C - Liutentant assigned to Mt. Vernon evening shift

--Duty Officer
This is highest ranking officer assigned to patrol - there is always a duty officer on duty, and is always
notified of major police events countywide.
They are identified by "Duty Officer" and then a 1 digit number starting at 1 (duty officers are each assigned
designator numbers)

Ex - Duty Officer 1 - A duty officer

--K9 Units
These are units assigned to street patrol who have a dog with them. They are identified as "K9" and a two digit
number starting at 1. K901 is the Liutenent and K902 is the Seargent. Each of these units are assigned 2 dogs -
one for general law enforcement use (drug searches, etc) and the other is a bloodhound for searches.

Note: a few patrol units also have dogs - both general law enforcement trained, and bomb dogs - they are not identified
by the K9 designator - they use normal patrol designators.

--Motor Units
These are units who are assigned to the motor squad - these include the motorcycle team, and officers who drive
special vehicles like the Cameros, and civilian vehciles.
They are identified by "Motor" and a two digit number

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Here's the official text from the Fairfax Police SOPs:

Patrol Bureau Commander—Division I
Radio: "Patrol Bureau 1"
CAD: "PB01"

Patrol Bureau Commander—Division II
Radio: "Patrol Bureau 2"
CAD: "PB02"

Patrol Bureau Commander—Division III
Radio: "Patrol Bureau 3"
CAD: "PB03"

Patrol Bureau Staff
Radio: "Patrol Bureau" + consecutive number beginning with 3
CAD: "PB" + consecutive number beginning with 03

Station Commanders
Radio: "Commander" + station number
CAD: "CM0" + station number

Assistant Station Commanders
Radio: "Commander" + station number multiplied by 10
CAD: "CM" + station number multiplied by 10

Additional assistant station commanders would be numbered consecutively.

The following radio and CAD designators are to be used by patrol personnel. Shift identifiers will be used at all times as part of the mobile unit designator. The shift identifiers are as follows, except where noted below:

A–Midnight and Early Midnight
B–Day Work
C–Evening
D–Early Day Work
E–Early Evening

A representative sample of the Mobile Unit Designators for patrol personnel (officers, field unit members, sergeants, second lieutenants, assistant station commanders, and station commanders) is provided in Appendix I to this SOP.

Patrol Second Lieutenants
Radio: "Car" + station number + shift identifier
CAD: "0" + station number + shift identifier

Additional second lieutenants working the same shift would replace the shift designator with "D" or "E."

Patrol Sergeants
Radio: "Car" + station number multiplied by 10 + shift identifier
CAD: "0" + station number multiplied by 10 + shift identifier

Additional sergeants working the same shift would be numbered consecutively.

Patrol Officers

Area Cars

Radio: "Scout" + patrol area + shift identifier
CAD: "Patrol Area" + shift identifier

Second unit in a patrol area: Substitute "5" for third digit in the patrol area.
Radio: "Scout" + first two digits of patrol area + "5" + shift identifier
CAD: First two digits of patrol area + "5" + shift identifier

Unit assigned to two or more areas simultaneously shall use the designator for the lowest numerical patrol area assigned. The Public Safety Communications Center shall be notified in all cases of multiple core area assignments. Core areas are determined by the first two digits in the three-digit designator.

Field Units
Radio: "Scout" + "9" + station number + a consecutive number beginning at 0 + shift identifier
CAD: "9" + station number + a consecutive number beginning at 0 + shift identifier

Patrol units manned by two sworn, fully trained officers. (This designator is not used to indicate an auxiliary or trainee is present.)
Radio: "Scout" + first two digits of patrol area + "9" + shift identifier
CAD: "Scout" + first two digits of patrol area + "9" + shift identifier

Patrol units operating the paddy wagon

Assigned a patrol area
Radio: "Scout" + first two digits of patrol area + "8" + shift identifier
CAD: First two digits of patrol area + "8" + shift identifier

Assigned to the field
Radio: "Scout" + "9" + station number + "8" + shift identifier
CAD: "9" + station number + "8" + shift identifier

NOTE: If a paddy wagon is assigned to a double unit, the wagon designator "8" will take precedence over the double unit designator.

Criminal Investigations Section

Supervisor
Radio: "CIS" + station number
CAD: "IS0" + station number

Detectives
Radio: "CIS" + station number + a consecutive number beginning with the number 1
CAD: "IS" + station number + a consecutive number beginning with*1

NOTE: To preclude the need to use three-digit designators, it is recommended that CIS call signs not be permanently assigned.

Crime Prevention
Radio: "CP" + station number
CAD: "CP0" + station number

Second Crime Prevention Officer
Radio: "CP" + station number multiplied by ten
CAD: "CP" + station number multiplied by ten

Additional units would be numbered consecutively thereafter.

Crime Analyst
Radio: "CA" + station number
CAD: "CA0" + station number

Communications Assistants/Desk Officers
Radio: "PCA" + station number
CAD: "PCA" + station number

Stake?Out Units
Radio: "X?ray" + station number multiplied by ten, then numbered consecutively
CAD: "X0" + station number multiplied by ten, then numbered consecutively

NOTE: "X?ray" 90 through 99 are reserved for use by CIB. "X?ray" 1?19 are to be used for stakeouts not specific to a single station.

Shopping Center Units
Radio: "Shopping Center" + station number + a consecutive number from 1 to 9 as needed
CAD: "SC" + station number + a consecutive number

Non?Patrol Assignments
Radio: "Victor" + station number + a consecutive number from 1 to 99 as needed
CAD: "V" + station number + a consecutive number from 01 to 99 as needed

Selective Enforcement Teams (SET)

Supervisor
Radio: "Set" + station number
CAD: "ST0" + station number

Officer's Radio
Radio: "Set" + station number + a consecutive number from 1 to 9 as needed
CAD: "ST" + station number + a consecutive number from 01 to 09 as needed

School Education Officers
Radio: SEO + station number + consecutive number 0 through 9
CAD: SE + station number + consecutive number 0 through 9

School Resource Officers
Radio: SRO + station number + consecutive number 0 through 9
CAD: SR + station number + consecutive number 0 through 9

Staff Duty Officer
Radio: "Duty Officer" + a consecutive number beginning with the number 1
CAD: "DO0" + a consecutive number beginning with the number 1

"Duty Officer 1," "Duty Officer 2," and "Duty Officer 3" will be used by the patrol bureau commanders; "4" will be used by majors, "5" will be used by captains, and "6" will be used by lieutenants while serving as duty officers on a temporary basis.

Youth Services
Radio: "Youth Services 1" through "Youth Services 99"
CAD: "YS" + consecutive number from 01 through 99 (e.g., "YS04")

Parking Enforcement Officers
Radio: "Parking Enforcement" + station number + a consecutive number from 1 to 8 as needed
CAD: "PE" + station number + consecutive number from 1 to 8 as needed

Animal Control

Commander
Radio: "Animal Control 1"
CAD: "AC01"

Chief Animal Control Officer
Radio: "Animal Control 2"
CAD: "AC02"

Supervisors
Radio: "Animal Control 01" through "Animal Control 11"
CAD: "AC01" through "AC11"

Animal Control Officers assigned to patrol
Radio: "Animal Control" + station number + a consecutive number from 1 to 9 as needed
CAD: "AC" + station number + a consecutive number

Animal Control Officers assigned to field or other special assignment
Radio: "Animal Control" + consecutive number from 90 to 99
CAD: "AC" + consecutive number from 90 to 99


OPERATIONS SUPPORT BUREAU PROCEDURES
Commander
Radio: "OSB1"
CAD: "OB01"

Special Operations Division
Commander
Radio: "OSB2"
CAD: "OB02"

K?9 Unit
Second Lieutenant
Radio: "K?9?1"
CAD: "K901"

Sergeant
Radio: "K-9-2"
CAD: "K902"

Officers
Radio: "K9" + consecutive number beginning at 3
CAD: "K9" + consecutive number beginning at 03

TAC Unit
Supervisor
Radio: "TAC1" through "TAC2"
CAD: "T001" through "T002"

Officers
Radio: "TAC" + consecutive number beginning at 3
CAD: "T0" + consecutive number beginning at 03

Hostage Rescue Vehicle
Radio: "HRV1"
CAD: "HRV1"

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit
Radio: "EOD1" through "EOD9"
CAD: "EOD1" through "EOD9"

Civil Disturbance Unit
CDU Commander
Radio: "CD1"
CAD: "CD01"

Squads
Radio: "CD" + squad + element
Example: First Squad will use the following designators:
"CD11" – First Squad, First Element
"CD12" – First Squad, Second Element
"CD13" – First Squad, Third Element
CAD: "CD" + squad + element

CDU Transport Bus
Radio: "CD50"
CAD: "CD50"

CDU Transport Van
Radio: "CD60"
CAD: "CD60"

CDU Equipment Van
Radio: "CD70"
CAD: "CD70"

Marine Patrol Units
Radio: "MP" + sequential numbers

Emergency Room Units
Radio: "ER" + sequential numbers

Probation and Parole
Radio: "PO" + sequential numbers

Traffic Division Commander
Radio: "OSB3"
CAD: "OB03"

Accident Reconstruction Unit
Radio: "ARU1" through "ARU9"
CAD: "ARU1" through "ARU9"

Motor Unit
Supervisors
Radio: "Motor 1" and "Motor 2"
CAD: "M001" and "M002"

Officers
Motor Unit assigned to an area. M + first number of area assignment + number.
Radio: "Motor 21 Baker" – First early unit assigned to stations*2*and*6
"Motor 22 Baker" – Second early unit assigned to stations*2*and*6
"Motor" 91 through 99 – Field units and selective enforcement
CAD: "M21B"
"M31E"

NOTE: Motor officers assigned to 0600-1630 shift will utilize the "Baker" designator. Motor officers assigned to the 0900-1930 shift will utilize the "Edward" designator.

Motor Carrier Safety Officers
Radio: "MCS1" through "MCS9"
CAD: "MCS1" through "MCS9"

Auxiliary Police Unit
Radio: "Auxiliary" + assigned EIN
CAD: Use the 4 digits of assigned EIN

All Other Traffic Division Units
Supervisors
Radio: "Traffic 2" through "Traffic 9"
CAD: "TD02" through "TD09"

Officers
Radio: "Traffic 10" through "Traffic 99"
CAD: "TD10" through "TD99"

Traffic Enforcement Unit
Supervisors
Radio: "Traffic Enforcement 1"
CAD: "TE01"

Area Officers
Radio: "Traffic Enforcement" + station number + consecutive number from 1 to 8 as needed
CAD: "TE" + station number + consecutive number from 1 to 8 as needed

Traffic Enforcement Units staffed by two TEOs
Radio: "Traffic Enforcement" + station number + "9"
CAD: "TE" + station number + "9"

Helicopter Division
Commander
Radio: "OSB4"
CAD: "OB04"

Helicopter Team
Radio: "Fairfax" + consecutive number beginning at 1
CAD: "FX0" + consecutive number beginning at 1

Officers
Radio: "OSB" + consecutive number beginning at 25
CAD: "OB" + consecutive number beginning at 25

NOTE: These designators may also be used for other officers or civilians assigned to OSB.


CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS BUREAU
Commanders
Radio: "CIB1" through "CIB9"
CAD: "I001" through "I009"

Supervisors
Radio: "CIB10" through "CIB99"
CAD: "I010" through "I099"

Other CIB Units
Radio: "CIB100" through "CIB999"

Each block of one hundred is assigned to the following squads:

Auto
100
Check and Fraud
200
Child Abuse, Juvenile, and Fugitive
300
Homicide
400
Robbery
500
Sex
600
Narcotics/Vice
700 and 800
Criminal Information Unit
900

Gang Investigations Unit
Radio: "Gang Unit" 1 through 20
CAD: "GU01" through "GU20"

Victim Services
Radio: "Victim Services" 1 through 9


SUPPORT STAFF PROCEDURES
Members of the support staff assigned to administrative, support, and staff duties are assigned designators as follows:

Crime Scene Section
Supervisor
Radio: "CS1"
CAD: "CS01"

Officers and Staff
Radio: "CS2" through "CS25"
CAD: "CS02" through "CS25"

Public Information Office
Public Information Director
Radio: "PIO1"
CAD: "PIO1"

Officers and Staff
Radio: "PIO2" through "PIO9"
CAD: "PIO2" through "PIO9"

Police Chaplains
Radio: "Chaplain" + station number
CAD: "CHP" + station number

Administrative Units
Administrative unit designators are for civilian and sworn personnel who are not addressed elsewhere in this SOP. Each bureau prefix shall be followed by consecutive numbers as assigned by the affected bureau commander. In all cases, 1 through 10 should be reserved for supervisors of units within these entities (e.g., "Admin 3" should be utilized by a supervisor in Administrative Support). The following examples should be used when assigning designators:

Radio: "Admin 15"
CAD: "AB15"

Radio: "IA 1"
CAD: "IA01"

Radio: "Community 4"
CAD: "CB04"

Radio: "Tech Services 3"
CAD: "TB03"

Radio: "Research 13"
CAD: "PR13"

Radio: "Warrant Service 11"
CAD: "WS11"

Radio: "Academy 10"
CAD: "AY10"

Radio: "Academy BUS"
CAD: "AYBS"

Honor Guard
Radio: "Honor Guard" + consecutive number from 01 through 09
CAD: "HG" + consecutive number from 01 through 99 (e.g., "HG02")


CHIEF OF POLICE AND DEPUTY CHIEFS
Chief of Police and Deputy Chiefs of Police
Radio: "Unit" + assigned number
CAD: "U00" + assigned number

Sworn and civilian staff under direction of the Chief of Police or Deputy Chiefs of Police
Radio: "Unit" + assigned three?digit number. The first of the three digits will coincide with the number of the unit to which the staff person is assigned; for example, staff assigned to Unit 1, Chief of Police, will use three-digit numbers ranging from 100?199.
CAD: "U" + assigned three?digit number


PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO PSCC
PSCC Director
Radio: "COM CENTER 1"
CAD: "CC01"

PSCC Commander, Emergency Operations
Radio: "COM CENTER 2"
CAD: "CC02"

Other Personnel
Radio: "COM CENTER 3" through "COM CENTER 99"
CAD: "CC03" through "CC99"

Emergency Management Office
Radio: "EMO1" through "EMO9"
CAD: "EMO1" through "EMO9"


PERSONNEL IN NON?ASSIGNED STATUS
Any officer below the rank of first lieutenant having a need to use the police radio in a non?assigned status
Radio: "Unit" + EIN
CAD: EIN

Officers ranking first lieutenant and above shall use their assigned designators.


OFF-DUTY LAW ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYMENT
All officers working off-duty law enforcement employment shall use assigned designators as specified in General Order 340, Section V.E.


OTHER AGENCIES
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Radio: "ABC1" through "ABC9"
CAD: "ABC1" through "ABC9"

Detox Diversion Teams
Radio: "Detox 1" and "Detox 2"
CAD: "DET1" and "DET2"

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Radio: "FBI 10" through "FBI 12"
CAD: "FB10" through "FB12"

Game Wardens
Radio: "GW1" through "GW9"
CAD: "GW01" through "GW09"

Northern Virginia Community College Campus Police Department
Radio: "NOVA 1"
CAD: "NCC1"

Medical Examiner's Office
Radio: "ME1"
CAD: "ME01"

Mobile Crisis
Radio: "Woodburn 1"
CAD: "WB01"

Norfolk Southern Railway Company Police
Radio: "Railroad 1" through "Railroad 3"
CAD: "RR01" through "RR03"

Radio Shop
Radio: "Radio 1" through "Radio 99"
CAD: "RAD1" through "RAD99"

Sheriff's Department

Deputies
Radio: "Sheriff" + assigned EIN
CAD: "S" + assigned EIN

Mt. Vernon Station
Radio: "Lockup" + station number (2) + consecutive number from 0 through 5
CAD: "LU" + "2" + consecutive number from 0 through 5

Mason Station
Radio: "Lockup" + station number (4) + consecutive number from 0 through 5
CAD: "LU" + "4" + consecutive number from 0 through 5

Virginia State Police
CAD: "VSP7"

wow..how do you know all that information?

Good info. I tried to add this to the FFX Underground wiki, I thought it might be useful to keep all this info on there, but I fucked it up.

How do you create a new wiki page on here?

Damn! Longest post award!

To make a new wiki page, the easy wasy is to type teh name exactly as you want it in the search box and then when it cant find the page, click make a new page.

fd Wrote:
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> wow..how do you know all that information?


I've been listening to Fairfax PD & FD for a couple years now & I used to volunteer with the department.

If you find this scanner link interesting, and you have $500 laying around, get a digital scanner - I have a Uniden BCD-396T - it's a f'ing awesome scanner - if you want to listen to Fairfax, or just about any local jurisdiction, you'll need a digital scanner - and all them cost around $500+.

If you want more info on the Fairfax radio system, check out radioreference.com - the forums are a great place to get any questions answered, and myself and a few other people will often post info about any major incidents here - http://www.radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?goto=lastpost&t=46704

We are using a BCD996T scanner for the site. It is Uniden's current top of the line digital trunk tracking scanner. It isn't the most user friendly beast to set up, but there are third parties that sell programs that make the set up alot easier. I use one from Butel. I also subscribe to radioreference.com so that I can pull down the changes to the systems I scan (they can change quite frequently) over the internet and then program them into the scanner.

A second scanner is planned for the site to cover aircraft traffic at Dulles. Since this traffic isn't digital and isn't trunked I can use an earlier generation (but still good) scanner for this purpose. I should have this available shortly depending on what I can find on the used market.

Suicide attempt, 24 yr male took 20 vicatin. Parents reported it. What's with teens these days?

20 "vicodin" should cause you to puke before the opiates have a chance to kill you. Acetaminophen is poison at large doses.

"Suicide attempt, 24 yr male took 20 vicatin. Parents reported it. What's with Gravis these days?"

The fire alarm at my condo started going off about 10 minutes ago, the FFX trucks are here and I'm listening to the scanner broadcast as it all is happening. Pretty cool.

Terry - Is there anyway to just listen to the Fairfax PD/FD instead of the Dulles Police, etc. Thanks.

TheMeeper Wrote:
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> The fire alarm at my condo started going off about
> 10 minutes ago, the FFX trucks are here and I'm
> listening to the scanner broadcast as it all is
> happening. Pretty cool.

Keep us posted! If the smoke gets bad, I've heard wet towels around your head helps. Stay online as long as you can...but when the flames engulf your computer, it's OK to bail.

It was the usual false alarm. It was interesting to hear how they handled it, at one point I heard them broadcast outside my front door, while I was listening terrysb's scanner on my couch.

Yes, normally throughout most of the day - but as a minimum 9am - Midnight I have FFX only. So, no Dulles, no PWC, no Loudoun. If most of the people listening would prefer that I keep FFX up only - 24/7 then let me know. I have no problem doing that.

Actually, I have been receiving feedback from some of the listeners. It seems that the majority prefer to listen to FFX PD/FD only. So, for now I intend to leave it in that mode unless an incident occurs that crosses jurisdictions. Then, I can temporarily include that traffic so that we can follow the chase.

Thanks for putting this online, its great.

Losers......get a life

park1 Wrote:
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> Losers......get a life

Sounds like you need to listen to your own advice spod....

First of all thanks for the scanner! Awesome!

Personally I would like 24/7. Being an old scanner(BC3000XLT Bearcat) listener before the County went digital, it always seemed that the good stuff usually happened 10-3am. I am assuming you have added the three Chopter channels?

Just the PD and FD would be good. It's a little confusing having all the County channels going at once with the PD and FD. One second the Police are talking and then the next thing I hear is about somebody trying to pull some cables at a County building?

Is there some way with Teamspeak that we could turn off certain channels if we don't want to hear them?

Cool, some cop just popped Bambi.

Update: It took him two bullets. Probably should have used a shotgun.

Yeah, I agree the calls can get confusing as the FD/PD calls are mixed in. I also wish we could hear the whole call and what the conclusion/outcome was.

Thanks again Terry.

If you want to be picky about what you hear, buy your own! Listen whenever, wherever and whatever you want.

I don't believe they are being picky.. they are making a request. It's like a radio station, see.

park1 Wrote:
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> Losers......get a life

Why is it that people who use the term “losers” have no friends? Discuss amongst yourself…

This post goes out all the stupid posters in the forum. You know who your are… or maybe you don’t know who your are..? LOL

Happy Birthday T\Gravis! You are now one year older. Thanks for sticking me the herpes lip girl. It took her 30 minutes to draw me a map of where she dances. Very entertaining. All had to do was say “Is there a bank on the corner here?” Three bar napkins later… I finally had to say, “Give me the name of place and I’ll use mapquest to find it!” Her response… “Map what?”

So, to answer a few comments:

1. The PD/FD scan is now FFX only. I agree that having other counties in the scan is very confusing and it also detracts from the FFX scan because of the scanning time involved.

2. The nature of scanning is that you have to be able to follow things in parallel as the scan cycles through the various active channels. However, if I am by the scanner and listening then I can manually halt the scan if an interesting incident develops on a particular channel. I normally do this.

3. Teamspeak has no knowledge of what the scanner is doing. So, there are no controls within Teamspeak to selectively filter out traffic. It simply takes the input audio from the scanner and streams it out on separate user connections.

4. Despite the shortcomings of the way the setup operates unless you are willing to invest in a high-end scanner, programming software, and a good antenna this is as good as it gets.

5. I will continue to improve things as time goes on. I already have a usable Dulles ATC channel completely separate from the FFX scan. So, if you want to hear aircraft in and out of Dulles give it a try. I will continue to improve reception on this channel, but keep in mind it is AM, so it carries a bit more noise on the channel than you get on FM or digital as the PD/FD use.

antenna...what kind of input for an anttena does the scanner have? YOu can make one on the cheap with a few coathangers.

Also, there are some new ones out that plug into any building's electrical system, so every wire int eh building makes up the antenna. Not sure how much they cost, though.

I'm sure you can make an antenna from a few coat hangers.

Somehow, I don't think this will perform nearly as well as the large discone I have mounted in my attic to provide clear coverage over the wide frequency band needed for effective scanning in the 150 MHZ - 875 MHZ range.

Hi Terry,

Thanks very much for the online scanner. I have installed it in my office and at other friends locations. Folks find it very interesting. In fact one friend of mine called his significant other on the cell phone when he heard her info being called in for a traffice stop. It was pretty funny, because the fiancee told the cop on tbe call her friends were laughing there butts off. It made him laugh and she was let off with a warning.

Keep up the good work,

Rick

Thanks Rick...

I'm glad people are enjoying it. People don't realize just how much goes on in FFX county until you get a dose of what the PD and FD are doing out there.

This is very cool. It would be interesting if listeners could chat with each other....but I'm sure that would end up being a bused

Or maybe someone could do play by play. Chuck Thompson maybe, if he's still alve.

It is possible to set up a chat channel but that would mean switching from the pd/fd channel to the chat channel, probably not ideal. The one thing I was thinking of is to set up a website where users would be able to notify other users (probably using an RSS feed) if something interesting is going on. That way people could jump on the channel to hear the action.

Is there any place on-line to get a map of the Fairfax County Fire & Rescue fire box locations?

A few years ago I got mine from one of the offices at the FFX County Govt Center. The fee was pretty nominal.

I just checked and these maps are still for sale. You can go directly to Fairfax County Govt Center, Suite 156 and purchase the "Fire and Rescue Department Assignment Box System" map.

Here is the link:

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/maps/officeMaps.htm#noSale

I spoke with the county and the map is available for $7

I put the instrucions on the wiki: http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/wiki/Scanner

To terrysb: You don't know how much I appreciate you providing this scanner feed to those of us that want to hear what is going on in FFX. I like listening to it to hear some professional dispatching rather than the redneck crap I hear around here. I am originally from FFX Co (Falls Church area), but now live in eastern NC. It's nice to be able to listen to what's going on back home as I miss living there. I am seriously considering having our dispatchers to listen to some REAL radio traffic in hopes they can become more professional. Again terrysb, I for one REALLY appreciate the time and effort you have gone through to provide this feed !!!

S.L. Thompson, Detective
Jones County Sheriff's Office
Trenton, NC

I'm a cop you idiot!

Is it me, or does the scanner not really give out the 'hot calls' anymore? It seemes to have slowed down since the begining of the year?

You are welcome. I'm glad that people find the scanner traffic interesting. The scanner site has been up for almost a year now and has a steady set of visitors.

The FFX channels have not changed since June 2007 and the scanner has been set to exactly the same channels as always. It is possible that FFX has modified their procedures knowing that their scanner traffic is online by using their data terminals more for certain types of dispatches. However, I personally have not noticed any difference in the traffic over the FFX channels. I still hear tactical radio traffic during pursuits and ground to chopper traffic, etc. It could be that during the times you are listening activities are at a lull.

Thanks Terry, glad to see you are still around.

I usually listen to it at night. I just remember in the beginning the scanner seemed more active in users and calls. I guess I just need to listen to it all day..lol.

Hey, would you consider covering Vienna? Our police and the town don't really report crime to us citizens. We were thinking of buying a scanner, but if someone else has it online, that would obviously be better. Thanks!

The dispatch channels for Vienna PD are already covered by the scanner

any one know how to get a radio to acturally pick up the fairfax channels

can you use the speex codec so mac users can connect too?

Y r they using 10 codes i thought it was plan english now... Did someone not get the memo

Joe Joe Wrote:
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> Y r they using 10 codes i thought it was plan
> english now... Did someone not get the memo


To make you worry and ask stupid questions.

Damn im listening and they have a stolen car pulled over and fx 1 is up hovering and there r 8 units on scene damn takin 2x occupants into custody son nice 1 terry any chance of a arlington or pwc scan?

You know what's cool. If you have the scanner on in the background while playing san andreas and driving around in a cop car.

i second this request

alexander Wrote:
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> can you use the speex codec so mac users can
> connect too?

I cant get it to connect? how come? im following all the directions