Public Safety Radio System Law Enforcement Radio Channels

Law Enforcement Channels Overview Base Sites Six Main Tower Locations Independence Tower Aurora Water Tower Rowley Water Tower Fairbank Tower Jesup Water Tower Court House Tower 2/22/2013 Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision -

Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision - Tower Layout Map layout showing future towers that will be used, Court House, Hawkeye, Aurora, Rowley, and Hospital. Remote receivers for law will be placed on the Jesup and Fairbank water towers. A paging transmitter may be needed at Fairbank. Will determine after the Hawkeye and Aurora sites are built. 2/22/2013 Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision -

Law Operational Channels LAWOPS 1 Repeater, Main Dispatch / Operations Channel LAWOPS 2 Simplex, Secondary Dispatch / Operations Channel LAW INFO Simplex, Dispatch Information Channel VLAW31 (Law Mutual Aid) Interoperability Channel 2/22/2013 Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision -

Law Operational Channels CF LEA Interoperability Channel JAIL OPS Simplex, Dispatch Information Channel 2/22/2013 Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision -

Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision - Mobile Only Channels Law Tactical Channels LAWTAC A (Analog) or LAWTAC D (Digital) CAR2CAR Iowa Channel VHF “VTAC” Channels National Interoperability Channels Surrounding Jurisdictions 2/22/2013 Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision -

Channels With Best Coverage Repeaters PAGING Hear from all tower locations. Talk from all tower locations. 2/22/2013 Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision -

Channels With Best Coverage Repeaters LAWOPS 1 FIREOPS 1 EM OPS ROADS Simplex FIREOPS 2 Hear from all tower locations. Talk from just Independence. 2/22/2013 Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision -

Channels With Good Coverage Repeaters LAWOPS 2 Hear from just Independence. Talk from just Independence. 2/22/2013 Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision -

Channels With Lowest Coverage Simplex LAW INFO VLAW31 VFIRE21 JAIL OPS PT TO PT VCALL10 UCALL40 8CALL90 UBUCLINK Hear from just Court House. Talk from just Court House. 2/22/2013 Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision -

Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision - Channels in Handhelds 2/22/2013 Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision -

Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision - Channels in Handhelds 2/22/2013 Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision -

Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision - Channels in Mobiles 2/22/2013 Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision -

Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision - Channels in Mobiles 2/22/2013 Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision -

What Channels are Used For? LAWOPS1 Primary operations channel, Repeater Used to talk to Dispatch, scene operations LAWOPS2 Secondary operations channel, Simplex INFO Interoperations channel, Simplex Dispatch monitors, scene operations 2/22/2013 Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision -

What Channels are Used For? LAWTACA On scene operations channel, Simplex Mobile ONLY! LAWTACD VLAW31 Interoperations channel, Simplex Dispatch monitors, used for contact with Law 2/22/2013 Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision -

What Channels are Used For? IOWA CH Interoperations channel, Simplex Mobile ONLY! Others may have. Ex: Tow Trucks EM OPS Emergency Management primary operations channel, Repeater Used to talk to Dispatch, disaster operations VCALL10 Dispatch monitors, National Calling Channel 2/22/2013 Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision -

What Channels are Used For? VTAC11 VTAC12 VTAC13 VTAC14 National Interoperability Channels for All Agencies, Simplex VTAC36 VTAC37 National Interoperability Channels for All Agencies, Repeater 2/22/2013 Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision -

What Channels are Used For? VFIRE22 VFIRE23 VFIRE24 VFIRE25 VFIRE26 National Interoperability Channels for Fire Agencies ONLY, Simplex Also have VFIRE21 2/22/2013 Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision -

Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision - Things to Remember With a Repeater, can see each other and may not be able to talk to each other. The Repeater has to be able to Hear and Talk to both of you. When this happens, switch to a simplex channel, FIREOPS2, FIRETAC, VFIRE. 2/22/2013 Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision -

Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision - Things to Remember With a Repeater, what you say will be head throughout the county. With a Simplex channel you are heard only as far as the radio carries (Handheld shorter distance than a mobile). Dispatch can hear the best with the towers and remote receive sites. 2/22/2013 Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision -

Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision - Things to Remember With a remote receivers, there will be cases that dispatch can hear you but can not talk to you. Dispatch can hear better then talk due to remote receive sites. This was done to ensure handheld coverage. 2/22/2013 Law Enforcement Channels Overview Revision -