Police Callsign Types
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Call sign Format
With the exception of Counties Manukau and Bay of Plenty police districts, who operate a different system, unit call signs follow this format:
- Two characters: indicating the home station, beat area or district in which the unit primarily operates.
- A character indicating the unit type.
- Up to three characters which uniquely identify the unit.
In the Counties Manukau and Bay of Plenty police districts, unit call signs are five characters in length and follow this format:
- Two characters that identify the geographical area of responsibility.
- A letter and digit that identify the unit type.
- Unique identifier of the unit: Digit = supervisory/NCO level and above; Letter = others.
Examples:
- TNI3 Takapuna I-Car (general duties), late shift.
- SVM1 Auckland Motorways motorcycle unit, section 1.
- CMT8C Counties Manukau serious crash unit officer.
Home station
For a list of the home station codes, see Category:Police callsigns for a list of each region page with police callsigns.
Special callsigns
Occasionally non standard callsigns are used for special purposes.
| Callsign | Description |
|---|---|
| Zero Alpha | Armed Offender Squad incident control point |
| Northcomm Alpha | Shift Commander, Northern Comm Centre |
| Central Alpha | Shift Commander, Central Comm Centre |
| Southcomm Alpha | Shift Commander, Southern Comm Centre |
| AVSEC | Aviation Security Service pandemic response assistance team |
| DCC | District Command Center |
| JTOC | Auckland Transport Operations Centre |
| WNTOC | Wellington Transport Operations Centre |
Unit type
Unit type codes are as follows (Trial call sign unit identifiers in use in Counties Manukau and Bay of Plenty districts are also listed):
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| A | Commissioned officer (inspector) |
| B | Beat Unit |
| C | Crime Car (CIB patrol for initial attendance at serious crimes) |
| CC | City Cameras |
| CP | Community Watch/Patrol |
| D | Dog patrol / Delta |
| E | Uniform Enquiry unit |
| F | Fingerprints/Photographs |
| G | Logistics |
| H | Highway Patrol traffic unit |
| I | Incident Patrol (Uniform); also Public Safety Team (multi crew) |
| J | Combined investigative unit; also Public Safety Team (single crew) |
| K | Scene of Crime officer |
| L | Police Launch; also Prisoner Transport |
| M | Mounted patrol (Motorcycle/Bicycles) |
| N | Senior Sergeant |
| O | Community Constable |
| P | Team Policing Unit |
| Q | Single crewed unit attends historic/non urgent incidents |
| R | Rural Patrol Unit; also Road Policing Unit |
| S | Public Safety Team Sergeant (PST is the new name for General Duties) |
| T | General Traffic unit (road policing/CVST) |
| U | Motorways Unit |
| V | Traffic Sergeant |
| W | Misc Traffic units (Speed Cameras/Commercial Vehicle investigation units) |
| X | Misc CIB units |
| Y | Youth Aid/Education |
| Z | Diplomatic Protection Squad; also Community Patrols |
