Police Callsign Types

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Revision as of 22:38, 12 September 2021 by JamesN (talk | contribs) (→‎Special callsigns: ATOC still use the Police radio call sign JTOC (although not in the Police call sign database). The call sign "ATOC" is not used. In 2014, JTOC changed its name to ATOC, but the Police radio call sign is still JTOC.)
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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.

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

Some non standard callsigns are used for special purposes.

Callsign Description
Zero Alpha Armed Offenders Squad incident commander
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 Centre
JTOC Auckland Transport Operations Centre
WNTOC Wellington Transport Operations Centre

Unit type

Code Description Counties Manukau/Bay of Plenty Areas
A Commissioned Officer (Inspector etc) Commissioned Officer
B Beat Unit Beat Unit
C Crime Car/CIB Patrol Crime Car/CIB Patrol
D Dog Patrol (Delta) Dog Patrol (Delta)
E Uniform Enquiry Car Reserved
F Forensics (Fingerprints/Photos) Forensics/SOCO
FX Serious Crash ?
G Logistics Prosecutions
H Highway Patrol Unit Highway/Motorway Patrol Unit
I Incident Patrol (I-Car) Public Safety Team (Multi Crew)
J Combined Investigative Unit Public Safety Team (Single Crew)
K Scene of Crime Officer (SOCO) Reserved
L Maritime Launch Custody Unit/Support
M Mounted Patrol (Motorcycle/Bicycle) DCC Support/Intel Unit
N Senior Sergeant Senior Sergeant
O Community Policing Community Policing
P Team Policing Team Policing
Q Single Crew Patrol (Q-Car) Training
R Rural Patrol Car Road Crime Unit
S Sergeant - Public Safety (also used added to other prefixes) Sergeant - Public Safety
T Traffic Unit Road Policing/SCU/CVST
U Motorway Patrol Unit Operation A
V Sergeant - Traffic Operation B
W Special Traffic (Speed Cameras/CVST) Maritime Launch/PNT/AOS/STG
X General CIB General CIB
Y Youth Aid/Education Major CIB
Z Diplomatic/VIP/Witness Protection Maori Warden/Camera Operator/Community Patrol