Voice Radio Communications

Question 1

Radio: Providing status changes for “priority zero” calls from units will be done by?

Answer 1

By Voice and MDT

Question 2

Radio: Self Dispatching is primarily for?

Answer 2

1. When communications go down
2. Mass Casualty or MACTAC

Question 3

Radio: When is it permissible to use the self-dispatch feature though the MDT on a high priority call?

Answer 3

1. After the 1st and 2nd units have been dispatched AND announced they are en- route over the radio. 2. Code red following an officer’s request for assistance.

Question 4

Radio: T/F you are on a 416B and have not yet made contact with the PR, when a foot pursuit is initiated with a code red, 2 blocks west of you. The proper response is to immediately clear the call M- Mary and respond to the pursuit?

Answer 4

False, do not enter a disposition and self-dispatch so the call gets routed back to the cue.

Question 5

Radio: Supervisors can use the self-dispatch to?

Answer 5

1) Close pending non-response calls, (Subject is gone)
2) After contacting the PR and deeming the call can be canceled. *** Should send an AM to dispatch in addition to updating the call***

Question 6

Radio: Priority one calls are acknowledged?

Answer 6

Voice and MDT

Question 7

Radio: Priority two calls are acknowledged

Answer 7

MDT ONLY

Question 8

Radio: Requests from citizens to field units for taxicabs should not be referred to Communications unless?

Answer 8

a telephone is not available.

Question 9

Radio: Prior to logging out for lunch, units will contact ___________ who will ______________.

Answer 9

1) Area Supervisor
2) Ensure there is sufficient manpower to cover the area

Question 10

Radio: Units may be called off of what stat, to answer a routine call?

Answer 10

483 Coffee Break

Question 11

Radio: The MDT Will be utilzed for the following?

Answer 11

1. Going to other
2. Lunch/coffee breaks
3. Clearing from an event

Question 12

Radio: The Officer taking the report is the ____________ and should be the ________________ ?

Answer 12

1. Primary Unit
2. First officer showing on the dispatch line of the MCT

Question 13

Radio: The phonetic alphabet will be used in all cases where?

Answer 13

License plate numbers are broadcast. Do not spell proper names, street and business names phonetically unless a doubt exists

Question 14

Radio: T/F, On car stops, a backup unit will be automatically dispatched. However, they will not for foot stops.

Answer 14

False, No backups for either

Question 15

Radio: Who ultimately controls unit response or non-response to any given call, Communications Supervisor or a Patrol Supervisor?

Answer 15

Patrol Supervisor

Question 16

Radio: Communications may dispatch any unit out of the unit’s assigned area, based on?

Answer 16

1. Need
2. Emergency
3. Clearance from a SGT.

Question 17

Radio: Who approves the dispatching of units out of jurisdiction to respond to MP or to handle recovered stolen vehicles?

Answer 17

Area LT

Question 18

Radio: A woman calls from a Hospital in EAC during Swing shift hours to report a DV that occurred in BAC during Day shift hours, who responds to take the report? Who conducts the crime scene investigation or makes an arrest?

Answer 18

EAC will take the report

BAC will conduct the crimes scene investigaiton

Question 19

Radio: During day shift hours, a man is robbed at gunpoint at a gas station in SCAC. He returns home to SAC and still during dayshift hours calls to report the crime. Who responds to take the report? Who conducts the crime scene investigation or makes an arrest?

Answer 19

SCAC Will do the Report

SCAC Will conduct the crime scene investigation and/or make the arrest.

Question 20

Radio: Covert/Undercover officers ___________ respond to a call assigned to a patrol unit unless specifically requested to, or unless the crime is occurring in their presence.

Answer 20

Will NOT

Question 21

Radio: T/F Officer Complaints will be referred to communications supervisors?

Answer 21

False, to Supervisors

Question 22

When Dispatching a priority one call, what info is broadcast over the radio?

Answer 22

1. The call sign(s) of who is assigned
2. IDF Code
3. Location of the call

Question 23

Details for a priority one call will be broadcast over the radio when?

Answer 23

1. When a unit requests it
2. A safety issue exists

Question 24

A Battery Domestic Violence occurs at Allegiant Stadium in CCAC during dayshift hours. The PR waits to report the crime until they are checked into Summerlin Hospital in SAC, still during dayshift hours. Who will respond to take the report? Who will conduct the investigations and make the arrest?

Answer 24

1. CCAC dayshift will take the report
2. CCAC will conduct the investigation and make the arrest.

Question 25

Radio: On a Priority Zero Call, how does the third assigned unit acknowledge being dispatched?

Answer 25

MDT

Question 26

Radio: T/F Getting a physical description of 411's on hot sheets will only be accepted after getting a 411 return on the MDT?

Answer 26

False

Question 27

Radio: The appropriate channel to get records and wants is?

Answer 27

The Wants Channel

Question 28

Radio: When is getting a "Wants or Warrant" request over the radio acceptable?

Answer 28

If the Officer deems it a safety concern

Question 29

Radio: Primary Units will clear with?

Answer 29

A letter disposition code only

Question 30

Radio: T/F If only one unit is available to respond to a call requiring another unit the call will hold until another available unit is available?

Answer 30

False, they will be sent alone