Callsign Range |
Identity |
100-199 |
Ranking Officers |
150-159 |
District Duty Officers |
200-299 |
Station Cars |
250-256 |
Cars with supervising Sergeants |
300-399 |
Divvy Vans |
350-359 |
Divvy van with Snr Constable or Sgt (Country only) |
400-499 |
Crime Cars & CPS |
500-599 |
CIB |
550-559 |
CIB Night Shift and on call |
600-699 600 61*, 62* 63* 650 66* 69* |
TOG Senior Sergeant Marked TOG sedans Unmarked TOG sedans ("Q-Cars") Supervising Sergeant Marked TOG motorbikes Courier Cars |
700-799 |
Specials and TOG |
800-899 |
Foot & Bicycle patrols, Mounted Section, Special Solos |
900 |
Station |
*When given with a Station Prefix the last of the three digits is the start of the officers’ shift (24 Hr clock).
Air Wing
The Air Wing uses a 400 callsign series:
40* = Ground vehicles
41* = Fixed wing aircraft - Cessnas
47* = Rotary wing aircraft - Squirrels
49* = Rotary wing aircraft - Dauphins
eg. AIR 402, (filling truck,) AIR 492, (helicopter,) etc..
N.B.
1.The air ambulance helicopter identifies on any service as AIR 495;
2.Rotary wing aircraft from other services identify as " 499".
Dog Squad
The Dog Squad use the 200 series, but do not follow the divisional shift system. Units are instead allocated individual callsigns.
Canine 2** - Regular Dog Squad Units
Canine 7** - Drug Dogs & Explosives Dogs
eg. CANINE 278, CANINE 256, CANINE 720, etc.; these are all dog squad units