Scanning Louisville area police
The Louisville area has always been divided into two sections, one being Jefferson county and the other was the city of Louisville.Each had it's own police, fire and EMS services and radio systems.In 2003 the citizens of Louisville and Jefferson county voted to merge the city and county governments to form one Louisville metro government.
Today the Louisville area is still seperated into two areas.The former city of Louisville is called the URBAN SERVICE DISTRICT and the unincorporated area around the old city limits formerly known as Jefferson county is the SUBURBAN SERVICE DISTRICT.
Just like scanning the Louisville fire services, monitoring the Louisville area police units is a little tricky.The old city police department used a UHF radio system and the old county police used VHF so when merger came around this made communicating between the urban and suburban police divisons difficult ,although today they have made it a little easier by installing a Moto-Bridge system so that urban and suburban units can communicate over one shared channel.
The Louisville metro area and the smaller cities within are served by about 10 different law enforcement agencies including Louisville Metro Police (LMPD), Jefferson County Sheriff's Office(JCSO), Middletown Police, Jeffersontown Police, Shively Police, West Buechel Police, City of Lynn View Police, Anchorage Police, Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement (KVE) and the Kentucky State Police (KSP).
Many of the smaller departments use simplex systems so you may have trouble receiving them.Note the KSP and KVE share a digitally encoded system so you will need a digital capable scanner in order to monitor them.
Louisville METRO Police Department
The LMPD unit number system is pretty simple.The patrol or "Beat Cars" are identified using a 3 digit-1 letter ID number.The first number is the divison the unit is assigned to( 1 thru 8), the second number is the work shift or "Platoon" of that officer and the third number indicates what sector or "Beat" within the divison the unit is assigned to patrol.The letter is used to identify that individual unit of that divison,platoon and beat because there is usually more then one unit patroling each beat.
Here's an example,if you hear an LMPD unit identify as 123-ADAM it means that unit is assigned to the 1st divison, 2nd platoon, beat 3 and that unit is the "A" unit on that beat.
The command staff units identify using a single or double digit unit number.
Here are the other unit number types:
- 900-999 Detectives, Evidence Tech Unit & Support Personnel
- 1100-1199 Traffic Officers, Tow Trucks & Civilian Control Units
- 1200-1299 Crimes Against Children Unit
- 1300-1399 Narcotics & Vice
- 1400-1499 Probation & Parole
- 1500-1599 Training, Planning and other units
- 1600-1699 Possibly Chaplins
- 1700-1799 Radio Shop
Note that anytime you here a unit say "X-RAY" before giving his unit number it means that unit is off duty, for example "X-RAY 123-ADAM TO RADIO".
10-2 Signal Is Good 10-46 Disorderly Person
10-4 Message Received 10-47 Drunk
10-5 Meal Break 10-48 Hit & Run Accident
10-6 Busy, Stand By 10-49 Accident W/No Injury
10-7 Out Of Service 10-50 Accident W/Injury
10-8 In Service 10-51 Wrecker Needed At-----
10-9 Repeat Information 10-52 Traffic Problem
10-10 On Detail 10-53 Wires Down
10-15 Subject Under Arrest 10-54 Investigation
10-16 Pick Up-------- 10-55 Drunk Driver
10-18 Anything For Us? 10-56 Exposure Of Person
10-19 Nothing For You 10-57 Child Molester
10-20 Location 10-58 Children Left Alone
10-21 Call-----By Phone 10-59 Meet The Officer
10-22 Report In Person 10-60 Tampering W/Auto
10-23 Arrived At Scene 10-62 Loud Noise, Party
10-24 10-8 W/ Report 10-70 Fire (field, trash, etc.)
10-25 10-8 W/ No Report 10-71 Fire (building,auto,etc.)
10-26 Detaining Subject 10-72 Reckless Driving
10-27 Driver's License Info 10-73 Drag Racing
10-28 Full Registration 10-74 Disorderly Person/Auto
10-29 Check For Want 10-75 Bomb Threat
10-30 Officer In Trouble 10-79 Plane Crash
10-31 Domestic Trouble 10-80 Corpse
10-32 Trouble 10-81 Hear Attack
10-33 Break In 10-82 Injured Person
10-34 Hold Up 10-83 Sick Person
10-35 Burglar Alarm 10-84 Man Or Woman Down
10-36 Prowler 10-85 Wanted Person
10-37 Fight 10-86 Injured Stray Person
10-38 Subject W/Weapon 10-88 Advise Phone No.
10-39A Cutting 10-90 Lost, Missing Person
10-40 Hospital Run 10-91 Talk Closer To Mic
10-41 Get A Report 10-92 Talk Further From Mic
10-42 See The Subject 10-94 Give Radio Test
10-43 Robbery,No Hold Up 10-95 Officer held hostage
10-44 Abandoned Auto 10-96 Hostage situation
10-97 Rape
Code 1 Non- Emergency
Code 3 Emergency - Lights & Siren
LMPD Urban Frequencies.
Frequency CH Description
- 460.0250 F-1 LMPD Urban (Divisions 1 & 2)
- 460.1500 F-2 LMPD Urban (Divisions 4 & 5)
- 460.3750 F-3 LMPD Urban (Warrant Checks)
- 460.4750 F-4 LMPD Urban/Suburban Bridge
- 460.1000 F-5 LMPD Info / Warrants
- 460.2250 F-6 LMPD Car-to-Car
- 453.5750 F-7 LMPD Dispatch (Car-to-Car)
LMPD Suburban Frequencies.
Frequency CH Description
- 154.7400 F-1 LMPD Suburban (South / West)
- 154.8600 F-2 LMPD Suburban (Far West/Far East)
- 155.5800 F-3 LMPD Suburban Information
- 154.8300 F-4 LMPD Suburban Car-to-Car
- 155.0700 F-5 LMPD Suburban Command
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is responsible for the execution of all court ordered documents such as EPO/Warrents, Evictions/ Executions and Vehicle Inspections as well as providing Court Security and deputies for school resource and student education programs.
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Frequencies
Frequency CH Description
- 453.6750 F-1 Sheriff Dispatch
- 453.9750 F-2 Sheriff Dispatch
- 453.4000 F-3 Sheriff
- 458.3375 ? Sheriff
- 460.2000 ? Sheriff
- 155.4750 ? Sheriff
- 458.4000 ? Sheriff
- 458.6750 ? Sheriff
- 458.9750 ? Sheriff
- 465.2000 ? Sheriff
Other Police Departments
Frequency CH Description
- 851.7125 F-1 Anchorage PD Dispatch
- 460.3000 F-1 Jeffersontown PD Dispatch
- 155.6550 F-1 Shively Police Dispatch
- 151.4150 F-2 Shively Police Car-to-Car
- 409.4375 ? VA Hospital PD
- 453.2000 ? University of Louisville Police
- 155.1900 ? ST. Matthews Police
Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement
Frequency CH Description Mode
- 453.3000 F-1 KVE Dispatch/Operations APCO-25
- 153.9200 F-2 KVE Mobile Extenders APCO-25
Kentucky State Police
KSP Radio Codes
10-10 Subject To Call
10-11 Talking Too Fast
10-12 Visitors Present
10-14 Convoy Or Escort 10-15 Prisoner In Custody
10-16 Pick Up Prisoner
10-25 Have You Contacted ________
10-30 Doesn't Follow Rules
10-32 Is Breathalyzer Available?
10-35 Confidential Info. Required
10-36 Correct Time
10-37 Operator On Duty
10-45 Accident-Property Damage
10-46 Accident-Injury 10-47 Registration Without ID
10-49 Payroll Checks
10-50 Expense Checks
10-54C Coroner
10-55 Rape/Sex Related Offense
10-56 Indecent Exposure
10-57 Child Abuse 10-58 Missing/Lost Child 10-59 Meet The Officer 10-60 Suspicious Person 10-61 Suspicious Vehicle 10-62 Loud Party 10-63 Loud Vehicle 10-64 Are You OK? 10-65 Yes 10-66 Clear For Cancellation 10-66 Assistance Needed 10-67 10-7 For Shift 10-68 10-8 For Shift 10-69 Return To....... 10-70 Net Message 10-71 Field/Trash Fire 10-72 Ambulance Run
10-73 Check Smoke In Area 10-74 Suicidal Subject 10-74A Suicide 10-75 Bomb Threat 10-76 Plane Crash Alert 10-77 Plane Has Crashed 10-78 Train Derailment 10-80 Corpse 10-81 Heart Attack 10-82 Injured Person 10-83 Sick Person 10-84 Person Down 10-85 Wanted Person 10-86 Wanted Person/Felony 10-88 Your Phone Number? 10-90 Missing Person (adult) 10-91 Hostage Situation 10-92 Officer Hostage Situation 10-95 Advise ETA 10-96 Enroute 10-97 Arrived At Scene 10-98 Finished Present Assignment 10-99 Finished Without Report
Signals:
1 Officer Residence 6 Phone---
2 Meet At Location 7 Officer Needs Help
3 Any Traffic? 8 Disregard
4 Report To Post 9 Emergency
5 Mealtime 10 Confidential Message
Other Codes
0100 – Speeding
0115 – Reckless Driving
0148 – DUI--Drugs
0149 – Drunk driving
202A – Involuntary Hospitalization
600 – Mental Patient/”Acting Mental”
2301 – Public intoxication
2304 – Under the Influence of Drugs
Abbreviations
UTL – Unable to Locate
ATL – Attempt to locate
MVA – Motor Vehicle Accident
MVC – Motor Vehicle Collision
Post 4 (Elizibethtown)
Frequency CH Description Mode
- 453.18750 A Sheperdsville Alt CH APCO-25
- 460.41250 B Sheperdsville Dispatch APCO-25
KSP Statewide
Frequency Description Mode
- 154.66500 Mobile Extenders FM
- 153.92000 Tactical Operations FM
- 154.92000 Portable Repeater FM
- 155.37000 Tactical - Intercity Mutual Aid FM
- 155.47500 KLEEN Net FM
- 472.00000 KSP - SWAT Statewide APCO-25
- 453.30000 Car-to-Car / Air-to-Ground APCO-25
- 460.25000 Air-to-Ground APCO-25
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