Department Manual | Standard Operating Procedures
301 - Radio Traffic
301.1 Radio Traffic Etiquette
RTO refers to ”Radio Traffic Only”. This means that the frequencies are reserved strictly for police communication and there are certain standard practices that you must adopt in RTO Frequencies (Freq. 1, 2, 3).
RTO Policies:
Callouts must be informative but brief, you may wish to use 10 codes (optional) to achieve this.
You must always try to leave at least 2 seconds between each broadcast - this prevents anyone accidently talking over another officer in RTO and helps maintain our professionalism as a department.
Make sure you are certain of your location and the status of the situation before you call it out in RTO.
Signal 100 - Priority Traffic: This means all RTO callouts must be related to the current PRIORITY, if you are not a responding unit to the priority do not make any callouts in RTO. Signal 100 will be put in place by a supervisor/ dispatcher
301.2 Accessing the Radio
Shift + H: Opens In Game Radio
Freq. #1: Law Enforcement RTO
Freq. #2: Fire Department Radio Traffic Only
Freq. #3 & #4: Tactical Channels (SWAT/ High Priority)
Freq. #5 & #6: 10-1 Channels
Freq. #7 - #10: Placeholders (No Dedicated Use but whitelisted to Emergency Service Radios).
Freq. #11: Security Services
/radioname: sets your display name in radiolist, follow structure:
Callsign | Name | Union or Unit (if active)
Example: 1K## | J. Doe | Air 1
/vol [0-100]: sets radio volume (100 recommended)