Omaha Police radio call signs

Example of what you may hear: “1 XXXX 12”

Where: 1= Shift 

• 1=A shift
• 2=B shift
• 3=C shift
• 4=shift that overlaps C and A
• 5=specialized unit

Where: XXXX= Unit Type

Where: 12= District

• More information on OPD patrol districts

 Unit Types:

• Able-1: Air Support Unit
• Adam: One Officer District Patrol Car
• Alpha: Auto theft Detective
• Baker: Two Officer District Patrol Car
• Beat: One or two Officers Beat Patrol Car
  • High Crime areas
• Bravo: Burglary Detective
• Charles: Crime Lab
• Command: Sergeants and Lieutenants
  • Command “#0” -Command Sargent
    • 10,20-Northwest
    • 30,40-Northeast
    • 40,50-Southeast
    • 70,80-Southwest
  • COMMAND 1-Northwest LT
  • COMMAND 2-Northeast LT
  • COMMAND 3-Southeast LT
  • COMMAND 4-Southwest LT
• Delta: Gang Unit
• Edward: Emergency Response Team
  • SWAT
  • Bomb Squad
  • Negotiators
• George: OPD Detective
• Henry: Homicide Detective
• Ida: Intelligence/Vice Detective
• John: Headquarters Font Desk
• King: Canine Unit
• Mounted: Horse Mounted Patrol
• Nora: Narcotics Detective
• Ocean: School Resource Officer (SRO)
• Paul: Proactive Street Patrol
  • Usually does not respond to radio calls
• Precinct: Precinct Captain
• Solo: Motorcycle Patrol Officer
• Tom: Traffic Enforcement and Investigation Unit
• Union: Internal Affairs
• Zebra: Off-Duty Officer
  • Example: “ZEBRA###” where “###” would be the officer’s badge number