Radio Guidelines/Desk Guidelines
Command Strings
Radio ID’s
Districts/Municipalities
Wildcards
100

What does PSAP stand for?

Public Safety Answering Point

100

What is the command to pull a wrecker?

CR,Unit

100

X

South Florida Task Force

100

What is briny breezes municipality code?

BBZ

100

What button on Vesta allows you to get a new or better 1020?

Rebid

200

Name the function necessary in Vesta when going on break or leaving your station

Log out completely

200

A unit wants to be put on 1040 at Lantana/Jog IHOP, how would you do this?

Us,Unit,1040,IHOP

200

300

Administrative/Support Sergeants

200

What is district 19? What talk group does it fall under? 

South Palm Beach 

SR1

200

What are the abbreviations for west of? intersection?

W/ I/

300

Who should you notify if a unit advises they are going “code 3” in response to a dispatch?

The sergeant 

300

A unit is enroute to a S49 in their zone, they then key up and advise they are redirecting for a 1050. What command is necessary before starting this 1050?

FR,unit

300

My callsign is 192U- What kind of unit am I

Command Duty Officer

300

What are the boundary lines of d7?

Clint Moore to Broward County Line
300

Name 5 different kinds of alarms

49D- Domestic

49H- Hold up/panic 

49G-Government

49- Burglar

49E- Electronic Bank

400

Describe the policy for how to handle a non emergency issue called into 911

Handle the issue on 911, advise them to use non emergency number in the future and provide the number 

400

A unit calls out a S/11

The unit is 3A22, they give you a tag of GJH367 and they state they’re at Okeechobee/Jog 

Provide the appropriate command string 

FI,3A22,11,GJH367,,Okeechobee/Jog

400

Provide an example of a non-uniform gang Sergeant

425G

400

Name all of the districts and their names within WR2

D9- Royal Palm Beach

D15- Loxahatchee

D17-Loxahatchee Groves

D18- Westlake 

400

What is the correct procedure for giving 1033

Give 3 alert tones, advise 1033 for location over the air, activate channel marker, turn on blue light, put unit in t33 status in CAD

500

Describe at least 9 different steps you would take in the event you attempt a 10-04 check and the unit does not answer

Check on the unit twice by unit Id

3rd time by name and ID

4th time alert tone name and ID

Page the unit

Notify the sergeant 

Notify the supervisor 

Have other channels check 

Check 1091 

Issue 1033 traffic 

500

4A32 and 4A11 are on a 49.

4A11 advises 97

4A11 then states “1008 FAR other bu”

4A32 acknowledges then says to show them 1006 at District 4

A,4A11

US,4A11,AV,FAR

US,4A32,AV,1006

500

Provide an example of a district 13 sergeant using the number 1

Provide an example of a dayshift district 13 unit working sector 2, they go home at 1730

13S1

13A22

500

List 7 contracted municipalities for PBSO

D2-Mangonia Park

D8- Wellington 

D9- Royal Palm Beach

D10- Lake Park

D11- South Bay

D12- Pahokee

D13- City of Belle Glade

500

Describe the policy for notifications and response for an excited delerium call

Notify watch commander, commo spv, ems and have them stage 

Send 6 units, including K9, CIT, and a sergeant