BREVARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

MISC. UNITS
ID        UNIT
1600's    Off Duty Special Assignment Units
3000's    Deputy's ID number
AG        Agriculture Units
BAT       Breathalyzer Units
Chaplin   Department Priest or Minister
Charlie   Jail Bloodhounds
COP       Citizen Observer Units
DJJ       Department of Juvenile Justice Units
EOD       Bomb Squad Units
INDIA     Investigators
Motor     Traffic Units
November  Warrant Units
Radio     Administration Units
Radio 1   Sheriff Phil Williams
Radio 5   Watch Commander
SA        State Attorney Units
Star      Helicopters
SWAT      SWAT Team
TANGO     Transport Units?
Whiskey   Prisoner Vans
ZULU      SIU Units
K#        Canine (Dog) Units

North Precinct     - Titusville
East Precinct      - Merritt Island
West Precinct      - Viera
South Precinct     - Melbourne
Canaveral Precinct - Cape Canaveral

Sergeant and Corporal units have a shift designation after their ID number (A, B, C, D, or E).
Sergeant and Corporal units are marked "Supervisor".
Training Officer units are marked "Training Officer".

The BCSO Canaveral Precinct is under contract to supply police services to the following:
City of Cape Canaveral -  units are marked "Cape Canaveral"
Canaveral Port Authority -  units are marked "Port Canaveral"

MELBOURNE POLICE DEPARTMENT
Melbourne Patrol Units are dispatched by their Shift and Zone Area.
Examples: Alpha 2 - Day Shift / Zone 2
          Bravo 5 - Night Shift / Zone 5

North District - Zones 1 to 5
South District - Zones 6 to 9

For a map of the Melbourne PD patrol zones go to http://www.melbourneflorida.org/police/melbmap.htm

Command Staff units use a 3 digit designation.

PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT
The following information was not obtained from official sources.

Palm Bay Police Officers are dispatched by their ID number, which is also the officer's car number.
Officer's usually take their cars home with them when off duty. They use the same car each day unless it
is in for maintenance or repair. Spare cars usually do not have numbers on them or are the older cars.
Officers rotate shifts and do not necessarily patrol the same zone every day.

Supervisor car's are marked with their rank (chevron) on the front sides of the unit.
Traffic Enforcement cars are marked "Traffic Enforcement".
Most other cars are Zone Units. Zone units are assigned to one of the twelve TAC zones.
                East District - Zones 1 to 6
                   ZONE     AREA
                   1 & 2    U.S 1
                   3 & 4    North East
                   5 & 6    South East

                West District - Zones 7 to 12
                   ZONE     AREA
                   7 & 8    North West
                   9 & 11   South West
                  10 & 12   Central (HQ area)

There is usually one backup unit for each district.
Detective units are not listed for security reasons.

AREA           LOCATION
507            Babcock St.
509            Minton Rd.
514            Malabar Rd.
516            Palm Bay Rd.
The Boulevard  Port Malabar Blvd.
The Highway    Dixie Hwy. (U.S. 1)

COCOA POLICE DEPARTMENT

Cocoa Police Units are dispatched by their ID number.

Cocoa PD has 7 patrol zones.

WEST MELBOURNE PD
Patrol officers work two 12 hour shifts.
A Shift - 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM (Alpha 1 - 4)
B Shift - 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM (Bravo 1 - 4)

LIMA # - Lieutenant
SIERRA # - Sergeant

MELBOURNE VILLAGE PD
Patrol Units: 803

BEACHSIDE POLICE DEPTS.

ID        UNIT
1's       Indialantic (1 - 12)
4         Indialantic Sergeant
5         Indialantic Sergeant
100's     Indian Harbour Beach
300's     Melbourne Beach
400's     Satellite Beach
          "Victor #" - C.O.P. Units (Citizen Observer)
7         Cocoa Beach Patrol Supervisor

Indialantic Police units are dispatched by their ID number (ID# 1 to 12).
Indialantic unit 8 marked "supervisor".

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