FROM THE ALL OHIO SCANNER CLUB:
SYSTEM PROFILE - The FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
History
The FBI traces its roots back to the year 1908 when then U.S. Attorney General Charles Bonaparte directed that Department of Justice investigations be handled by a small group of special investigators. The group was formed as the Bureau of Investigation and, in 1935, the present day name was designated by Congress.
Duties
The primary functions of the FBI and its agents are the investigations of violations of certain Federal statutes and the collection of evidence in cases in which the United States is or may be an interested party. The FBI performs other duties specifically imposed by law or Presidential directive and conducts a number of service activities for other law enforcement agencies. The FBI can investigate a matter only when it has authority to do so under a law passed by Congress or on instructions of the President or the Attorney General.
The FBI is not a Federal police force, it is a fact-finding organization investigating violations of Federal laws and its authority is strictly limited to matters within its jurisdiction. FBI agents may make arrests without a warrant for any Federal offense committed in their presence, or when they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is attempting to commit a felony violation of United States laws. Agents may also make arrests by warrant.
Agents do not make arrests for "investigation" or "on suspicion". Before arrests are made, if at all possible, the facts of each case are presented tom the U.S. Attorney who decides whether or not a Federal violation has occurred and, if so, the U.S. Attorney may authorize agents to file a complaint which serves as the basis of the arrest warrant.
The FBI has no authority to investigate local crimes which are not within its jurisdiction. The FBI will, however, render all possible assistance to the local police through the FBI Laboratory and Identification Division. The FBI LID maintains fingerprint files on approximately 70 million (yes, million) people. The FBI also maintains the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) which keeps records of missing persons, serialized stolen property, wanted persons for whom an arrest warrant is outstanding, and criminal histories on individuals arrested and fingerprinted for serious or significant offenses.
The NCIC is a computerized information system established by the FBI as a service to all criminal justice agencies: local, state and Federal. The information can be instantly retrieved over a vast communications network through the use of telecommunications equipment in criminal justice centers in various locations in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Many times when monitoring the local or county police/sheriff departments a reference to a NCIC check is heard.
The FBI is involved in criminal investigations and foreign counterintelligence efforts. Most notably criminal investigations are those of bank robberies and kidnapping cases. The FBI can also investigate criminal activity associated with interstate transportation of stolen property, and the FBI can investigate graft and corruption cases of local government under certain circumstances. Department of Justice offices mat be found on some military installations as the FBI has jurisdiction when a crime involves Government property, or funds, or when only civilians are involved.
The FBI's responsibility with respect to foreign counterintelligence, within the United States, is to detect, lawfully counteract, and/or prevent espionage and other clandestine intelligence activities, sabotage, international terrorist activities, or assassinations conducted for or on behalf of foreign powers, organizations, or persons. The FBI also investigates murders, kidnappings, and assaults against foreign diplomatic officials while in the United States, as well as damage to property of foreign governments in the United States.
Organization
The FBI is an agency within the U.S. Department of Justice, which is lead by the U.S. Attorney General. The head of the FBI is the Director who is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Assistant directors are the next level of command within the FBI. The FBI has ten assistant directors who are accountable to the Director for all matters within their sphere of operations.
The FBI has 59 field offices located in major cities throughout the United States and in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Each, with the exception of the New York Office which is headed by an Assistant Director, is under the direct supervision of a Special Agent In Charge (SAIC). The SAIC is supervised and receives directions from the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Each FBI Field Office has Resident Agencies which are local offices in some of the larger cities within the field offices jurisdiction. Refer to the FBI field office map for the sectioning of the field offices across the United States. The following list of the field offices and associated data was generated by data contributed from several readers who wish to remain anonymous and from this editor.
Location F.O. Telephone No. Call Letters RA's
Albany, NY 12201 1 518 465 7551 KEC 250 - 262 8
Albuquerque, NM 87102 2 505 247 1555 6
Alexandria, VA 3 KFQ 240 - 244 3
Anchorage, AK 99513 4 907 276 4441 2
Atlanta, GA 30303 5 404 521 3900 KIE 300 - 311 8
Baltimore, MD 21207 6 301 265 8080 KGB 747 - 756 9
Birmingham, AL 35203 7 205 252 7705 5
Boston, MA 02203 8 617 742 5533 KCB 800 - 814 12
Buffalo, NY 14202 9 716 856 7800 KEX 590 - 595 3
Butte, MT 59702 10 406 782 2304 13
Charlotte, NC 28217 11 704 529 1030 KEV 220 - 228 8
Chicago, IL 60604 12 312 431 1333 KSC 210 - 217 4
Cincinnati, OH 45202 13 513 421 4310 KQC 390 - 399 8
Cleveland, OH 44199 14 216 522 1400 KEX 740 - 750 9
Columbia, SC 29201 15 803 254 3011 KEX 820 - 830 8
Dallas, TX 75202 16 214 720 2200 8
Denver, CO 80202 17 303 629 7171 7
Detroit, MI 48226 18 313 965 2323 KEX 760 - 772 12
El Paso, TX 79901 19 915 533 7451 1
Honolulu, HI 96850 20 808 521 1411 0
Houston, TX 77008 21 713 868 2266 3
Indianapolis, IN 46204 22 317 639 3301 KEX 780 - 790 9
Jackson, MS 39269 23 601 948 5000 9
Jacksonville, FL 32211 24 904 721 1211 7
Kansas City, MO 64106 25 816 221 6100 KEX 570 - 582 9
Knoxville, TN 37902 26 615 544 0751 KEV 240 - 246 6
Las Vegas, NV 89104 27 702 385 1281 2
Little Rock, AR 72211 28 501 221 9100 KFQ 200 - 208 7
Los Angeles, CA 90024 29 213 477 6565 KMC 250 - 275 25
Louisville, KY 40202 30 502 583 3941 KIA 320 - 332 12
Memphis, TN 38103 31 901 525 7373 6
Miami, FL 33169 32 305 944 9101 KEV 300 - 305 4
Milwaukee, WI 53202 33 414 276 4684 KSC 220 - 228 6
Minneapolis, MN 55401 34 612 339 7861 14
Mobile, AL 36602 35 205 438 3674 5
Newark, NJ 07102 36 201 622 5613 KEX 620 - 628 6
New Haven, CT 06510 37 203 777 6311 KEX 600 - 606 4
New Orleans, LA 70113 38 504 522 4671 6
New York, NY 10278 39 212 553 2700 KEC 270 - 283 ?
Norfolk, VA 23510 40 804 623 3111 KEX 340 - 341 1
Oklahoma City, OK 73118 41 405 842 7471 11
Omaha, NE 68102 42 402 348 1210 9
Philadelphia, PA 19106 43 215 629 0800 KEX 640 - 651 7
Phoenix, AZ 85012 44 602 279 5511 6
Pittsburgh, PA 15222 45 412 471 2000 KEX 660 - 679 12
Portland, OR 97201 46 503 224 4181 KEX 720 - 728 6
Richmond, VA 23220 47 804 644 2631 KEX 360 - 369 6
Sacramento, CA 95825 48 916 481 9110 KFP 900 - 910 6
St Louis, MO 63103 49 314 241 5357 5
Salt Lake City, UT 84138 50 801 355 7521 3
San Antonio, TX 78205 51 512 225 6741 KEX 840 - 847 5
San Diego, CA 92188 52 619 231 1122 KEX 680 - ? 4?
San Francisco, CA 94102 53 415 553 7400 KFP 970 - 990 19
San Juan, PR 00918 54 809 754 6000 0
Savannah, GA 31405 55 912 354 9911 KEV 380 - 389 4
Seattle, WA 98174 56 206 622 0460 KOD 220 - 232 9
Springfield, IL 62704 57 217 522 9675 KEX 800 - 812 10
Tampa, FL 33602 58 813 228 7661 KEV 320 - 327 5
Washington, D.C. 20535 59 202 324 3000 KGB 770 0
The list of Field Offices and RA's is not 100% accurate, updates please. The number of RA's may differ from the call letter assignment block for a given F.O. because many RA's were closed and consolidated during the Carter and early Regan administrations. The call letters were assigned prior to their administrations.
The F.O. call letters will be the first is an assigned block for a given F.O. Example Cincinnati F.O. call is KQC 390 (or simply 390 as often will be heard) or Cleveland F.O. call is KEX 740 (740).
The following is a list of Resident Agencies for the primary coverage states of the AOSC. The list is as of 1 October 1987. I will send a copy of the FBI Field Office and Resident Agency map for a SASE to those who desire a copy. A list of RA's may be obtained from the map for your local area. The map will be a copy of a copy, however it will be fairly legible. Note the two Ohio Field Office lists are presented later in this column with the detailed Ohio data.
Chicago "CG" Field Office - RA's
Lisle (Chicago West) Mount Prospect (Chicago North) Oakland Park (Chicago South) Rockford
Frequency Plan:
A-1 167.3375 B-1 167.600 A-2 167.4875 B-2 167.675 A-3 167.425 B-3 167.7375 A-4 167.5625 B-4 167.5625 A-5 163.9875/167.3375 B-5 162.8625/167.600 A-6 Unconfirmed B-6 Unconfirmed A-7 163.8625/167.5375 B-7 163.8625/167.5375 A-8 163.8375/167.2875 B-8 163.8375/167.2875
Chicago F.O. utilizes 8 banks, A through H. Channel banks C through H are not confirmed to exact frequencies and usage. There are one way links in the upper 162, lower 164 and upper 165 MHz ranges. The one way links are often a control station to a repeater site utilizing a directional antenna. The one way links may also be a point-to-point relay of communications from an outer fringe RA to the F.O.
Chicago appears to configured similarly as several other F.O.'s in that up to five other VHF frequencies can be active with 163.9875 simultaneously with the same radio traffic. Chicago F.O. also still uses some remote VHF receive/UHF retransmit link sites, but most are believed to be converted to microwave links.
Also 167.7625 which Randy Strayer and this editor received via skip between KSC 210 and KSC 216. Channel identified as Bravo 1.
Detroit "DE" Field Office - RA's
Ann Arbor Benton Harbor Flint KEX 762 Grand Rapids Jackson Kalamazoo Lansing Marquette KEX 767 Mount Clemens Oakland County Saginaw Traverse City KEX 772
Frequencies per MFFD (1986) and others: 163.925/267.2625 R.A. repeater; 163.8875/167.750 F.O. repeater; 163.8625/167.5375R; 167.3125; 167.3625; 167.400; 167.450; 167.500; 167.650; 414.500 is a state-wide UHF link to Detroit F.O. and 419.250 is believed to a FBI UHF link, continuous tone.
Indianapolis "IP" Field Office - RA's
Bloomington Evansville Fort Wayne Gary Lafayette Muncie New Albany KEX 786 South Bend Terre Haute
Frequencies from the MFFD: 163.9625/167.2125 R.A. repeater and 167.600.
Louisville "LS" Field Office - RA's
Ashland Bowling Green Covington Elizabethtown Frankfort Hopkinsville Lexington KIA 321 London Paducah Pikeville
Frequencies from the MFFD: 163.9375/167.675 R.A. repeater and 167.600.
Philadelphia Field Office - RA's
Allentown KEX 645 Harrisburg KEX 641 Landsdale KEX 648 Newtown Square KEX 650 Scranton KEX 643 State College KEX 652 Williamsport KEX 651
Frequencies: 163.9875/167.325R CH 1; 167.7125 CH 2; 167.500 CH 3; 167.5625 CH 4; 167.525 CH 5; 163.9625 ECC-1; 163.8375/167.3875R; 163.9375R; 167.2625; 167.300; 167.325; 167.3375; and 419.325 data/tone.
Pittsburgh "PG" Field Office - RA's
Beckley (WV) Charleston (WV) Clarksburg (WV) Erie Greensburg Huntington (WV) Johnstown Martinsburg (WV) New Castle Parkersburg (WV) Washington Wheeling (WV)
Frequencies per MFFD (1986, no updates since then): 163.925/167.475R R.A. repeater; 163.950/167.2125 F.O. repeater; 167.6375 and UHF links on 414.025, 414.125, 414.425 and 419.425.
Springfield (IL) Field Office - RA's
Alton Belleville Bloomington Carbondale Champaign Danville Decatur Effingham Peoria Rock Island
Frequencies per the MFFD: 163.9125/167.725 R.A. repeater; 167.3625 and 167.625.
Now some miscellaneous data from the files on frequencies and call letters. The following list of call signs are for NY and NJ state and are from a list dated in 1981, so be fore told.
Albany F.O.: KEC 250; KEC 254 Watertown; KEC 256 Syracuse; KEC 257 Utica; KEC 258 Burlington (VT); KEC 259 Plattsburgh; and KEC 261 Glens Falls.
Buffalo F.O.: KEX 590; KEX 591 Rochester; KEX 592 Geneva; KEX 593 Jamestown; and KEX 595 Niagara Falls.
Newark F.O.: KEX 620; Camden KEX 624
NYC F.O.: KEC 270/271; KEC 272 Suffolk; KEC 273 Garden City (NJ); KEC 277 JFK Airport; KEC 278 Poughkeepsie, NY; KEC 280 Staten Island; KEC 281 Richmond Hills; and KEC 283 New Rochelle. From a 1988 list I have a KEC 900 for NYC as well as KEC 270.
Now some frequencies from the input basket contributed by AOSC or NESN (North East Scanner News - more data at the end of this column) members during 1989 or 1990.
Boston F.O.: Romeo Units (R.A.'s) - 162.7625, 162.7875, 167.2625, 167.3625, 167.5625, 167.600, 167.6625 and 167.7625. Delta Units - 167.2625, 167.3625, 167.4625, 167.600, 167.6625 and 167.7625. Rhode Island - 167.2375, 167.2625, 167.4625, 167.7125 and 167.7625. New Hampshire - 163.9875/167.3625R, also 167.2375 and 167.6125.
Still with Boston from NESN: 163.8375, 163.8875, 163.900 and 163.925/164.125, 163.975/167.275 repeaters. Also 164.150, 167.250, 167.325, 167.425, 167.450, 167.500, 167.6375, and 167.750.
CT/NY FBI - 163.750 NY; 163.8625 CH 6 CT; 163.8875 CT; 164.125 Long Island; 164.150 NY; 167.2375 CT; 167.2625 NY; 167.2875 NY?; 167.3375 Long Island; 167.3875 NY; 167.425 CT primary; 167.4375 CT; 167.4625 NY; 167.5375 CT (note input to 163.8625 CH 6); 167.5625; 167.600 NY; 167.6875 NY; 167.775 Long Island; 167.7875 CT; 413.625 NY; 414.075 CT; 414.350 NY "Bronco Base" and 419.350 CT tone. Also note from the previous American Scannergram 169.975/168.850 as a new NYC repeater.
Also several with "?" as follows: 165.925 NY; 167.175 NY; 169.575 NY, possible FBI/DEA; and 419.250 NY. One other interesting frequency - 170.825 as a U.S. Marshal/INS/FBI NY "tie-in" frequency.
Charlotte F.O.: 163.9125/? A-1 Greensboro (R.A. repeater) 163.9625/?R, 167.750 and 167.7125.
Knoxville F.O.: A-1 163.9875R Knoxville F.O., also A-5 (probably different input frequency and/or tone). A-4 163.8375/167.2375 Chattanooga R.A. B-5 163.8375/167.400 R.A. repeater, also C-1 C-5 163.8375R R.A. repeater Johnson City base call is KEV-243 Knoxville Unit Numbers: 99 - Aircraft; mobile units 1 - 69.
Los Angeles F.O.: An excellent complete and detailed listing is available from Mobile Radio Resources (2661 Carol Drive, San Jose, CA 95125). The FBI in LA utilizes repeater channels in the 162, 163, 164, and 165 MHZ frequency range. Inputs can be found in the 167 MHz frequencies. The 165 repeater frequencies are 167.5875 and 165.7125.
Memphis F.O.: R.A. repeater - 163.9375; F.O. repeater 163.8625
Norfolk F.O.: 163.8375/167.600 F1; 167.2375 F2; 167.4875 F3; and 167.5625 F4.
Richmond F.O.: 163.8875/167.625 Operations Repeater; 167.5625 (note - nationwide FBI simplex common); 163.8625/167.5375 (note - this is the only repeater frequency pair that is common nationwide, usually used for SWAT or special operations - ed.); 414.250 and 419.525 as UHF links.
San Diego F.O. sampling via Mobile Radio Resources Government Radio Systems directory: Repeaters in the 162, 163, 164 and 165 MHz ranges with the input in the 167 MHz range. The 165 repeater is on 167.5625 MHz.
San Francisco F.O. sampling via MRS GRS directory: Repeaters in the 163 and 167 MHz frequency ranges with inputs in the 167 and 162 MHz ranges respectively.
Tampa-St. Petersburg from Blaine Brooks: A-2: 167.725; A-3 167.325; A-5 167.3875; A-6 167.275; repeater on 163.9875 and 419.250 UHF satellite receiver link.
CINCINNATI FIELD OFFICE OPERATIONS
The Cincinnati Field Office originally had nine Resident Agencies which were located in Athens, Chillicothe, Columbus, Dayton, Hamilton, Portsmouth, Springfield, Steubenville and Zanesville. The Springfield office is closed and I am not sure about the Zanesville R.A.
The CI F.O. and R.A.'s radio communication systems are DES (Digital Encryption Standard) capable and are utilized on a regular basis. CI appears to have a 32 channel DES system in place as testing was monitored during 1988 and 1989. Most of their frequencies remained the same from the previous DES days. Note that the CI radios are VHF/UHF mobiles. Refer to the B channel series in the frequency list.
The signal numbers do not appear to be squad base (logically grouping by general agent function such as bank robbery squad or drug enforcement, or by R.A.'s), but rather a numeric numbering scheme starting with 1 and into the low 100's.
The CI F.O./R.A. operations still need some work from our southern Ohio members as allot of holes and gaps remain. The following profile on CI was mainly made possible by the efforts of Bill Gillie, Tony Cono, Rick Poorman, another member who desires to named Mr. Anonymous, and this editor.
NOTE: ALL OHIO data is confirmed unless noted otherwise.
CI Call Letter Assignments
KQC 390 Cincinnati KQC 391 Dayton KQC 392 Columbus KQC 393 Chillicothe KQC 394 Springfield (closed) KQC 395 Athens KQC 396 Hamilton KQC 397 Portsmouth KQC 398 Stubenville KQC 399 Zanesville
CI Frequency Assignments
167.650 A-1 Operations simplex R.A.'s 167.2375 A-2 " " F.O. 167.4375 A-3 " " division wide 167.5625 A-4 Nationwide common simplex 163.9875/167.650 A-5 Operations Repeater R.A.'s 163.8625/167.5375 A-6 SWAT Repeater 163.8375/167.2375 A-7 Operations Repeater F.O.
The B channels are local option assigned meaning that each office will have a different set of frequencies. The CI F.O. has Cincinnati PD CH 5, 460.275R, (B-1); Hamilton County Sheriff, 460.500R, (B-2); and several DEA frequencies.
??? D-6 and D-8 channel designators heard, but not confirmed.
163.9875/167.650 ECC-1 (Extended Car-to-Car) repeater R.A.'s 163.8375/167.2375 ECC-2 repeater F.O. 163.8625/167.5375 ECC-3 SWAT/Special Operations nationwide repeater 164.100/? ? Repeater heard with CI units
167.325, 167.600, 167.625, 167.6625, 167.6875 and 167.725: Simplex operations.
412.575 - Xenia, Greene County UHF Repeater link 419.300 - New Vienna, Highland County UHF Repeater link 419.500 - Macon, Brown County UHF Repeater link
168.000 - possibly a VHF one-way link.
CI Signal Numbering
390 Signals: 1, 2, 3, 20, 22, 24, 53, 71, 72, 77, 90, 106, 133, 141 and 148. 391 Signals: 11 (SAIC), 18, 26, 29, 33, 43, 45, 49, 51, 52, 61, 64, 72, 75, 78, 91, 112, 137, 158 and 159. 392 Signals: 5 (SAIC), 6, 23, 34, 38, 40, 41, 42, 50, 54, 56, 65, 69, 73, 75, 82, 88, 93, 98, 100, 103, 104, 105, 108, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 122, 125, 147, 157, 166 and 225? 393 Signals: 71 397 Signals: 27 (SAIC) 398 Signals: 95 and 96.
Sometimes units may only use their last two digits, such as 14 or 17 instead of 114 or 117. Unit 90 usually in a helicopter or may be a helicopter. Unit The MFFD has units in the 200's as surveillance vans/vehicles and units in the 400's as surveillance air vehicles. Also we have report that unit 500 is a surveillance aircraft.
CLEVELAND FIELD OFFICE OPERATIONS
The Cleveland Field Office originally had 10 Resident Agencies located in Akron, Canton, Elyria, Lima, Mansfield, Mentor, Painesville, Sandusky, Toledo and Youngstown. The Mentor R.A. currently is the only R.A. out of service in the CV division.
The CV F.O. And R.A.'s radio communication system is DES capable and utilized quite often in the DES mode. The CV F.O. has been in DES since the mid-eighties on a limited basis and a full system since early 1989. The CV system appears to be a 64 channel system which was implemented during the latter part of 1989.
The CV division utilizes a squad numbering scheme for assignment of signal numbers. There are still a few holes in the numbering, but for the most part it is complete.
CV Call Letter Assignment
KEX 740 Cleveland KEX 741 Akron KEX 742 Toledo KEX 743 Youngstown KEX 744 Painesville KEX 745 Elyria KEX 746 Mentor (closed) KEX 747 Lima KEX 748 Mansfield KEX 749 Canton KEX 750 Sandusky
CV Frequency Assignments
167.675 A-1 Operations Simplex F.O. 167.4125/167.7375 A-2 S.O.G. Repeater (Special Operations Group) 167.7875 A-3 S.O.G. Simplex; Operations Simplex 167.5625 A-4 Nationwide Common 164.100/167.2875 A-5 S.O.G. repeater 163.9125/167.675 A-6 Operations Repeater 163.8625/167.5375 A-7 (?) SWAT Repeater 154.935 A-8 Ohio LEERN
167.425 B-1 R.A. Simplex 167.5625 B-4 Simplex 163.875/167.425 B-5 R.A. Operations Repeater 155.370 B-6 Ohio Intercity
167.3375/162.7375 C-2 Canton Operations Repeater 167.3375/? C-3 " " " 167.3875/? C-4 Mansfield " " 167.7875/167.7375 C-7 CV Repeater
167.425 D-1 R.A. Simplex 163.875/167.425 D-4 R.A. Repeater ??? D-7 Akron simplex, not confirmed
167.7625 G-1 Akron Operations Simplex 167.7625/162.7625 G-2 Akron R.A. Operations Repeater 167.3625 G-3 Painesville Simplex (?)
The F bank is believed to be local option. No E or H bank references.
Confirmed frequency list:
162.7375 Canton B/M input to 167.3375 repeater 162.7625 Akron " " to 167.7625 " 163.8625/167.5375 CV SWAT Repeater 163.875/167.425 R.A. Repeater 163.9125/167.675 CV F.O. Repeater 164.100/167.2875 S.O.G. Repeater 167.100 Simplex 167.2125 CV simplex 167.2375 Akron simplex 167.2625 " " 167.2875 CV simplex; input to 164.100 167.3375/162.7375 Canton R.A. Repeater 167.3375/? Lima, Sandusky, Toledo R.A. Repeater 167.3625/162.7625 Akron, Painesville R.A. Repeater 167.3625 Akron, Painesville Simplex 167.3875/? Mansfield Operations Repeater 167.4125/167.7375 CV S.O.G. Repeater 167.425 R.A. Simplex; input to 163.875 167.4625 Mansfield Simplex 167.5125 CV Simplex 167.5375 Input to 163.8625 167.5625 Common simplex 167.675 CV Simplex; input to 163.9125 167.7375 CV Simplex AND CV Repeater 167.7625/162.7625 Akron R.A. repeater 167.7875 CV Simplex and CV Repeater
That is 22 unique confirmed frequencies and there are probably more out there in CV. Also try 168.000 as it may be a VHF fixed one-way link.
Several frequencies come active with the same traffic at times, namely 167.4125, 167.7375 and 167.7875, and at times 164.100 also!
CV Signal Numbering
1-99 Administration 100 - 199 Exact function(s) not confirmed 200 - 299 Gambling Squad 300 - 399 Bank Robbery Squad; Kidnapping Squad; Extortion Cases 400 - 499 Drug Enforcement Squad 500 - 599 Organized Crime Task Force; S.O.G. personnel 600 - 699 Exact function(s) not confirmed assists w/kidnapping cases, surveillances 700 - 739 Assistant U.S. Attorney's; others? 740 - 750 Base Station Calls 800 - 899 SWAT; Foreign Counterintelligence; O.C.T.F. 900 - 999 Akron, Painesville R.A.'s Akron - 900, 901, 902, 904, 906, 921 - 929 Painesville - 903, 920, 930 1000 - 1099 Canton and Mansfield R.A.'s Canton - 1000 to 1010; 1030 to 1040 Mansfield - 1005, 1032 and 1033 1100 - 1199 Sandusky and Toledo R.A.'s Sandusky - 1121 - 1129 Toledo - 1100 - 1119, 1130 1200 - 1299 Youngstown R.A. - 1200 to 1209 and 1220 to 1232. 1300 - 1399 Radio Technicians and Vehicle Maintenance Radio Techs - 1302, 1303, 1304, 1307 and 1319 Vehicle Maintenance - 1300, 1301, 1305, 1306 and 1318.
FBI COMMON FREQUENCY RANGES
I suggest searching the following frequency ranges for FBI radio activity. Note that in many areas across the U.S. the FBI have picked up many traditional non-FBI frequencies. Originally the Department of Justice had only 82 VHf frequencies assigned for ALL of its members, let alone just the FBI. The FBI originally had less than 40 of the 82 frequencies for their exclusive use.
During the change over to DES nationwide, the FBI has received additional frequencies from other branches and departments who did not utilize or need them. In the NE region the FBI received 110 VHF frequencies - almost 300% increase in the number of frequencies available. The early days saw the FBI in the 163 MHz range for repeaters and the 167 MHz range for simplex operations.
Limit your search to 500 KHz at a time, certainly no more than a 1 MHz. The following are common ranges reported nationwide:
162.6125 - 162.7875 Repeater Inputs; Outputs; 12.5KHz steps 163.825 - 163.9875 Repeater Outputs; 12.5KHz steps 164.000 - 164.500 Repeater Outputs; 25KHz steps 165.5125 - 165.900 Repeater Outputs; 12.5KHz steps 167.100 - 167.7875 Repeater Inputs; Outputs; Simplex; 12.5KHz steps 168.825 - 169.000 Repeater Inputs; 25KHz steps 169.825 - 169.975 Repeater Outputs; 25KHz steps
FBI COMMON TEN CODES
10-0 Negative 10-29 O.L. Check 10-4 Affirmative 10-42 Residence 10-7 Out-of-Service 10-58 Mileage 10-8 In-Service 10-66 Alarm (?) 10-9 Repeat 10-76 Enroute 10-16 Message Check 10-77 Bank Alarm 10-20 Location 10-85 Meet w/agent ... 10-21 Telephone Call 10-90 Bank Robbery 10-22 Report to Office 10-91 BR In Progress 10-23 Stand-By 10-99 Assist Agent 10-26 N.C.I.C. Check 10-28 Registration check
FBI COMMON CODE WORDS
ASAIC - Assistant Special Agent In Charge AUSA - Assistant U.S. Attorney Big K - K-Mart Bird Dog - Surveillance Aircraft C.I. - Confidential Informant Diaper Change - Changing of battery (bug or trailing transmitter) ECC - Extended Car-to-Car FCI - Foreign Counter Intelligence Half Signal - An Agent's spouse H.T. - Handi-Talkies In-the-Pocket - Subject in surveillance net Intel - Intelligence KEL - Manufacturer of Surveillance equipment Main Man - Primary subject under surveillance/investigation Mickey D's - McDonald's Nest - Off-site office from F.O./R.A. for S.O.G. and Undercover Agents No Joy - Negative Communications O, The - The Office OCTF - Organized Crime Task Force Other Side - DES mode Out-of-Pocket - Subject not currently under surveillance Outside Agency - News Media Package - Suspect or item under surveillance Plank - Bridge Private - DES Mode Private Side - DES Mode Port - Motel Quarter Signal - An Agent's child RA - Resident Agency Rabbit - Subject under surveillance Rabbit Tracks - subject on the move R.D.O.- Regular Day Off Red Balled - Stopped at traffic light w/subject Red Boarded - " " " " ; subject not stopped Road Runner - Surveillance Aircraft SAIC - Special Agent In Charge Signal - A field agent S.O.G. - Special Operations Group S.W. - Search Warrant SWAT - Special Weapons and Tactics Ten Check - Message Check Unit - A vehicle USA - U.S. Attorney Wagon - Surveillance Van Wire - Body Transmitter
FEDERAL NEWS - FBI
The FCC has established a nationwide radio frequency for stolen vehicle tracking systems operating on the frequency of 173.025. The frequency was reported as a FBI assignment (wouldn't we like to see the exact frequency assignment chart?) Nationwide. Perhaps this frequency was used for wireless microphones or bugs, and if so perhaps others operate on nearby similar frequencies. Give it a listen and let us know.
The FBI Academy, located 40 miles south of Washington, is the host to the most crime ridden town in the United States - Hogan's Alley. Hogan's Alley is a "Hollywood" town with a motel, bank, post office, drug store, laundry and even a theater. It is used as a training ground for FBI agent trainees. Various scenarios are enacted under the careful eyes of supervisors. The trainees performance are evaluated with each exercise.
One thing about Hogan's Alley - it has a 100% success rate in solving of cases, pretty impressive. Something that is not pretty impressive about the FBI is the starting pay agents earn. According to a 8 January 1990 U.S. News and World Report quirk the starting pay of a FBI agent is $26261. Consider that an agent does not choice his assignment location, the agent could be placed in a very high cost of living area. Placement in certain cities such as NYC offer slightly more pay, however it is not enough for the work that they perform for all of us. Yet even worse is the pay for DEA agents $19493 to $23846.
The Congress is aware of these low salaries (after all they, the Congressmen and Senators literally took care of themselves) and will hopefully rectify the problem this year.