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The following file provides a description of the
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most important Statewide Law Enforcement Agencies in
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South Carolina.
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SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY PATROL
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The South Carolina Highway Patrol is the main uniformed
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State Police agency. They have 600 troopers divided into seven
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Patrol Districts in forty-six counties. The Highway Patrol is
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currently using silver Ford Crown Victorias as their primary vehicle
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but has recently started using both fully marked and unmarked
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multicolored Ford Mustang GT's as fast chase cars on the Interstates
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and other major highways for traffic enforcement. The Highway Patrol
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uses eight channel Motorola Micor radios that enable the troopers to
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communicate with other districts. Some Troopers use handheld radios
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which usually transmit on the District transmit frequency. The
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frequency pairs listed below were assembled by careful monitoring.
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District Headquarters Frequency
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1 Columbia 042.340
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2 Greenwood 042.080
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3 Greenville 042.100
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4 Rock Hill 042.120
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5 Florence 042.080
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6 Charleston 042.100
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7 Orangeburg 042.120
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All base frequencies listed above have an mobile input of either
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42.060 or 42.340. The Statewide Car/Car frequency seems to be
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Channel # 7 or 42.1400 with channel # 8,42.060 serving as the backup
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Car/Car channel. The 42.140/42.340 pair is used mostly along I-95 with
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the district frequency. The frequency pairs are shown in the chart
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below:
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Frequency Usage Channel Position
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042.100/42.100 Base/Mobile Channel # 1
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042.100/42.260 Mobile/Mobile Channel # 2
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042.120/42.340 Base/Mobile Channel # 3
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042.080/42.260 Base/Mobile Channel # 4
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042.140/42.340 Base/Mobile Channel # 5
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042.340/42.340 Base/Mobile Channel # 6
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042.140 Car/Car Channel # 7
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042.060/42.260 Base/Car Channel # 8
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SOUTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
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The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (S.L.E.D.) is
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the principle investigative arm of the Governor and provides
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assistance to local police departments upon request. Any major
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crime that occurs in the state will probably have the involvement
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of SLED whether from the Bloodhounds or from the Forensic Science
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Center. There are Resident SLED agents in every county and Regional
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Field Offices in each Highway Patrol District.
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The State Law Enforcement Division uses three different radio
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systems in its operations. Most agents have both a Highway Patrol
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and a SLED radio in their cars. You can hear call signs like
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"SLED-321" on either the South Carolina Highway Patrol System
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or the SLED system. The radios that are installed in most SLED
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vehicles are 32 channel rigs with capability to operate in Digital
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Voice Protection Mode and have Autopatch from their vehicles. SLED
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agents can directly connect with other agents by dialing the unit #
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of the other agent anywhere in South Carolina. The frequencies used
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SLED agents are listed in the chart below. The Narcotics agents can
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access the regional repeaters with their programmable Motorola
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Syntor X-9000's when they need to coomunicate with local Sheriff's
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and police departments.
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154.6650 Investigations Channel # 1 Statewide
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154.6950 Investigations Channel # 2 Statewide
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155.5800 Narcotics Channel # 3 Statewide
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154.6500 Narcotics Channel # 4 Aeronautics
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155.4450 Field Operations Channel # 5 Statewide
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155.4750 N.L.E.E.C. Channel # 6 Emergency
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155.0100 Regional Channel Channel # 7 Conway
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155.0700 Regional Channel Channel # 8 Charleston
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155.4600 Regional Channel Chaanel # 9 Pageland
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155.5350 Regional Channel Channel # 10 Chester
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155.5500 Regional Channel Channel # 11 Sumter
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154.7700 Simplex to 155.5800 Channel # 12 Statewide
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158.9700 Simplex to 154.6950 Channel # 13 Statewide
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159.0900 Simplex to 154.6650 Channel # 14 Statewide
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453.6250 Capitol Complex Police Channel # 15 Columbia
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453.7500 Capitol Complex Police Channel # 16 Columbia
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If one listens to the first four channels you will hear most
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of the activity of the State Law Enforcement Division. 453.6250 is
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the frequency of the Uniformed Division of SLED , Capitol Complex
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Police which guards all state office buildings. 453.750 is used in
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the State House by the Security Teams guarding the Governor and
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other important officials.
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154.6650 Operations WNGV-331 Aiken
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154.6650 Operations WNGV-331 Charleston
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154.6650 Operations WNJR-313 Columbia
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154.6650 Operations WNGV-331 Conway
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154.6650 Operations WNGV-331 Florence
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154.6650 Operations WNGV-331 Greenville
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154.6650 Operations WNGV-331 Greenwood
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154.6950 Narcotics KL -6894 Charleston
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154.6950 Narcotics KLR -319 Columbia
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154.6950 Narcotics WNFU-471 Columbia
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155.5800 Narcotics/Aviation KXX -674 Columbia
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155.5800 Aviation KB-36284 Columbia
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131.8000 Aviation KB-36284 Statewide
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SOUTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE & MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION
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The South Carolina Wildlife & Marine Resources Commission is
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responsible for managing the game and fishing resources of South
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Carolina and enforcing the hunting and fishing laws. The officers
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have the same authority as the Highway Patrol. They are often
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heard requesting drivers license and registration checks.
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Apparently certain wildlife officers have the ability to
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communicate with with local Sheriff's Departments since callsigns
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like " WMR ---"have been heard on the Lexington County Sheriff's
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Dept. frequency. Possibly local law enforcement agencies provide
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radios to WMR. Certain key officers have the ability to access the
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State Law Enforcement Division's Communication System if necessary.
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In the Fall of 1987,the Wildlife Dept. began to implementing
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a new radio system to replace their old 31 mhz system. At first,
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this was going to be a 800 mhz trunked system but this proved too
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complicated and expensive for their needs. Then it was decided that
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the 151 Mhz area was the best location for the new radio system.
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Wildlife currently has nine frequencies assigned to its operations.
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They have repeater sites installed around the state which improves
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the communications of Wildlife Officers over the old 31 Mhz system.
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Wildlife Officers have mobile repeaters installed on their vehicles
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for use with handheld radios while they are in the field away from
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their vehicles in order to maintain contact with their district base.
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The confirmed Repeater outputs for S.C.W.M.R.C. are listed below:
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151.1600 Estill, Little Mountain , Hampton
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151.2950 Greenwood , Orangeburg , Ware Shoals
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151.3250 Aiken , Eutaw Springs , Walhalla
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151.3400 Florence, Sumter
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151.3700 Edgemore , Rock Hill
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151.4150 Cheraw , Columbia , Greenville , Ridgeland
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151.4300 Anderson , Aynor , Charleston , Conway
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151.4450 Camden , Cassett , Georgetown , White Stone
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The frequency of 151.2500 serves as the input for the mobile
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repeaters installed on the Wildlife aircraft,boats,and vehicles.
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S.C.W.M.R.C. uses Motorola Syntor X-9000 programmable mobile
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units with 110 watt output that are capable of accessing any
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portion of the V.H.F. Spectrum. Wildlife Officers participate
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in the Drug Task Force with the Highway Patrol and State Law
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Enforcement Division. They provide aerial support for the raid
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teams when requested by other agencies.
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It has been observed that certain frequencies used by the
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Wildlife Dept. seem to have different usages depending upon the
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location. For example, Wildlife Officers have been heard in the
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Midlands around Columbia using 151.4150 as their Dispatch frequency.
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They use 151.1600 and 151.4150 for mobile communications while
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patrolling. This leads one to believe that certain channels seem
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to have more than one purpose for each frequency such as one for
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Land Operations and another for Water Operations. The Motorola
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Syntor radios used by WMR have 32 channel capability with different
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PL tones for each repeater site, simplex channel, or Marine Band .
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The radios have scanning capability where an officer can select how
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many channels to monitor while patrolling. This new system is a great
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improvement over the old 31 mhz system since Wildlife officers can now
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communicate with each other much better. Each Wildlife Officer is
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issued a Motorola SABER Handheld which is linked to his mobile
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unit enabling full communication with his district HQ.
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