FPS Operation Re: [FedCom] Battle Creek

[Ken]

Jeff & the group:

I don't that the Mega Centers have direct radio equipment but basically have 
remote consoles that are subdivided into sectors for the various dispatchers 
on duty.  Most of the traffic is via VOIP & other dedicated fiber 
optic/telephone lines from remote base transmitters within each region. 
It's also possible for another Mega Center to take over operations of  a 
region or specific sectors within the region if there's any problems at the 
primary servicing MC.   Also within each region much of the actual 
protection/screening services is now conducted by contractor security. 
There's an FPS officer who is responsible in each facility (or group of 
facilities) for visiting the facilities and ensuring the security 
contractors are performing their jobs.  I believe also the FPS officer does 
any of the follow-on investigations.   Additionally, any alarm responses 
after normal business hours is done by the FPS officer assigned to managing 
the respective faciltiy. The officer is dispatched from the mega center via 
pager & cellphone initially, and than calls in.

A very good report on these mega centers can be found at:
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d061076.pdf

My understanding is that FPS is going to have another cutback on actual 
civil service FPS officers.    BTW FPS Officers are also offered overtime to 
be part of ICE related regional task force enforcement efforts.

The Base side traffic is normally not encrypted.  The mobile and/or portable 
talk back to dispatch IS normally encrypted.   There's also some 
mobile/mobile & portable/portable simplex frequencies that are used at 
times.  For the most part not very exciting.  Utilizes Digital/P25 & also 
Analog NFM.

Check out the Capital Hills Monitor newsletter at for frequencies:
http://www.henney.com/chm/1200/

Also Chris Parris' "Federal Files" column in "Monitoring Times" magazine, 
May 2006 edition, has 20 UHF frequencies listed by FPS.

Ken

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ohioscan" <mikef at ohioscan.net>
To: "Discussion of Federal Government Communications" 
<fedcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: [FedCom] Battle Creek


>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <at649 at tcnet.org>
> To: <mws72 at qconline.com>; "Discussion of Federal Government 
> Communications" <fedcom at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 1:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [FedCom] Battle Creek
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>
>> Well, then could this be shared with someoen else with regard to a
>> frequency, or is it simply them checking in with someone in Detroit or
>> some place else?

> Battle Creek is a FPS regionl MegaCenter
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Federal_Protective_Service