Summary
"This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Guide is designed to help thePolice Service optimise its use of the full range of functionality availableon Airwave to achieve Interoperable Voice Communication. The latterterm is used to describe the capability provided by Airwave that enablespeople, when authorised, to exchange information on a common radionetwork regardless of either organisational or system boundaries.The content of this SOP Guide has been researched widely and ispresented as national good practice. For clarity, where a provision isdeemed essential to successful interoperability, the word "must" is usedto emphasise that a common standard is required.It is strongly recommended that each police force adopts and implementsthis SOP Guide and uses it to compare with and improve any pre-existinglocal policies and practices on the use of Airwave. In doing so, thereviewer should consider whether, under independent scrutiny, currentarrangements would give the same level of effective Interoperable VoiceCommunication as provided for in this SOP Guide. Where necessary,sections from the NPIA document can be used to help revise the forceSOP and training material." -- Page 3.
Contents
1. General Principles of Airwave Interoperability. -- 2. General Principles of Command Interoperability. -- 3. Police Hailing Talkgroup. -- 4. Police Sharers Hailing Talkgroups. -- 5. Air-to-Ground Talkgroup. -- 6. Police Interoperability Talkgroup 1. -- 7. Police Interoperability Talkgroups 2 and 3. -- 8. Police Interoperability Talkgroup 4. -- 9. National Firearms Talkgroup. -- 10. National Protection Talkgroup. -- 11. Metropolitan Police National Protection Talkgroups. -- 12. Multi-Agency Silver Incident Command Talkgroup. -- 13. Emergency Services’ Multi Agency Bronze to Bronze Talkgroups. -- 14. Government and Law Enforcement Talkgroup. -- 15. Immigration Service Talkgroup. -- 16. Police Force “Event” Talkgroups. -- 17. National Police Mutual Aid Talkgroups: PMA 1–30. -- 18. Unmonitored National Police Mutual Aid Talkgroups: PMA 31–60. -- 19. National Police Mutual Aid Talkgroups for London: PMA 61–70. -- 20. National Police Only Mutual Aid Talkgroups: PMA 71–75. -- 21. National Police Only Mutual Aid Talkgroups: PMA 76–80. -- 22. Police Interoperability Mutual Aid Talkgroups: PMA 81–90. -- 23. Police Mutual Aid Travelling Talkgroup: PMA 91. -- 24. Inter-Agency Talkgroup. -- 25. Multi-Agency Mutual Aid Talkgroups. -- 26. Highways Agency Hailing Talkgroups. -- 27. Highways Agency Incident Talkgroups. -- 28. Interoperability with National Police Forces. -- 29. Direct Mode Operation (DMO). -- 30. Interim Bronze Interoperability Solution (IBIS). -- 31. Interoperability between Covert and Overt Users. -- 32. Emergency Button Activation on Interoperability Talkgroups. -- 33. Interoperability in the London Underground. -- 34. Tactical Options for Invoking Police to Inter-Agency Interoperable Voice Communication. -- 35. Interoperable Voice Communication Options. -- 36. Content for Standard Operating Procedures, Plans and Training material.