Arkansas State Police Troop D
Public calls for service ring at Troop D Headquarters in Forrest City. Troop D consists of Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Monroe, Phillips, Prairie, St. Francis, and Woodruff counties.
Radio traffic follows the Arkansas State Police standard 10 codes and phonetic alphabet.
The communications center answers to “Forrest City.” Troopers assigned to Troop D all use D series radio callsigns. You may hear callsigns from other ASP troops if their troopers find themselves in Troop D’s territory. There are also troopers on special assignments, such as drug interdiction, who will use Troop D’s talkgroup while working in Troop D’s area of operations. They typically use a four-digit numerical callsign.
All of the Arkansas State Police’s communication takes place on the State’s APCO P25 Phase II AWIN system. The two sites I monitor are operating under FCC callsigns WQBZ905, which has its antenna 308 feet above the ground on a tower near Interstate 40 in Shell Lake; and WPNN286, which is on a tower 344 feet in the air in Forrest City. ASP Troop D has several talkgroups but, as with all other agencies I monitor, I only broadcast the routine dispatch talkgroup.