About Ascension Parish Police Frequencies
- Trunked radio systems that carry law-enforcement traffic here: Ascension / St. James / St. John The Baptist Regional Public Safety: 13 talkgroups; Louisiana Wireless Information Network (LWIN): 5 talkgroups. A trunking scanner is required, and it must support the system type shown.
- To follow a trunked system, program a control channel first. For Ascension Parish, start with the Gonzales site of Ascension / St. James / St. John The Baptist Regional Public Safety. Its control channels: 851.8875, 852.4125, 852.875 MHz.
- 17 listed entries are marked encrypted. No scanner can decode encrypted audio.
Ascension Parish trunked talkgroups
Ascension / St. James / St. John The Baptist Regional Public Safety
13 encrypted talkgroups (cannot be monitored)
| Agency | Description | Talkgroup | Hex | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office | East Patrol Dispatch | 10750 | 29fe | D Encrypted |
| Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office | West Patrol Dispatch | 10756 | 2a04 | D Encrypted |
| Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office | East Tactical | 10751 | 29ff | D Encrypted |
| Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office | East Tactical | 10752 | 2a00 | D Encrypted |
| Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office | Critical Response Team (CRT) | 10754 | 2a02 | D Encrypted |
| Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office | Traffic | 10755 | 2a03 | D Encrypted |
| Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office | West Tactical | 10757 | 2a05 | D Encrypted |
| Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office | Jail Division | 10758 | 2a06 | D Encrypted |
| Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office | East Courthouse Operations | 10759 | 2a07 | D Encrypted |
| Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office | West Courthouse Operations | 10760 | 2a08 | D Encrypted |
| Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office | Narcotics | 10761 | 2a09 | D Encrypted |
| Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office | Information Technology | 10762 | 2a0a | D Encrypted |
| Ascension Parish Local Police | Gonzalez Police HQ | 10774 | 2a16 | D Encrypted |
Louisiana Wireless Information Network (LWIN)
| Agency | Description | Talkgroup | Hex | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Parish - Public Safety | Sheriff LWIN Common | 10512 | 2910 | D |
4 encrypted talkgroups (cannot be monitored)
| Agency | Description | Talkgroup | Hex | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Parish - Public Safety | East Dispatch (LWIN) | 10500 | 2904 | D Encrypted |
| Ascension Parish - Public Safety | West Dispatch (LWIN) | 10501 | 2905 | D Encrypted |
| Ascension Parish - Public Safety | Gonzalez Police (LWIN) | 10504 | 2908 | D Encrypted |
| Ascension Parish - Public Safety | Sheriff Talk (LWIN) | 10503 | 2907 | D Encrypted |
Radio system sites in Ascension Parish
Program the control channel first; your scanner finds the voice channels from it.
Gonzales · Ascension / St. James / St. John The Baptist Regional Public Safety
RFSS 1 · Site 1 (hex 1)
Control 851.8875, 852.4125, 852.875, 853.4125
Voice 851.35, 851.425, 852.4, 853.9125, 856.7375
Donaldsonville · Ascension / St. James / St. John The Baptist Regional Public Safety
RFSS 1 · Site 2 (hex 2)
Control 772.55625, 772.90625, 773.40625, 773.65625
Voice 774.68125, 851.8625, 853.4625
Geismar · Ascension / St. James / St. John The Baptist Regional Public Safety
RFSS 1 · Site 3 (hex 3) · NAC 6C1
Control 855.4875, 855.7375, 856.1875, 856.5875
Geismar · Louisiana Wireless Information Network (LWIN)
RFSS 1 · Site 10 (hex A)
Control 769.21875, 769.46875
Voice 769.75625, 770.50625, 770.95625, 771.13125, 771.43125, 771.68125, 771.98125, 772.14375, 772.30625, 772.61875, 773.40625, 774.64375
What do these numbers mean?
- Control channel
- The frequency your scanner listens to first. It tells the scanner where each voice call is happening, so program it before anything else.
- Voice
- The other frequencies the site uses for calls. A trunking scanner follows them automatically once it has the control channel.
- Site
- One tower location of the system. Scanners show the number in decimal or hex, so both are listed.
- RFSS (Radio Frequency Sub-System)
- A group of sites run by the same controller. Large Project 25 systems can have several.
- NAC (Network Access Code)
- A hex code the site transmits. Your scanner can use it to ignore other systems on the same frequency.
- Talkgroup
- A virtual channel on a trunked system, such as one agency’s dispatch. Programming uses the decimal or hex number, depending on your scanner.
Cities & communities in Ascension Parish
Common questions
Are Ascension Parish police talkgroups encrypted?
17 of the 18 talkgroups listed for Ascension Parish are marked fully or partly encrypted; a scanner cannot decode encrypted audio.