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Covington Police Frequencies

Covington in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana has 0 conventional frequencies and 8 trunked talkgroups listed for local agencies. The closest trunked radio site we have is St. Tammany Simulcast (Louisiana Wireless Information Network (LWIN)), about 10 miles away.

About Covington Police Frequencies

  • 3 conventional channels are analog FM, so any scanner can receive them. Enter the frequency and set the tone shown in the table.
  • Trunked radio systems that carry law-enforcement traffic here: Louisiana Wireless Information Network (LWIN): 8 talkgroups; Louisiana Wireless Information Network (LWIN): 25 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 Covington, start with the St. Tammany Simulcast site of Louisiana Wireless Information Network (LWIN), about 10 miles away. Its control channels: 769.34375, 769.79375, 770.16875 MHz.
  • 33 listed entries are marked encrypted. No scanner can decode encrypted audio.

Covington trunked talkgroups

Louisiana Wireless Information Network (LWIN)

8 encrypted talkgroups (cannot be monitored)
AgencyDescriptionTalkgroupHexMode
St. Tammany Parish - CovingtonSt. Tammany Parish – Covington – Dispatch346278743D
St. Tammany Parish - CovingtonSt. Tammany Parish – Covington – Dispatch351288938D
St. Tammany Parish - CovingtonPolice Detail346298745D
St. Tammany Parish - CovingtonPolice CID346308746D
St. Tammany Parish - CovingtonPolice 13503388d9D
St. Tammany Parish - CovingtonPolice 23503488daD
St. Tammany Parish - CovingtonPolice 33503588dbD
St. Tammany Parish - CovingtonPolice Talk346288744D

St. Tammany Parish channels that also cover Covington

Dispatch

AgencyDescriptionFrequency (MHz)ToneModeFCC
Causeway PolicePolice Back-up453.4250
In 458.4250
136.5 PLFMNWQVA560
Causeway PoliceCauseway Police – Dispatch453.9500
In 458.9500
136.5 PLFMNKKR461

Jails & Corrections

AgencyDescriptionFrequency (MHz)ToneModeFCC
St. Tammany Parish SheriffJail in Covington154.7100
In 159.0300
173.8 PLFMNKKD614

Louisiana Wireless Information Network (LWIN)

25 encrypted talkgroups (cannot be monitored)
AgencyDescriptionTalkgroupHexMode
St. Tammany Parish - Public SafetySt. Tammany Parish – Public Safety – Dispatch3450486c8D
St. Tammany Parish - Public SafetySt. Tammany Parish – Public Safety – Dispatch3450586c9D
St. Tammany Parish - Public SafetyLaw Enforcement3501488c6D
St. Tammany Parish - Public SafetyLaw Enforcement3501588c7D
St. Tammany Parish - Public SafetyLaw Enforcement3501688c8D
St. Tammany Parish - Public SafetyLaw Enforcement3501788c9D
St. Tammany Parish - Public SafetySheriff SWAT351298939D
St. Tammany Parish - Public SafetySheriff SWAT35130893aD
St. Tammany Parish - Public SafetySheriff Narcotics35131893bD
St. Tammany Parish - Public SafetySheriff Narcotics35132893cD
St. Tammany Parish - Public SafetySheriff District 2 CID35133893dD
St. Tammany Parish - Public SafetySheriff CID TAG35134893eD
St. Tammany Parish - Public SafetySheriff District 3 CID35135893fD
St. Tammany Parish - Public SafetySheriff Narcotics351378941D
St. Tammany Parish - Public SafetySheriff Court Security351418945D
St. Tammany Parish - Public SafetySt. Tammany Parish – Public Safety – Tactical Channel351428946D
St. Tammany Parish - Public SafetySheriff Lab351368940D
St. Tammany Parish - Public SafetySheriff District 2 Civil351438947D
St. Tammany Parish - Public SafetySheriff District 3 Civil351448948D
St. Tammany Parish - Public SafetySheriff Training351458949D
St. Tammany Parish - Public SafetyCorrections34635874bD
St. Tammany Parish - Public SafetyCorrections34636874cD
St. Tammany Parish - Public SafetySheriff Corrections Control351388942D
St. Tammany Parish - Public SafetySheriff Corrections Transportation351398943D
St. Tammany Parish - Public SafetySheriff Corrections Work Release351408944D

Nearest trunked radio sites

Distances are measured from the center of Covington.

St. Tammany Simulcast · Louisiana Wireless Information Network (LWIN)
RFSS 1 · Site 5 (hex 5) · NAC 1B5 · about 10 mi away
Control 769.34375, 769.79375, 770.16875, 770.28125
Voice 770.41875, 770.66875, 771.04375, 771.45625, 771.58125, 772.05625, 772.45625, 772.76875, 774.23125, 774.48125, 774.74375
Hammond · Louisiana Wireless Information Network (LWIN)
RFSS 1 · Site 15 (hex F) · NAC 1BE · about 22 mi away
Control 769.20625, 769.45625, 772.94375
Voice 770.35625, 772.35625, 772.70625, 773.03125, 773.28125, 773.43125, 773.68125, 774.08125, 774.43125, 774.83125
Independence · Louisiana Wireless Information Network (LWIN)
RFSS 1 · Site 18 (hex 12) · NAC 1B0 · about 23 mi away
Control 769.51875, 852.05
Voice 770.06875, 770.54375, 770.79375, 771.11875, 852.325, 853.4375, 853.8375
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.

Common questions

What frequency do the police use in Covington?

We do not have a dispatch channel listed specifically for Covington. County-level dispatch channels in the same county: Causeway Police 453.4250 MHz (136.5 PL); Causeway Police 453.9500 MHz (136.5 PL).

Are Covington police talkgroups encrypted?

8 of the 8 talkgroups listed for Covington are marked fully or partly encrypted; a scanner cannot decode encrypted audio.