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Cleveland County Police Frequencies

Cleveland County in North Carolina has 3 countywide conventional frequencies and 10 countywide talkgroups in our database. Use the list of 17 cities and communities below for local police departments.

About Cleveland County 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: Cleveland County: 9 talkgroups; North Carolina VIPER: 1 talkgroup. A trunking scanner is required, and it must support the system type shown.
  • To follow a trunked system, program a control channel first. For Cleveland County, start with the Cleveland Simulcast site of Cleveland County. Its control channels: 852.2625, 852.5375, 853.0375 MHz.
  • 1 listed entry is marked encrypted. No scanner can decode encrypted audio.

Cleveland County conventional frequencies

Dispatch

AgencyDescriptionFrequency (MHz)ToneModeFCC
Cleveland County SheriffSheriffs Dispatch155.6850131 DPLFMKIC387

Tactical

AgencyDescriptionFrequency (MHz)ToneModeFCC
Cleveland County SheriffSheriffs Office154.7850FMKO8683

Talk-around & Car-to-Car

AgencyDescriptionFrequency (MHz)ToneModeFCC
Cleveland County SheriffSheriffs Mutual Aid154.8750FMKIC394

Cleveland County trunked talkgroups

Cleveland County

AgencyDescriptionTalkgroupHexMode
Cleveland County SheriffCleveland County Sheriff – Dispatch257101D
Cleveland County SheriffOperations259103D
Cleveland County SheriffOperations261105D
Cleveland County SheriffOperations263107D
Cleveland County SheriffOperations265109D
Cleveland County SheriffOperations26710bD
Cleveland County SheriffCivil Division275113D
Cleveland County SheriffDetention277115D
1 encrypted talkgroup (cannot be monitored)
AgencyDescriptionTalkgroupHexMode
Cleveland County SheriffSheriff Encrypted26910dD

North Carolina VIPER

AgencyDescriptionTalkgroupHexMode
Cleveland County SheriffCleveland County Sheriff120042ee4D

Radio system sites in Cleveland County

Program the control channel first; your scanner finds the voice channels from it.

Cleveland Simulcast · Cleveland County
RFSS 1 · Site 1 (hex 1) · NAC 2A0
Control 852.2625, 852.5375, 853.0375, 853.725
Voice 851.0375, 851.15, 851.5375, 851.6, 851.65, 852.0375
Benns Knob · North Carolina VIPER
RFSS 2 · Site 9 (hex 9) · NAC 1F4
Control 857.4625, 858.4625
Voice 853.1875, 853.4125, 853.825, 856.4625, 857.2125
Boiling Springs · North Carolina VIPER
RFSS 2 · Site 13 (hex D) · NAC 1F0
Control 773.15625, 773.41875
Voice 771.85625, 772.30625, 772.65625
Shelby · North Carolina VIPER
RFSS 2 · Site 80 (hex 50) · NAC 1F4
Control 852.75, 853.9125
Voice 851.3, 851.8, 852.3
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 Cleveland County

Common questions

What frequency do the police use in Cleveland County?

Dispatch channels listed for Cleveland County: Cleveland County Sheriff 155.6850 MHz (131 DPL).

Are Cleveland County police talkgroups encrypted?

1 of the 10 talkgroups listed for Cleveland County are marked fully or partly encrypted; a scanner cannot decode encrypted audio.