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Wilson County Police Frequencies

Wilson County in North Carolina has 5 countywide conventional frequencies and 10 countywide talkgroups in our database. Use the list of 11 cities and communities below for local police departments.

About Wilson County Police Frequencies

  • 5 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: North Carolina VIPER: 10 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 Wilson County, start with the Bailey site of North Carolina VIPER. Its control channels: 856.5125, 857.1875 MHz.
  • 1 listed entry is marked encrypted. No scanner can decode encrypted audio.

Wilson County conventional frequencies

Dispatch

AgencyDescriptionFrequency (MHz)ToneModeFCC
Wilson County SheriffWilson Sheriff Dispatch155.5500
In 154.7550
192.8 PLFMNWPSE874

Tactical

AgencyDescriptionFrequency (MHz)ToneModeFCC
Wilson County SheriffBlack Creek Police Tactical154.7550
In 155.9700
FMNWPSG248
Wilson County SheriffWilson Sheriff Statewide Intercity155.1900FMNWPSE874
Wilson County SheriffWilson Sheriff LEEC155.4750FMNWPSE874
Wilson County SheriffBlack Creek Police Department – Tactical155.9700FMN—

Wilson County trunked talkgroups

North Carolina VIPER

AgencyDescriptionTalkgroupHexMode
Wilson County SheriffSheriffs Office50003c353D
Wilson County SheriffWilson County Sheriff – Tactical Channel50004c354D
Wilson County SheriffCounty Law50007c357D
Wilson County SheriffCounty Law Administration50008c358D
Wilson County SheriffSheriffs Administration50011c35bD
Wilson County SheriffCivil50012c35cD
Wilson County SheriffInvestigations50013c35dD
Wilson County SheriffPatrol50015c35fD
Wilson County SheriffWilson City Police Investigations50034c372D
1 encrypted talkgroup (cannot be monitored)
AgencyDescriptionTalkgroupHexMode
Wilson County SheriffWilson City Police Department50033c371D

Radio system sites in Wilson County

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

Bailey · North Carolina VIPER
RFSS 1 · Site 4 (hex 4) · NAC 1F5
Control 856.5125, 857.1875
Voice 851.1, 851.325, 851.825, 852.35, 855.6125, 856.1875
Wilson · North Carolina VIPER
RFSS 3 · Site 70 (hex 46) · NAC 1F2
Control 773.99375, 774.69375
Voice 770.29375, 771.74375, 772.44375, 772.84375, 773.24375, 773.48125
Wilson · Wilson
RFSS 1 · Site 1 (hex 1)
Control 857.2125, 858.4375, 858.6875
Voice 856.2125, 856.4375, 857.4375, 857.5125, 858.2125, 859.2125
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 Wilson County

Common questions

What frequency do the police use in Wilson County?

Dispatch channels listed for Wilson County: Wilson County Sheriff 155.5500 MHz (192.8 PL).

Are Wilson County police talkgroups encrypted?

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