SCMPD Precinct Realignment

SCMPD has realigned their precincts effective today. The most noticeable change is the elimination of Precinct 6 (Skidaway), which has been absorbed into Precinct 5 (Islands). Additionally, some precinct boundaries have been moved.

From the SCMPD news release:

• All neighborhood boundaries are honored with no neighborhood split between precincts
• New boundaries take into consideration geographic and traffic limitations
• Deployment of officers will more closely match the workload
• Liberty City area goes from Central Precinct to West Chatham Precinct
• West Savannah shifts from West Chatham precinct to Downtown Precinct (where it previously existed before the merger)
• Skidaway and Islands Precincts are merged
• The West Chatham Precinct will eventually be relocated to a more appropriate location, most likely in theh Ogeechee Road corridor

The news release, along with links to Precinct Maps can be found on the SCMPD website.

What does this mean for the radio hobbyist? Probably not much. I would guess that the radio channels will remain the same, because the two precincts that were merged were already using the same radio channel.

Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net

Note: All of the above is from open source material available in the public domain. Information on the precincts was obtained from the SCMPD website and background on the radio channels is available at the Radioreference website.