The One Resource for Police and Law Enforcement

Products

Police P25 Radios Tips

Need Advice Buying Police P25 Radios?

Back to P25 Radios Homepage

P25 Radios Sponsors

All P25 Radios Manufacturers

Police P25 Radios Feature

DPH Series Portable Radio

Featured Product Categories

Technology

Radar

TASER

Specialty Vehicles

Handguns

View All Categories

Full list of Police P25 Radios Tips

Got P25? Great, but don’t forget your phone

P25 (a.k.a. APCO-25, or Project 25) refers to a suite of standards for interoperable digital radio communications for public safety agencies. Radios built to the P25 standards let first responders from all over the...

Wear an ear mic

Wearing an ear mic not only ensures you get your radio traffic, it also eliminates the need to "secure your mic" while standing with a potential suspect. Criminals are just as knowledgeable -- sometimes more so -- about...

More on safe shoulder mic usage

As a follow up to a tip submitted by Officer Israel about looking at subjects when talking on shoulder mics [Read the tip]: I have done what Officer Israel describes and I've also noticed that I tend to lift my elbow...

Suspicious person contacts

This is probably nothing new to many of you, but I still see this mistake time and again: When preparing to make contact with a suspicious person, do not grab your mic for the first time while pulling up to him. Instead,...

Keep your eyes forward

When talking on portable radios, many officers look away from what is taking place in front of them to look at their microphone while transmitting. No matter where your mic is placed—shoulder, right or left epaulette, or...

Training for touch during emergency driving

While training new recruits about emergency/pursuit driving, park your patrol unit, blindfold the recruit and have him/her practice turning on various emergency lights and equipment by touch, without looking down at the...

About PoliceOne

Advertise

Contact Us

Member Support

My Profile

Privacy Policy

Sitemap

PoliceOne

News & Video

Popular Topics

Resources

In Our Network

PoliceOne is revolutionizing the way the law enforcement community finds relevant news, identifies important training information, interacts online and researches product purchases and manufacturers. It's the most comprehensive and trusted online destination for law enforcement agencies and police departments worldwide.

BLUtube
Columnists
Officer Down
Police News
Police News Feeds
Police Photos
Police Tips
Police Videos

Body Armor
Duty Gear
Firearms
Police Software
Police Uniforms
Police Vehicles
All Police Products
5.11 Tactical Gear

Investigations
K-9
Officer Safety
Officer Shootings
Patrol Issues
Police Heroes
SWAT
All Police Topics

Newsletters
Police Directory
Police Forums
Police Games
Police Grants
Police Jobs
Police Training
P1 Sponsors

Corrections News
Counterterrorism
Fire Videos
Paramedic Jobs
Police Books
Street Survival

Follow Us

Visit other PoliceOne Network Sites: