Frequencies
Illinois State Police
Division of Patrol - Statewide
The Illinois State Police (ISP) runs several Communications Centers, each serving 1 to 3 Troops:
- Sterling (Troops 1, 2)
- Chicago (Troop 3)
- Pontiac (Troops 4, 5, 7)
- Springfield (Troop 6 and the statewide Command Center)
- Collinsville (Troop 8)
- DuQuoin (Troops 9, 10)
ISP uses 700 and 800 MHz with VHF mobile extenders to increase communications capability when outside their vehicles.
ISPERN-Illinois State Police Emergency Radio Network
Conventional Channels - Frequencies have been moved to the WIKI as they appear to no longer (or ever heard) in use.
| STARCOM21 Statewide Illinois Project 25 Phase II | Used by all Troops for Primary Dispatch/Car-to-Car, etc. operations. (since 11/2/07) |
| Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 155.475 | KA5825 | BM | CSQ | ISPERN CSQ | ISPERN [HF-1] (statewide Rx) | FMN | Law Dispatch |
| 155.475 | KN3600 | BM | 156 DPL | ISPERN D156 | ISPERN [HF-1] (statewide Tx) | FMN | Law Dispatch |
| 155.475 | KA5825 | BM | 67.0 PL | ISPERN 67.0 | ISPERN [HF-1] (Some Districts Tx) | FMN | Law Dispatch |
| 155.475 | B | 71.9 PL | ISPERN 71.9 | ISPERN [HF-1] (Districts C, 2, 5, 15, 17, 21) | FMN | Law Dispatch | |
| 155.055 | KA5825 | BM | CSQ | IREACH CSQ | Illinois Radio Emergency Assistance Channel [HF-3] (Legacy/Rx) | FMN | Interop |
| 155.055 | KA5825 | M | 156 DPL | IREACH D156 | Illinois Radio Emergency Assistance Channel [HF-3] (Tx) | FMN | Interop |
| 155.460 | KA5825 | BM | CSQ | ISP S/W HF-4 | State Law: Car-to-Car (former HF4 - Ch 7) | FMN | Law Tac |
| 155.505 | KA5825 | M | CSQ | ISP VHF MX CSQ | Mobile Extenders to SC21 | FMN | Law Dispatch |
| 155.505 | KA5825 | M | 293 NAC | ISP VHF MX N293 | Mobile Extenders to SC21 (NAC varies per car) | P25 | Law Dispatch |
Central HeadQuarters (CHQ) - Springfield
801 S 7th St - Springfield
| Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 460.450 | WQIG495 | RM | 071 DPL | ISP CHQ Clean | Maintenance / Janitorial (801 S Seventh - Spfld) | FMN | Public Works |
| 460.350 | WQIG495 | RM | 151.4 PL | ISP CHQ Maint | Building Maintenance (801 S Seventh - Spfld) | FMN | Public Works |
Troop 1 - Rockford
Boone, Carroll, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside and Winnebago Counties.
Troop 1 is now patrolling I-88 in Lee and Ogle Counties as well as I-90 in Winnebago County. Both tollways were formerly patrolled by Troop 15. (1/5/25)
| Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154.680 | KSA774 | B | 67.0 PL | ISP D1 HF2B | (FORMER) Dispatch: Base-to-Mobiles (Old) STERLING | FMN | Law Dispatch |
| 154.680 | KA5825 | M | 110.9 PL | ISP D1 HF2M | (FORMER) Dispatch: Mobiles-to-Base (Old) STERLING | FMN | Law Dispatch |
| 155.520 | KSF947 | BM | 110.9 PL | ISP D16 HF2 | (FORMER) Dispatch [HF-2] (Old) | FMN | Law Dispatch |
Troop 2 - Moline
Rock Island, Mercer, Henry, Bureau, Putnam and LaSalle Counties.
| Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 155.460 | KEO371 | BM | 67.0 PL | ISP D17 HF4 67.0 | (IN USE?) HF-4 (back-up to Starcom) LaSALLE | FMN | Law Dispatch |
| 155.445 | KEO371 | BM | ISP D17 Alerts | (IN USE?) Alerts / Broadcasts (D662/D701?) LaSALLE | FMN | Law Dispatch | |
| 154.845 | KSB229 | B | 67.0 PL | ISP D7 HF-2B | (IN USE?) Dispatch: Base-to-Mobiles (Old) E MOLINE | FMN | Law Dispatch |
Troop 3 - Chicago
Serving: Cook, McHenry, Lake, DeKalb, Kane, DuPage, Kendall, Will and Grundy Counties.
Also patrols the portions of tollways I-88, I-90, I-294, I-355 and I-390 in their jurisdiction that were formerly patrolled by Troop 15. (1/5/25)
| Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 155.505 | KA5825 | M | B0C NAC | ISP D3 VHF MX | Mobile Extenders (to SC21) (9/25) | P25 | Law Dispatch |
| 154.935 | KSB242 | BM | ISP DCh HF-2 | (IN USE?) Special Details/Alternate/Back-up D CHICAGO | FMN | Law Tac | |
| 155.460 | KSB231 | BM | CSQ | ISP S/W HF-4 | (IN USE?) Car-to-Car / contact with District 15-Tollways D CHICAGO | FMN | Law Tac |
| 154.695 | KSB233 | B | 67.0 PL | ISP D2 HF-2B | (IN USE?) Dispatch: Base-to-Mobiles / Scales ELGIN D2 | FMN | Law Dispatch |
| 154.695 | KA5825 | M | 110.9 PL | ISP D2 HF-2M | (IN USE?) Dispatch: Mobiles-to-Base / Scales ELGIN D2 | FMN | Law Dispatch |
| 154.920 | KSB230 | BM | CSQ | ISP D5 HF-2 | (IN USE?) Dispatch (Old) D5 JOLIET | FMN | Law Dispatch |
Troop 4 - Peoria
Knox, Stark, Marshall, Peoria, Woodford, Tazewell, Henderson, Warren, Hancock, McDonough, and Fulton Counties.
| Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154.695 | KSA775 | B | 411 DPL | ISP D14 HF2B | (IN USE?) Alerts / Broadcasts MACOMB D14 | FMN | Law Dispatch |
| 155.520 | KSB228 | B | 205 DPL | ISP D8 HF2B | (IN USE?) District 8: Alerts / Broadcasts PEORIA D8 | FMN | Law Dispatch |
Troop 5 - Bloomington
Livingston, McLean, Dewitt, Kankakee, Ford, and Iroquois Counties.
| Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154.680 | KSA776 | BM | CSQ | ISP D6 HF-2 | (IN USE?) Dispatch (Old) D6 PONTIAC | FMN | Law Dispatch |
Troop 6 - Springfield
Adams, Schuyler, Brown, Pike, Scott, Mason, Logan, Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, and Christian Counties.
| Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154.935 | KNNU245 | BM | 223 DPL | ISP D9 Alerts | (IN USE?) District 9: Alerts / Broadcasts SPRINGFIELD | FMN | Law Dispatch |
| 154.650 | KA5825 | M | 754 DPL | ISP D9 Mob | (IN USE?) Mobile Units (12/16) SPRINGFIELD | FMN | Law Tac |
| 156.000 | KS3183 | M | CSQ | ISP D9 U2U | (IN USE?) Unit-to-Unit (licensed only to ISP District 9) SPRINGFIELD | FMN | Law Tac |
| 154.680 | KGY335 | B | 662 DPL | ISP D20 HF-2 | (IN USE?) District 20: Alerts / Broadcasts | FMN | Law Dispatch |
| 857.7375 | WNMF342 | B | 82.5 PL | ICJIA Data | (IN USE?) ICJIA Data SPRINGFIELD | FM | Data |
Troop 7 - Champaign
Macon, Piatt, Champain, Vermillion, Shelby, Moutlrie, Douglas, Coles and Edgar Counties.
| Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154.695 | KSA464 | B | 251 DPL | ISP D10 HFB2 | (IN USE?) Dispatch: Champaign/Urbana area (no 67.0 PL as of 9/10) PESOTUM | FMN | Law Dispatch |
Troop 8 - Collinsville (Metro East)
Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Montgomery, Madison, Bond, St. Clair, Clinton, Monroe and Washington Counties.
The primary function of Troopers in Troop 8 is to patrol interstates I-55, I-64, I-255, and I-270, and many rural/unincorporated areas throughout the counties
155.37 CSQ, Point-to-Point is available to use, for communications with agencies in St Louis MO area
ISPERN talkgroup appears to repeat mobile units using TX D156 or 67.0 PL, but not CSQ (6/24) [When acitivated by dispatch] (Base on 155.475 appears to be CSQ as to not feed back into patch]
* When VHF is activated on the talkgroup, only units using D156 transmit appear to multicast on the ISPERN talkgroup. ISP Dispatch broadcasts as CSQ. (7/24)
700 MHz mobile extenders are no longer be in use, as portable radios are now using VHF-to-700/800 (155.505/151.16 in some areas for MX)
| STARCOM21 Statewide Illinois Project 25 Phase II | Troop 8 dispatchers can communicate with Madison County PSAPs on talkgroup 7323, or with St Clair County PSAPs on talkgroup 7006 |
| Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 155.505 | KA5825 | M | 132 NAC | ISP VHF MX N132 | Mobile Extenders-to-SC21 | P25 | Law Dispatch |
| 151.160 | KA2864 | M | 204 NAC | ISP D18 DVRS A | Mobile Extenders (to SC21) | P25 | Law Dispatch |
| 151.160 | KA2864 | M | 240 NAC | ISP D18 DVRS B | Mobile Extenders (to SC21) (Scale) | P25 | Law Dispatch |
| 154.665 | KSB235 | B | 306 DPL | ISP D11 Alert | (IN USE?) District 11: Alerts / Broadcasts (in use 4/21) | FMN | Law Dispatch |
| 155.370 | KSB235 | B | CSQ | ISP Pt-to-Pt | Point-to-Point {Link to St Louis / MO State} | FMN | Law Talk |
| 775.85625 | WPTZ798 | M | 61F NAC | 7TAC89 61F | (IN USE?) Operations (heard Madison Co) | P25 | Law Tac |
| 155.445 | WQEP339 | BM | 516 DPL | ISP D18 HF-2 | (IN USE?) Back-Up to STARCOM21 [HF-2] LITCHFIELD | FMN | Law Dispatch |
| 953.950 | WQAX857 | F | ISP D18 MW BvrDm | (IN USE?) Microwave Link (Nilwood to Beaver Dam) LITCHFIELD | Telm | Data | |
| 957.550 | WQAX855 | F | ISP D18 MW Nilwd | (IN USE?) Microwave Link (Beaver Dam to Nilwood) LITCHFIELD | Telm | Data |
Troop 9 - Effingham
Cumberland, Clark, Fayette, Effingham, Jasper, Crawford, Marion, Clay, Richland, Lawrence, Wayne, Edwards, Wabash, Hamilton, and White Counties.
| Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154.680 | KSB236 | B | 315 DPL | ISP D12 HF2A | (IN USE?) District 12: Alerts / Broadcasts (in use 6/14) EFFINGHAM | FMN | Law Dispatch |
| 154.680 | KSB236 | B | 412 DPL | ISP D12 HF2B | (IN USE?) District 12: Alerts / Broadcasts (still in use?) EFFINGHAM | FMN | Law Dispatch |
| 154.920 | KSI983 | B | 624 DPL | ISP D19 HF-2 | (IN USE?) Alerts / Back-Up to SC21 CARMI | FMN | Law Dispatch |
Troop 10 - Carbondale
Jefferson, Randolph, Perry, Franklin, Jackson, Williamson, Saline, Gallatin, Union, Johnson, Pope, Hardin, Alexander, Pulaski and Massac Counties.
| Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154.935 | KSB234 | B | 371 DPL | ISP D13 Alert | (BACKUP) District 13: Alerts / Broadcasts [HF-2] (was D413) DuQUOIN | FMN | Law Dispatch |
| 155.505 | KA5825 | M | 173 NAC | ISP D13 VHF MX | (BACKUP) Mobile Extenders (to SC21) (*former DuQuoin D13) | P25 | Law Dispatch |
| 154.680 | KSG291 | BM | 754 DPL | ISP D22 HF-2 | (BACKUP) District 22: Alerts / Broadcasts | FMN | Law Dispatch |
Troop 15 - Tollway (Downers Grove)
Troop 15 (formerly District 15) has been disbanded. Troops 1 and 3 are now patroling the tollways in their respective jurisdictions. (1/5/25)
| Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154.695 | KSB989 | BM | ISP D15 A2 | District 2 (A2) | FMN | Law Talk | |
| 154.935 | KSB242 | BM | ISP D15 A3 | District 3 (A3) | FMN | Law Talk | |
| 154.680 | KSB233 | BM | ISP D15 A4 | District 4 (A4) | FMN | Law Talk | |
| 154.920 | KA5825 | BM | ISP D15 A5 | District 5 (A5) | FMN | Law Tac | |
| 155.520 | BM | ISP D15 A6 | District 16 (A-6) [No License] | FMN | Law Tac | ||
| 154.650 | KA5825 | M | 754 DPL | ISP D15c2cB4 | Car-to-Car (B4) | FMN | Law Tac |
Department of Criminal Investigations (DCI)
| STARCOM21 Statewide Illinois Project 25 Phase II | Most comms are on encrypted talkgroups. Dispatch will be heard on Troop talkgroups. VHF use is unknown (2025) |
| Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154.905 | KA5825 | M | CSQ | ISP DCI HF-2 | Operations [HF-2] | FMN | Law Tac |
| 154.950 | KA5825 | M | CSQ | ISP DCI HF-3 | Operations [HF-3] | FMN | Law Tac |
| 154.710 | KA5825 | M | CSQ | ISP DCI 4.71 | Operations | FMN | Law Tac |
| 154.920 | KA5825 | M | CSQ | ISP DCI 4.92 | Operations | FMN | Law Tac |
(Former) District 25 - TRT - Tactical Response Team
| STARCOM21 Statewide Illinois Project 25 Phase II | Main Communications system; non-dispatch activities are probably encrypted |
Illinois Public Safety Agency Network
formerly licensed as Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
| Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 857.7375 | WQME309 | RM | IPSAN Flora | Mobile Terminal Data - Flora (Clay) (CW-ID) | Telm | Data | |
| 859.7625 | WQME309 | RM | IPSAN Lakewd | Mobile Terminal Data - Lakewood (Shelby) | Telm | Data | |
| 855.4625 | WQCP383 | RM | IPSAN Marion | Mobile Terminal Data - Marion (Jefferson) (CSQ) | Telm | Data | |
| 858.4625 | WQME309 | RM | IPSAN Newton | Mobile Terminal Data - Newton (Jasper) | Telm | Data | |
| 857.7375 | WNXS419 | RM | IPSAN Pesotm | Mobile Terminal Data - Pesotum (Champaign) | Telm | Data | |
| 856.0625 | WQME309 | RM | IPSAN Rochel | Mobile Terminal Data - Rochelle (Ogle) | Telm | Data | |
| 855.9625 | WPMF678 | RM | ISPAN Danvil | Mobile Terminal Data - Danville (Vermilion) | Telm | Data |
Other Law Enforcement
Secretary of State Police (ISSP)
| STARCOM21 Statewide Illinois Project 25 Phase II | Main Communications system |
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
See IDNR Page
| STARCOM21 Statewide Illinois Project 25 Phase II | Dispatch / Operations |