New Brunswick RCMP

THIS PAGE IS COMPLETELY HISTORICAL, AND DESCRIBES A SYSTEM THAT NO
LONGER EXISTS. THE SYSTEM WAS "IN THE CLEAR" THROUGHOUT THE 80'S AND 90'S
AND ALL OF WHAT IS DESCRIBED HERE IS BASED ON RADIO LISTENERS' REPORTS.
BECAUSE THIS IS ALL GONE, THERE SHOULD THEREFORE BE NO CONFIDENTIALITY ISSUES.
THIS SYSTEM WAS REPLACED BEGINNING IN 2015 WITH THE NBTMR.

THIS PAGE IS PRESENTED AS IT WAS IN 2014, AND THEREFORE, FOR THE MOST PART,
IS WRITTEN IN THE PRESENT TENSE, EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOW ALL IN THE PAST.

Frequencies last updated April 16, 2010
Narrative and layout last updated April 20, 2012
Minor changes in frequencies August 2014

Page listing all RCMP aircraft across Canada. Only a few will ever be heard in our area.

The RCMP in New Brunswick is J Division of the national force and is headquartered at Fredericton. The RCMP is the provincial police force for New Brunswick under a contract with the provincial government, as is the case in seven other provinces. It also is the town or city police force under individual contract in many municipalities. J Division is a component of the Atlantic Canada region whose overall commanding officer is in Halifax, Nova Scotia. J Division has converted in recent years to the district concept, in which various local offices, sometimes referred to as posts, suboffices, or in the old terminology: detachments, operate under the command of district managers. There are 12 districts in the province, which have names as well as numbers (see the chart below). In addition to the front-line posts there are regional and provincial specialized units providing everything from police dogs to air support to investigative services. Note that the air support branch of the RCMP for Atlantic Canada is based in New Brunswick.

Click here for the official J Division website and here for a pdf map of the districts and offices.

A list of the districts and local offices appears in the official website (linked above) and on the chart below along with radio frequencies. The specialist support offices and district headquarters can be in towns that are under the jurisdiction of a municipal force. For example the provincial headquarters is in Fredericton which is policed by its own municipal police service.

The RCMP in New Brunswick uses a 155 MHz conventional VHF system. Many of the frequencies listed below have been reliably reported for more than a decade for the most part, with some less-used frequencies coming into use later as municipal police forces have been absorbed. In the past the frequencies were identified by channel number but in recent years they are identified by repeater name (location) or in the case of simplex frequencies, by designation such as "Tac 3".

Click here for a chart of the radio channel lineup from the early 2000's.

Repeaters are linked by UHF. For example Northview is reported to have a 414.5625 MHz link.

Input frequencies are listed only for the purpose of identifying signals you may hear.

Repeater Output Frequency (or Simplex* Frequency)	offset	Input Frequency	Locations Noted and CTCSS
148.405	11.71	160.115	Vehicle repeaters. Bouctouche no tone, Baie Ste Anne no tone.
152.18	?	?	Dumfries 114.8 (new frequency, summer 2014, replacing 155.91)
154.355	?	?	Squaw Cap 173.8 (new repeater and frequency, summer 2014), Oromocto 141.3
154.755	0.78	155.535	Moncton downtown (Codiac main channel) 107.2
155.37		-------	Tac 3 Province-wide 141.3
155.415	-0.60	154.815	Sussex area 186.2, Melrose (Urbainville PEI) 173.8
155.46		-------	Tac 2 Province-wide 123.0
155.58	-0.66	154.92	Grand Manan 186.2, Scotch East 123.0, Acadieville 162.2, Bald Mtn 186.2, Newburg 131.8, Neguac 162.2, Seven Mile Ridge 173.8
155.64	-0.57	155.07	Shediac 141.3
155.67*		-------	Tac 1 Province-wide 123.0 (this frequency is also used by some fire departments but without the CTCSS tone)
155.70	-0.75	154.95	Coburn 114.8, Grove Hill 186.2, Doaktown 141.3, Rang St. Georges 173.8, Riceville 131.8, Indian Mtn 107.2
155.73	-0.87	154.86	Maces Bay 186.2, Cardigan 141.3, Fairfield 162.2, Allardville 173.8, Campbellton 123.0, Gtand River 131.8
155.745	-0.87	154.875	St. Margaret's 131.8
155.805	-1.065	154.74	Blackville 141.3, Tracadie-Sheila 173.8
155.82	-0.84	154.98	Fredericton 141.3, Saint John 186.2, Rocky Brook 123.0, Rapids 173.8, Northview 131.8, Glacier Lake 141.3, Indian Mtn 162.2
155.85	?	?	hrd in Kent area, with 151.4 tone (may have replaced 148.405 Bouctouche) but itself may have been replaced by 157.965??
155.88	-0.75	155.13	Scotch West 186.2, Neguac 162.2, Blue Mtn 173.8, Summit 173.8, Kintore 131.8
155.91	-0.75	155.16	Clarendon 107.2, Saint Quentin 173.8, Gowland 100.0, Chaplin Island Rd 162.2
155.91	-0.48	155.43	Pleasant Ridge 186.2, Renous?? 123.0
155.94	-0.90	155.04	Greenlaw Mtn 114.8, Stanley 173.8, Hardwood Ridge 141.3, Saint Norbert 162.2, Chatham 131.8, Elmtree 173.8, Fundy 100.0
155.97	-1.275	154.695?	Dalhousie 107.2
157.47	-1.95	155.52	Caraquet 173.8
158.625	-5.47	153.155	Lameque 173.8, Perth Andover (tone unknown)
159.06	-5.17	153.89	Sackville 151.4

The last four frequency pairs in limited use may have been inherited from previously existing town police systems.

What appear to be fill-in repeaters for local areas are in operation as follows, simulcast with the local main repeater:
155.415 in Sussex
155.805 in Blackville
148.405 (input 160.115) in Bouctouche and in Baie Ste Anne
see also 155.85 in table above.

The Sussex and Blackville fill-ins are essentially the same as any other repeater, linked by UHF to the system and simulcast with the local main repeater. The 148.405 repeaters are linked by VHF transceiver to the local main repeater. When a signal from a local member is detected on the 160.115 input, the repeater transmits on 148.405 (as in any other repeater) but also keys a link transceiver transmitting on the 154 MHz input to the main area repeater, which then transmits on its 155 MHz output. When the link transceiver is not transmitting, it listens for the output from the main repeater and when received it keys the local area repeater on 148.405 MHz. (Thanks to a very knowledgeable NB contributor for this)

The force is reported to also on occasion use the nationally allocated frequencies in the 420 MHz range for special purposes; however it is thought that most of those communications are encrypted. Click here for a page contributed in February 2004 showing 400 MHz frequencies possibly in use by RCMP in NB.

The VHF system is made up of a network of repeaters, shown on the following map revised on Sept 23/02 and therefore not as current as the list that follows. This map is courtesy of a New Brunswicker, with input from myself and other listeners throughout the province. Some additions are necessary as local police services are taken over and new repeaters built. Please note also that the district 2 repeaters are no longer in two simulcast groups........they are now all simulcast in one group.

Locations on the map are approximate. In general there is one or more repeaters serving a particular office, but in some cases a repeater might be shared with other offices. The frequencies are a combination of those commonly used throughout the province, as well as some that have been "inherited" as local town police forces have been absorbed. Some repeaters in outlying mountainous areas probably have very little use, such as Summit, Rapids, Glazier Lake, unless they are linked continuously with adjacent repeaters.

Each group of repeaters is under the control of the telecoms centre in Fredericton HQ. This dispatch centre identifies as "22" which is short for the official callsign XJE22. The telecoms operator acts as the dispatcher. It is possible that some dispatching may also be done by local or district offices. Generally speaking the RCMP has a less directed dispatch system than do many municipal forces. What this means is that the dispatcher might indicate a situation and the mobile members take the call as appropriate, as contrasted to a system whereby the dispatcher actually directs the call to a particular unit.

In order for a mobile unit to contact the dispatcher a tone is sent. This brings up the repeater and it stays on. An audible tone is automatically sent periodically until the dispatcher answers. There is no need for the unit to send its identification as a data burst sends this information to the dispatcher's screen. This makes it more difficult for listeners to know who and what they are listening to. In addition to this is the fact that many of the communications are in French rather than English.

District (with HQ location) (# indicates first character of vehicle id's)	Posts/Office(s)	Repeater(s) Used and Frequency [simulcasts indicated or discounted only if definitely known]
1 (Charlotte and the Isles) [St. George]	Grand Manan St. Stephen Municipal & Rural St. Andrews Municipal St. George Campobello Pt. Lepreau	Grand Manan Ch 5: 155.58, T186.2 Greenlaw Mtn Ch 7: 155.94, T114.8 Pleasant Ridge Ch 12: 155.91, T186.2 Maces Bay Ch 2: 155.73, T186.2 normally simulcast
2 (Oromocto)	McAdam Municipal & Rural Oromocto Rural Oromocto Municipal Stanley Minto/Chipman New Maryland	Coburn Ch 1: 155.70, T114.8 Cardigan Ch 2: 155.73, T141.3 Stanley Ch 7: 155.94, T173.8 Fredericton Ch 4: 155.82, T141.3 Hardwood Ridge Ch 7: 155.94, T141.3 Scotch East Ch 5: 155.58, T123.0 Normally simulcast, except that Stanley may be only occasionally simulcast.
3 (Kennebecasis) [Hampton]	Grand Bay/Westfield Hampton Sussex	Clarendon Ch 3: 155.91, T107.2 Saint John Ch 4: 155.82, T186.2 Grove Hill Ch 1: 155.70, T186.2 Scotch West Ch 8: 155.88, T186.2 Sussex Ch ??: 155.415, T??? (linked to Scotch W via UHF) Normally simulcast
4 (Southeast) [Shediac]	Shediac Memramcook Sackville Municipal & Rural Port Elgin Cap Pele Municipal	Shediac Ch 14: 155.64, T141.3 Fairfield Ch 2: 155.73, T162.2 Sackville Town Ch ?: 159.06, T151.4 Melrose Ch ?: 155.415, T173.8 159.06 is the former Sackville Town Police frequency. Normally simulcast (These repeaters are sometimes also simulcast with District 11 Indian Mtn when requested by members) Note that the "Melrose" repeater is reportedly not located at Melrose but rather on Prince Edward Island, at Urbainville adjacent to the PEI Trunk tower. There is capability for NB and PEI RCMP to patch their systems in order to better police the Confederation Bridge area, and it is possible that the 155.415 rptr and the PEI rptr at Borden on 406.2875 can be linked.
5 (Kent) [Richibucto]	Bouctouche, Richibucto, Baie Ste Anne, Rogersville	Saint Norbert Ch 7: 155.94, T162.2 Bouctouche Ch 11: 148.405, no tone Acadieville Ch 5: 155.58, T162.2 Baie Ste Anne Ch 11: 148.405 St. Margarets Ch ??: 155.745, T131.8 Repeaters are simulcast
6 (Miramichi) [Blackville]	Doaktown, Blackville, Sunny Corner	Doaktown Ch 1: 155.70, T141.3 Chatham Ch 7: 155.94, T131.8 Chaplin Island Rd Ch 3: 155.91, T162.2 Bald Mtn Ch 5: 155.58, T186.2 possible Renous Ch 12: 155.91, T123.0 Normally simulcast and possible Blackville extender on 155.805, T141.3 (exact nature unknown)
7 (Carleton-York) [Woodstock]	Nackawic, Hartland, Florenceville, Woodstock, US Border Patrol sector office Houlton [KAD620] (direct connection with RCMP)	Newburg Ch 5: 155.58, T131.8 Dumfries Ch 12: 155.91, T114.
8 (Acadian Peninsula) [Tracadie-Shiela]	Neguac, Tracadie-Sheila, Caraquet, Lameque, Shippagan	Neguac Ch 8: 155.88, T162.2 Tracadie-Sheila Ch 13: 155.805, T173.8 Rang St. Georges Ch 1: 155.70, T173.8 Caraquet Ch 16?: 157.47, T173.8 Lameque Ch ??: 158.625, T173.8 Normally simulcast
9 (Restigouche-Chaleur) [Campbellton] EAST AREA	Bathurst Belledune	Allardville Ch 2: 155.73, T173.8 Elmtree Ch 7: 155.94, T173.8 Blue Mountain Ch 8: 155.88, T173.8 (these offices may also use Dalhousie/Seven Mile Ridge pair) Despite being in different districts, one or more of these repeaters may occasionally simulcast with the District 8 group
9 (Restigouche-Chaleur) [Campbellton] CENTRAL	Campbellton County, Dalhousie Town Campbellton City	Seven Mile Ridge Ch 5: 155.58, T173.8 Dalhousie Ch 6: 155.97, T107.2 Rocky Brook Ch 4: 155.82, T123.0 Normally simulcast Campbellton may also occasionally use Blue Mountain 155.88 Campbellton Ch 2: 155.73 , T123.0 (not simulcast with adjacent repeaters)
9 (Restigouche-Chaleur) [Campbellton] WEST	St Quentin	Saint Quentin Ch 3: 155.91, T173.8, also lightly used remote sites: Rapids 155.82, T173.8, and Summit 155.88, T173.8 in logging road areas to the northwest.
10 (Madawaska-Victoria) [Grand Falls] NORTH SECTOR	Clair St Leonard Riviere Verte	Riceville Ch 1: 155.70, T131.8 Glacier Lake Ch 4: 155.82, T141.3 Grand River Ch 2: 155.73, T131.8 Kintore Ch 8: 155.88, T131.8 Northview Ch 4: 155.82, T131.8 (Northview may be discontinued) Perth-Andover: 158.625 reported in area.
10 (Madawaska-Victoria) [Grand Falls] SOUTH SECTOR	Tobique First Nations, Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Grand Falls
11 (Caledonia) [Riverview] North area	Irishtown, Petitcodiac	Indian Mountain Ch 4: 155.82, T162.2
11 (Caledonia) [Riverview] South Area	Hillsborough, Fundy Park (summer detachment), and occasional use by Petitcodiac	Gowland Ch 3: 155.91, T100.0 Fundy Ch 7: 155.94, T100.0 (prev reported as 186.2) Normally simulcast
12 (Codiac Regional) [Moncton]	Codiac	Moncton Downtown Ch 15: 154.755, T107.2 [primary] Indian Mountain Ch 1: 155.70, T107.2 [secondary] Not simulcast

Please note that the use of "A" and "B" denotes in some provinces a differentiation between rural and municipal contract vehicles. For example in Nova Scotia A denotes municipal vehicles, and B denotes rural, i.e. under direct provincial contract. In British Columbia the usage was the complete opposite of this; however in that province the numbering system may be completely changed in recent years.

Because most units are identified on a district basis there is no correlation between the first number and any specific office. Only by careful monitoring or actual observation can this correlation be made, and it could be changeable. In at least some areas the third component (one or two digits) identifies the specific office. For example in Northern NB here is a breakdown:

9A1 to 9A9: Campbellton City
9A10 to 9A19: Campbellton County
9A20 series: St Quentin
9A30 series: Belledune
9A40 series: Bathurst
9A50 series: Dalhousie

There would not necessarily or even likely be a complete series, therefore it would be erroneous to think that there are 50 or more cars in District 9.

In other districts there may or may not be any regard for the specific office involved. This list from 2003 from the Fredericton area (Oromocto District) hints that the trailing numbers do not relate to any particular office, at least in District 2:

2A21,2A23,2A24,2A40,2A45: Chipman/Minto
2A17,2A35,2A36: Gagetown
2A46, 2A47: McAdam
2A2,2A5,2A10,2A15,2A16,2A30, 2A41,2A50,2A51: Oromocto
2A6,2A16: Oromocto Municipal
2R11: Oromocto First Nations, 2R12: Kingsclear First Nations

Here are some from other districts:

3C87, 3C93,3C95 Dist. 3 Highway patrol
3A48 Sussex
3A80,3A85 Hampton
7C5 Dist. 7 Highway patrol
12E10 Codiac K9 unit (heard regularly around the province)

These are examples of provincial or regional vehicles:

20E1,20T1,20T10,20B20,5D5: heard in Fredericton
20E5-Paddy wagon (seen in Fredericton), 20E6: river patrol boat
20D2 Provincial Detectives Unit
20E19 (heard in Fredericton)

The RCMP operate an air detachment at the Moncton Airport, with aircraft located at the Transport Canada hangar. This unit serves all three Maritime provinces.