Squads: Grouping Units for One Call
A lightweight way for a few units to work the same call together, without dispatch having to manage it.
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A squad is a small, temporary grouping — a handful of units working the same call or situation together, formed by the units themselves rather than assigned from above.
Forming one
Any on-duty unit can start a squad, right from the board. Starting one automatically puts you in it — there's no separate "create, then join" step.
Joining and leaving
Other on-duty units can join an existing squad the same way. Switching directly from one squad to another works cleanly — leaving your old one and joining the new one happens in the same action, so you're never accidentally left in two at once or orphaned in an empty one.
Tying a squad to a call
A squad can be attached to the specific call it's working, which is what makes it genuinely useful rather than just a label — anyone looking at the board can see which units are grouped up and what they're actually handling together.
What happens when everyone leaves
A squad with nobody left in it is cleaned up automatically — it doesn't sit around as an empty row on the board forever. The last person to leave simply ends the squad by leaving.
What a squad isn't
It's not a permission boundary — it doesn't change what anyone can see or do on the board. It's purely organizational, a way for units to signal "we're working this together" without dispatch needing to manually track and announce every grouping over the radio.
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The Dispatch Board: Calls, BOLOs, and Priorities
Creating and running a call from the moment it comes in to the moment it closes, and keeping BOLOs current while you're at it.
The Moderator Panel: Infractions and Cleanup
Two different screens that both sound like moderation — logging discipline against a person, and cleaning up records and BOLOs. They're gated by different permissions on purpose.