US Police Jargon

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Or "Scout 66, Dispatcher, hold me out at 300 Indiana Avenue for a 10-7 R-Robert." This means the patrol officer has to use the rest-room.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>"Any Unit About Clear"</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B> If all units are out-of-service on assignments, the dispatcher will ask this question to determine if a unit or units are finished with an assignment so they can take another assignment.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>"No Report, 10-8"</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B> "10-8" is the code for "back-in-service" (as in "Clear" of an assignment and ready to take another one.) "No Report" means that the situation that the unit handled does not require that a report be taken.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>"10-99"</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B> Designates a one-man unit.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>"10-4"</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B> Designates a two-man unit.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>"On the Scene"</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B> Assigned Units are required to inform the dispatcher when they arrive on the scene. The dispatcher then encodes this information into the computer system and starts the time check clock for that particular unit.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>"Time Check"</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B> When an officer is given an assignment, he/she has 30 minutes to handle that assignment. The dispatcher’s computer times each assignment. If the officer does not return to service in that time, the dispatcher will ask the officer if he/she needs a "time check." This will allow the officer an additional 30 minutes. Depending on the assignment, this can be done for several hours.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>"Both Units are Held"</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B> As in "Both Units are held out-of-service."</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>"KLG 610 Testing to Scout 67" </U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B> FCC requires that each dispatcher give this test to an out-of-service unit every hour on the hour. Each radio zone has its own coding, i.e., KLG 611, KLG 612, etc. The police unit which is the recipient of this "test" responds by saying: "Scout 67 10-99 (or 10-4) to KLG 610 (etc.), Dispatcher."</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>"Copy"</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B> As in, "I copy (understand) your transmission.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>"10-33"</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B> This means that an officer is in trouble and needs immediate back-up at his location. The officer gives his location, followed by "10-33".</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>"10-50"</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B> This is the code for a traffic accident. If it is with injuries, it is a 10-50 I-IDA.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>"10-89"</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B> This is the code for a bomb-threat.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0c3581f0.gif" border=0 width="88" height="31" ALT="Live!" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Note:</U></B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#888888" FACE="Arial" ><B> Dispatchers use military time and punctuate their transmissions by giving the correct time. This serves two purposes: </B></FONT><B>1)</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#888888" FACE="Arial" ><B> The units receiving the assignments log-in the time they receive the assignments. </B></FONT><B>2)</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#888888" FACE="Arial" ><B> All transmissions are recorded and this makes it easier to locate any desired transmission when listening to the tape which contains that transmission.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scanner City II Live!"><U><B><U>HOME</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> © 2005 <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0099FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Scanner City</B></FONT>. All Rights Reserved.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>