Police codes

[Heihachi_73]

I've always wondered what they actually meant in most of the code talk. Say, you grab a cop car, that usually warrants about 3 or 4 different things. e.g. the female announcer usually says something like 10-71, 10-29, 10-80, one after another.

 

I tried the search function but gave up with too many results. Google didn't do much better. Maybe the information is classified police talk not available to the public.

 

I gather a 10-73 is a hit and run as it always happens after running over someone. In Need For Speed: Most Wanted it's also there when you hit a car.

[solo]

Ask and you will recieve

 

 

10-1   Responding10-2   Cancel Response10-3   Arrived on Scene10-4   Acknowledgement10-5   Repeat 10-6   Stand By10-7   Verify Address or info.10-8   Call10-9   Meet 10-10  Your Location?  10-11  Radio Test (R1-R9) 10-12  Preliminary Report 10-13  Need Help     Code 1 - Urgent    Code 2 - Not Urgent 10-14  Disregard Previous info10-15  False Call/No Incident   10-16  Freq. Request (Fire Only)  10-17  Fire Box # Request       10-18  Activity Update              10-19  Monitor Freq. for activity          10-20  Incident Under Control           10-21  Brush/Woods Fire                  10-22  Motor Vehicle Fire         10-23  HazMat Incident                  10-24  Gas Leak                            10-25  Electrical Fire                       Code 1 - Manhole                  Code 2 - Vault                   Code 3 - Substation          10-26  Ship Fire                        10-27  Subway/RR Incident                 10-30  Fire/Smoke Showing                      Code 1 - Doubtful Will Hold      Code 2 - Probably Will Hold         Code 3 - Under Control          10-31  Explosion/Bomb Incident           Code 1 - Explosion                Code 2 - Bomb Incident        10-32  High Rise Incident                  10-33  Structural Collapse                10-34  Construction Accident         10-35  Working Fire                  10-36  Search For Person                     Code 1 - Missing                         Code 2 - Lost                10-37  Water Incident                      10-38  Drowning Search                            Code 1 - Confirmed Victim10-39  Aircraft Incident    Code 1 - Serious    Code 2 - Not Serious          10-40  Motor Vehicle Accident            Code 1 - Serious Injury             Code 2 - No Serious Injury     10-41  Emergency Vehicle MVA          10-42  School Bus Accident            10-43  MedFlight Requested         10-44  Tractor Trailer Accident10-45  Fatality/Injuries                  Code 1 - Fatality                           Code 2 - Serious Injury                Code 3 - Minor Injury             10-46  Weather Alert                        10-47  Avoid Area/congestion                    Code 1 - Flooding                          Code 2 - Wind Damage    Code 3 - Accident10-49  Report/Road Weather10-50  Police Operation    Code 1 - Pursuit/Auto    Code 2 - Manhunt/Search on foot    Code 3 - Raid    Code 4 - Other (specify)10-51  Suicide10-52  Demonstration    Code 1 - Riot    Code 2 - Civil Disturbance    Code 3 - Volatile Situation    Code 4 - Peaceful10-53  Swat Team Response10-54  Homicide    Code 1 - Firearm    Code 2 - Knife    Code 3 - Other (specify)10-55  Officer Shot/Stabbed10-56  Officer in Trouble10-57  Shots Fired10-58  A&B/Dangerous Weapon    Code 1 - Firearm    Code 2 - Knife    Code 3 - Other (specify)10-59  Armed Subject    Code 1 - Barricaded    Code 2 - With Hostage    Code 3 - Other (specify)10-60  Bank Robbery10-61  Armored Car Robbery10-62  Armed Robbery    Code 1 - Home Invasion    Code 2 - Business    Code 3 - Other (specify)10-63  Kidnapping10-64  Burglary10-65  Body Found10-66  Rape10-67  Selective Enforcement10-68  Prison/Jail Incident    Code 1 - Riot/Disturbance    Code 2 - Escape10-69  Request for K9 Unit10-70  VIP Arrival/Escort    Code 1 - Secret Svc Protection    Code 2 - State/Local Protection10-71  Sensitive Incident    Code 1 - No Radio, Landline Only    Code 2 - Use Radio Discretely10-90  Essential Radio Traffic Only10-91  Request Emergency Notification10-95  Unauthorized Radio User10-97  Hold Radio Traffic10-98  Resume Normal Operations10-99  Restrict talk to current incident10-44  Tractor Trailer Accident10-100 Major EmergencyFirst unit on scene will updateMRS base.  All others on scenewill operate on direct.  Unitsnot involved with incident willhold their traffic until 10-98or 10-99 is given.

 

[brucewayne909]

Cops have to memorize all this stuff?

 

Why can't they just say it?

[Heihachi_73]

Great stuff there Solo!

 

I guess it's easier to say 10-4 than Affirmative (well, OK is the same!). A few are missing from the list but they generally happen by themselves in GTA so you can tell what they might be.

[solo]

I noticed there were a few missing, but that could be in case they need to add new ones. or maybe not.

[All-Blacks]

Cops have to memorize all this stuff?

 

Why can't they just say it?

Lol thats what I thought. English was made for a reason, whats the point of making a new complicated, pointless way of communication? Maybe this is why the police barely turns up quick enough, takes 'em time to figure it out in their book 'Police for Dummies' .

[saintmarksman]

the point of making a new, complicated way of communication is so that criminals can't listen with a police scanner to see if anyone's called the cops and what the cops are being called for. if you were a police officer would you want people to listen in and know exactly what you're doing and where you are?

[rav0]

Police have no worry about people listening to their communications (except maybe annoying gossip queens who like to stand nearby looking busy and eavesdrop).

 

The codes are because radio is unreliable (bad reception, range, interference, sound noise near the operator, etc), and an dropped word from a sentence can end up wrecking a message, possible undectedly. The codes are more error-resilient.

 

Something strange I've noticed about the codes posted here is that thay use the numbers 20, 30, 40, etc. Unless these are read differently, "twenty-five" transmitted on the radio, but with the "-five" dropped (eg because of interference) ends up being the same as just "twenty", and the wrong message is transferred. That's why nine is niner and true bearings are always three digit (eight degrees east of north is zero-zero-eight).

Edited February 22, 2007 by rav0

[Mr.Brownstone]

I used to be in Ary cadets and all, and they have this way of pronoucing the numbers a bit differently.

 

like 5 would be fife, 9 = niner, and so on. Its just to make things clearer like the previous poster said. It reall helps out alot. and sometimes poeple might misinterpret some words.

[PHRobertson]

I used to be in Ary cadets and all, and they have this way of pronoucing the numbers a bit differently.

 

like 5 would be fife, 9 = niner, and so on. Its just to make things clearer like the previous poster said. It reall helps out alot. and sometimes poeple might misinterpret some words.

That's also the reason for the phonetic alphabet ("Alpha", "Beta", "Charlie", "Delta", "Echo", "Foxtrot" etc).

Also, you should really say "Affirm" rather than "Affirmative", as it can also be confused with "Negative" on a bad signal.

 

Oh, and never, and I mean NEVER, say "Over and Out."

 

"Over" means you are waiting for a response.

"Out" means you don't want/need a response and the exchange is over.

 

Thus "Over and Out" is a contradiction of itself.

 

It amazing what you learn from being in the Red Cross, isn't it?

[jimmy-laws]

can i have recent updates on that

[Dingleman]

Police Codes used in GTA III:

 

10-09 Repeat

10-11 Dispatching Too Rapidly

10-29 Stolen Or Wanted Check

10-48 Unattended Death

10-50 Cruiser In Accident

10-55 Vehicle Accident

10-65 Boating Accident

10-73 Trouble At Station

10-74 Officer Needs Assistance

10-80 Business/Residence Alarm

10-81 Back In Town

10-92 Need Radio Technician

 

I think the developers just threw in some random numbers in the audio files, and didn't really consider what they meant.