Talk:Police radio code

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Cleanup Tag removed

I removed the Cleanup tag. It looks like at this point the article has been pretty well cleaned up. If someone disagrees, please put it back and tell what you see that needs fixing. Harry1717 (talk) 03:18, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Codes in other Countries

Do these codes appear in other countries besides the United States? Are they recognised by the Australian Police? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 13:57, 6 August 2006. (talk) 60.225.200.127 (UTC)

There is some commonality with the Ten codes. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 21:39, 7 February 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Further to Rich Farmbrough's comment, there are other related codes used in other countries. In New Zealand, Fire and Emergency New Zealand use "K-codes" that are fire related, while New Zealand Police use a mix of "K-codes", "Ten-codes" and various incident and offence codes where the same numbers as listed here mean different things. I think this article needs very reliable sourcing, preferably out of the training manuals of the agencies concerned, otherwise it will become a collection of random and conflicting codes used by different agencies. After all, Wikipedia is not a database of police codes. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 04:25, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Codes for Dallas, Texas

The police department in Dallas is eliminating their radio codes. During the 9/11 tragedy in New York there was confusion due to different codes used by different agencies. As a result there is now a trend against using them. Anyway, here's an article which lists many of them, in case anyone thinks that adding obsolete codes would be worthwhile. "Dallas Police Department dropping police code for plain English". Will Beback talk 05:51, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

311/314

Why are these both for the same event? Rich Farmbrough, 18:18, 4 December 2010 (UTC).[reply]

Most police codes derive from the California Penal Code section numbers. PC section 311 was the old code for indecent exposure. It was replaced in 1961 with PC section 314. Captain Packrat (talk) 23:08, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Penal Codes & Vehicle Codes

Don't know what area of California this article is referring to, but most all agencies in Southern California, including CHP, use Penal Code numbers and Vehicle Code numbers to descrbibe most crimes over the radio. For example, I have never heard of a radio call for a "503 vehicle", but instead we say "10851 vehicle" ("ten-eight-five-one vehicle") or "20002 investigation" ("twenty-thousand-two investigation"). Additionally, for public intoxication, "647(f) subject" or locally "Code 40 subject". I have not heard many of the "hundred codes" used by officers (in the SoCal area at least). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.71.220.100 (talk) 00:48, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Code 604

The code 604 says throwing missiles. I'm a bit confused as to what this means. Does it mean like throwing explosive projectiles for example like a grenade?--Cubs197 07:16, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That means throwing any sort of projectile: stones, bricks, baseballs, rotten fruit, kitchen sinks, whatever. Captain Packrat (talk) 03:29, 11 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

APCO instead of other alphabets

I'd suggest using and/or linking to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelling_alphabet#Law_Enforcement APCO spelling alphabet, which is the controlling source for police communications procedures. Peter K. Sheerin 22:29, 7 May 2015 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by PetesGuide (talk • contribs)

Drunk

417 64.253.20.234 (talk) 01:06, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Murder with illegal weapons

I find it hard to believe that there is a code for murder with illegal weapons, vs murder with legal weapons. Any ref to back this up? All the best: Rich Farmbrough 11:06, 7 February 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Answer: Throwing acid with intent to disfigure or burn is what the somewhat unreliable source says. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 21:08, 7 February 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Clean-up

I've restored the tag removed in 2008. I identified the following issues:

Better sourcing needed.
Should be global in scope.
Should not repeat other list articles, for example tens code, hundreds code.
Should cover the signals, incident and response codes mentioned in the lead.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 21:43, 7 February 2025 (UTC).[reply]