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Thursday, January 01, 2009
Police Radio Codes
Stockton Police Department uses 9 codes, 10 codes, Abbreviations, Penal Codes, and other codes on the radio. Codes make up most of the radio communications, but plain language is used as well. These codes are the most frequently used. Some of these codes may or may not be correct. This is just a guide as a general reference.
9-Codes
Signal 900 Emergency Radio Traffic-"respond via channel 2 or MDT" 901 Vehicle Accident-Property Damage 901A Vehicle Accident-Ambulance En route-Injuries Reported 901B Vehicle Accident-Unknown Injuries/Ck Advise Status 902 Checkout of Person or Check of Area 903 Disabled Vehicle 906 Officer Status Check. 908 Out of Service 909 In Service or Available 910 Prowler 911("Nine-Eleven") Person Shot 911A("Nine-Eleven A") Person Stabbed 912 Suspicious Person 913 Suicide 913A Suicide Attempt 914("Nine-One-Four") Telephone call or Request 918 Subject Heard Screaming 918X Female Heard Screaming 922 Intoxicated Person 925 Report to Police Annex
928 Explosion 926 Location-"what is your location?" 933 Home-Business Alarm Sounding 933 211("Nine-Three-Three-Two-Eleven") Silent Robbery Alarm. "Hold up Alarm" 935 Traffic Stop 936W Warrants/Warrant Check 937 Check of Area/Special Check 938 Disregard or Cancel Last Transmission 939 Tow Truck Request 940 Selected Location to Meet Officer 940A("Nine-Four-O-A") Officer Down/Needs Help! 941 Subject being detained by citizen or business 941X Female being detained 943 Fight in progress 945 Ambulance Requested 950 Police Report Request 953 Person Down 957 Shots Heard/Shots Fired 965 Missing Person 972 Dead- Body or Person 990("Nine-Nine-O") Be On the Lookout!
Phonetic Alphabet
A Adam B Boy C Charles D David E Edward F
Frank G George H Henry I Ida J John K King L Lincoln M Mary N Nora O Ocean P Paul Q Queen R Robert S Sam T Tom U Union V Victor W William X X-ray Y Yellow Z Zebra CRIMINAL CODES: Penal Code Numbers (often used across CA as dispatch codes) 148(PC) Resisting Arrest 187(PC) Homicide 192(PC) Manslaughter 203(PC) Mayhem 207(PC) Kidnapping 211(PC) Robbery 215(PC) Carjacking 240(PC) Assault 242 (PC)Battery 245(PC) Assault W/Deadly Weapon 246(PC) Shooting At A Dwelling 261 (PC)Rape
272(PC) Contributing To The Delinquency Of A Minor 288(PC) Lewd Acts With A Minor 314 (PC)Indecent Exposure 415(PC) Disturbing The Peace 417(PC) Brandishing A Weapon 459(PC) Burglary 470(PC) Forgery 484 (PC)Petty Theft 487 (PC)Grand Theft {$399 or above} 647 Disorderly Conduct 647f Intoxication 10851(VC)Stolen Vehicle(Grand Theft Auto) CODES CODE CODE CODE CODE CODE CODE CODE CODE 1-Non Urgent(Respond At Convenience) 2-Priority Response(Urgent) 3-Emergency Response(Lights and Sirens)/Immediate Assistance 4-No More Cover Needed/Scene is Secure 5-Surveillance(Stakeout of Suspect) 7-Meal Break 10- Priority Call Holding-No Officers Available-Units Need to Clear Current Call or Break and Respond. 12-Dispatch Split Radio Communications:South(Channel 1)/North(Channel 2)
OTHER TERMS/CODES “PRIOR”-Assign Officer to Another call. Take off of Current assignment and assign to another call that is urgent or a priority. “DISPO”-Disposition of Report or of Call. “WANT”-Short for WANTED. When someone ask what the “want” is they are asking what is the subject wanted for or what charge or crime are they wanted for etc. "X"-X after a code or used by itself represents a female. SPD CALL SIGNS Stockton police department calls signs are as follows:the first number is the shift, the letter is the type of unit, and the last set of numbers is the beat and the district the officer works.
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First Watch or Graveyard Second Watch or Day shift Third Watch or Swing shift Fourth Watch
Units Adam- Single Officer Unit Charles- Community Service Officer or CSO David- Two Officer Unit Edward- Special Unit George- Gang Suppression or Gang Unit Ida- Investigation(s)or Detectives King- K9 Officer Lincoln- Field Evidence Technician Mary- Motor Units or Traffic Officers
Paul- Pound Unit WC- Watch Commander Victor- Vice Unit/Narcotics Zebra- Swat Unit/Officers Yankee- Reserve Officer Sam- Sergeant/Supervisor MORE TO FOLLOW
San Joaquin County Sheriffs Radio Codes 908 Arrived on Scene 944 Emergency Radio Traffic Only 949 Traffic Stop 962 Check out of a subject 561 Shooting 561 C Shots Fired/Reported 579 Disturbance 1036 Stolen Vehicle-when units run a plate and it comes back stolen it is 1036 Man Down Alarm Officer needs help--button pressed on portable or on MDT
The San Joaquin County Sheriffs office uses some of the same codes that SPD uses, but they do have their own set of codes, some of which I have provided above.
More to come
ACRONYM CODES These are some common codes used by SPD and S/O
A.D.W. A.K.A. B.O.L. C.A.D. C.C.W. C.H.P. C.L.E.T.S.
Assault With A Deadly Weapon Also Known As Be On the Lookout (for) Computer Aided Dispatching Carry Concealed Weapon (permit) California Highway Patrol California Law Enforcement Telecommunication System (Statewide computer data base to check for active
CODE 3 "Fill" C.V.C. C.P. C.Y.A. D.O.A. D.O.B. D.O.J. D.L. DR FHET D.U.I. D.W.I. E.M.T. E.P.O. E.T.A. F.I. F.L.I.R. F.T.A. F.T.Y F.Y.I. G.B.I. G.O.A. G.S.W. G.T.A. H.B.D. H&S I.C.C. M.O. M.V.A.
warrants, stolen property, license status, and restraining orders.) Officer Needs Help Respond Code 3 Lights/Sirens California Vehicle Code (V.C.) Command Post California Youth Authority Dead On Arrival Date of Birth Department of Justice Driver's License Departmental Report Number Field Evidence Technician Driving Under the Influence Driving while intoxicated (no longer used see DUI) Emergency Medical Technician (Paramedic) Emergency Protection Order (Emergency Restraining Order) Estimated Time of Arrival Field Interview / Field Interrogation Forward Looking InfraRed (A device used to "see" heat rather then light) Failure to Appear (in court) Failure to Yield For Your Information Great Bodily Injury Gone On Arrival Gun Shot Wound Grand Theft Auto (Not used officially anymore. See 10851 CVC) Has Been Drinking (alcohol) Illegal Narcotics / Drugs (refers to the Health and Safety portion of California Law ) Incident Command Center Method of Operation (the way a person usually does things) Motor Vehicle Accident
N.C.I.C. O.C. OIS P.A.S. P.C. P.I.T. Maneuver P.N.O. R.O. R.T.F R.P. S.W.A.T. V.C.
National Crime Information Center (Computer database similar to CLETS except it is on the nationwide level) Oleoresin Capsicum (pepper spray) Officer Involved Shooting Preliminary Alcohol Screener Penal Code / Probable Cause Pursuit Intervention Technique Planned Non Operation (of motor vehicle) Registered Owner Report to Follow Reporting Person Special Weapons And Tactics Vehicle Code (CVC)
Military Time Conversion 0000-Midnight am 0100-1:00am 0200-2:00am 0300-3:00am 0400-4:00am 0500-5:00am 0600-6:00am 0700-7:00am 0800-8:00am 0900-9:00am 1000-10:00am 1100-11:00am 1200-Noon(pm) 1300-1:00pm 1400-2:00pm 1500-3:00pm 1600-4:00pm 1700-5:00pm 1800-6:00pm 1900-7:00pm 2000-8:00pm 2100-9:00pm 2200-10:00pm 2300-11:00pm