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Code 3: Respond to the call using lights and sirens. Code 2: Respond to the call with lights only (rarely allowable by state statutes) Code 1: Respond to the call without lights or sirens. Some agencies may use the terms "upgrade" and "downgrade" to denote an increase or decrease in priority.
The Hundred Code is a three-digit police code system. [3] This code is usually pronounced digit-by-digit, using a radio alphabet for any letters, as 505 "five zero five" or 207A "two zero seven Alpha". The following codes are used in California. They are from the California Penal Code except where noted below. [4] [better source needed]
The California Highway Patrol uses ten-codes, along with an additional set of eleven- and higher codes. [32] California Penal Code sections were in use by the Los Angeles Police Department as early as the 1940s, and these Hundred Code numbers are still used today instead of the
A law enforcement warning (SAME code: LEW) is a warning issued through the Emergency Alert System (EAS) in the United States to warn the public of criminal, and sometimes hazardous weather events that pose a threat to public safety.
Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) is a protocol used for framing and classification of broadcasting emergency warning messages. It was developed by the United States National Weather Service for use on its NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) network, and was later adopted by the Federal Communications Commission for the Emergency Alert System, then subsequently by Environment Canada for use on its ...
A civil danger warning (SAME code: CDW) is a warning issued through the Emergency Alert System (EAS) in the United States to warn the public of an event that presents danger to a significant civilian population. It is typically issued by a local or state authority and is relayed by the National Weather Service. The warning usually mentions a ...
Diablo winds, known in the south state as Santa Ana winds, are seasonal for autumn and move warmer air from Nevada and Utah into California, drying out grasses and creating conditions that could ...
Atmospheric ash plume advisories/warnings are also issued by the United States Geological Survey (Aviation Color Codes). Airport weather warning AWW – Addresses weather phenomena (including but not limited to surface wind gusts around or above 40 knots (46 mph), freezing rain, heavy snow or thunderstorms producing cloud-to-ground lightning ...