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  2. Ten-code - Wikipedia

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    Ten-code. Ten-codes, officially known as ten signals, are brevity codes used to represent common phrases in voice communication, particularly by US public safety officials and in citizens band (CB) radio transmissions. The police version of ten-codes is officially known as the APCO Project 14 Aural Brevity Code.[1]

  3. Police code - Wikipedia

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    Police code. A police code is a brevity code, usually numerical or alphanumerical, used to transmit information between law enforcement over police radio systems in the United States. Examples of police codes include "10 codes" (such as 10-4 for "okay" or "acknowledged"—sometimes written X4 or X-4), signals, incident codes, response codes, or ...

  4. Emergency service response codes - Wikipedia

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    The Western Australian Police uses the following codes from 1 to 7 to determine response actions: Priority 1 is an emergency call. Lights and siren authorised. An example of a Priority 1 call would be an armed holdup call, or an officer down. Priority 2 is a less urgent emergency call. Lights and siren authorised, but follow basic traffic rules.

  5. List of police-related slang terms - Wikipedia

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    French, lit. "salad basket", slang for a police van (cf. fourgon de police). Parak Slang term used for policemen in the Philippines. Paw Patrol Slang term for K-9 units or Dog Units in the UK. Party Van Russian, a police car or van, especially one housing an entire squad and sent out to perform a search-and-seizure and/or an arrest at a ...

  6. List of CB slang - Wikipedia

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    10-100 Restroom break. 10-200 Police needed at _____. (In the trucking-themed movie Smokey and the Bandit, a character jokingly plays off this usage, saying that 10-100 is better than 10-200, meaning that 10-100 was peeing and 10-200 was doing a #2). 20 Abbreviation of "10-20." Affirmative Yes. [6] Alabama chrome Duct tape. Alligator station

  7. All-points bulletin - Wikipedia

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    Types. Computer, radio, paper. An all-points bulletin (APB) is an electronic information broadcast sent from one sender to a group of recipients, to rapidly communicate an important message. [1] The technology used to send this broadcast has varied throughout time, and includes teletype, radio, computerized bulletin board systems (CBBS), and ...

  8. Blue wall of silence - Wikipedia

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    The blue wall of silence, [1] also blue code[2] and blue shield, [3] are terms used to denote an informal code of silence among police officers in the United States not to report on a colleague 's errors, misconduct, or crimes, especially as related to police brutality in the United States. [4] If questioned about an incident of alleged ...

  9. IC codes - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. IC codes (identity code) or 6+1 codes are codes used by the British police in radio communications and crime recording systems to describe the apparent ethnicity of a suspect or victim. [1] Originating in the late 1970s, the codes are based on a police officer's visual assessment of an individual's ethnicity, as opposed to that ...