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  2. Ventura County Sheriff's Office - Wikipedia

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    In the 1974 film Chinatown, Roy Jenson plays Claude Mulvihill, a hired tough guy and former Ventura County Sheriff who had been on the take from rum runners during Prohibition. The 2005 film Hostage portrays the Ventura County Sheriff's Office's SWAT team taking over a hostage situation from the fictional Bristo Camino Police Department.

  3. Police radio code - Wikipedia

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    A police radio 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 use of lights and sirens is up to the individual police officer driving to the call. The nature of the call is an aggravating factor when deciding when to use them. Calls are graded by either the control room direct (in the case of emergency calls) or by some sort of first contact centre (nonemergency calls).

  5. Glitch with 911 call system in Ventura County has been repaired

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    A Ventura County sheriff's spokesperson said Verizon customers called 911 and connected, but were unable to hear dispatchers responding to them. Glitch with 911 call system in Ventura County has ...

  6. Ten-code - Wikipedia

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    The police version of ten-codes is officially known as the APCO Project 14 Aural Brevity Code. [ 1 ] The codes, developed during 1937–1940 and expanded in 1974 by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International (APCO), allow brevity and standardization of message traffic.

  7. 19 adults, 3 teens accused in massive retail-theft ring at ...

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    The sheriff’s office oversees the program and allows law enforcement agencies in Ventura County to work together to prevent an estimated $10 million yearly loss from organized retail theft ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. Ventura County sheriff's deputy reportedly fired after ... - AOL

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