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  2. Dispatcher - Wikipedia

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    A dispatch console is a system that interfaces to a private or public radio system, allowing the dispatcher to communicate directly with all field workers, police officers, EMS personnel, and others in order to coordinate their activities. Dispatchers use various hardware and software to create dispatch.

  3. Dispatch (logistics) - Wikipedia

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    Dispatch is a procedure for assigning employees (workers) or vehicles to customers. Industries that dispatch include taxicabs , couriers , emergency services , as well as home and commercial services such as maid services, plumbing , HVAC , pest control and electricians .

  4. List of police-related slang terms - Wikipedia

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    French, used in the plural "les keufs", as slang for the police. This word is more derogatory than "les flics", even though it means the same thing. The word is derived from the pronunciation of "flic" as "FLEE-KUH". In verlan slang, words are reversed, thus making the word "kuhflee". In turn, "lee" was dropped from the word, leaving "keuf ...

  5. Aviso - Wikipedia

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    The Dictionnaire de la Marine Française 1788–1792 (by Nicolas-Charles Romme) describes avisos as "small boats designed to carry orders or dispatches". By the late 19th century, an aviso could be of several hundred tons displacement.

  6. Emergency service response codes - Wikipedia

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    Ambulance responses in the UK are as follows. Some ambulance services allow driver discretion for Category 3/4 calls; this may be dependent on the type of call or how long it has been waiting for a response for. 999 calls to the ambulance service are triaged using either the NHS Pathways system or the Medical Priority Dispatch System.

  7. Mentioned in dispatches - Wikipedia

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    Personnel can be mentioned in dispatches posthumously and multiple awards are also possible. A recipient of a mention in a dispatch is entitled to wear an emblem, in the form of a lotus leaf on the ribbon of the relevant campaign medal. They are also issued with an official certificate from the Ministry of Defence. [19]

  8. Diplomatic cable - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] [5] A diplomatic cable is a type of dispatch. Other dispatches may be sent as physical documents in a diplomatic bag . This section does not cite any sources .

  9. Dispatches (magazine) - Wikipedia

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    Dispatches is a defunct quarterly political magazine, founded in 2008, by photographer Gary Knight, ... Nor did the magazines' emphasis on printed word, ...