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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 ...
In the United States, response codes are used to describe a mode of response for an emergency unit responding to a call. They generally vary but often have three basic tiers: Code 3: Respond to the call using lights and sirens. Code 2: Respond to the call with emergency lights, but without sirens. Alternatively, sirens may be used if necessary ...
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]
www.michigan.gov /msp. The Michigan State Police (MSP) is the state police agency for the U.S. state of Michigan. The MSP is a full-service law enforcement agency, with its sworn members having full police powers statewide. The department was founded in 1917 as a wartime constabulary (originally named the Michigan State Troops Permanent Force ...
Stop and identify statutes. "Stop and identify" statutes are laws in several U.S. states that authorize police [1] to lawfully order people whom they reasonably suspect of committing a crime to state their name. If there is not reasonable suspicion that a person has committed a crime, is committing a crime, or is about to commit a crime, the ...
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 ...
112. 911. 112 and 911. Other number, no redirection or redirection for mobile phones only. 911, sometimes written 9-1-1, is an emergency telephone number for Argentina, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Jordan, Iraq (in September 2024), Mexico, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, the Philippines, Sint Maarten, the United States, [2] and Uruguay, as well as ...
Code red: fire. Code yellow: internal emergency. MET call: a medical emergency that is not cardiac or respiratory arrest. Code pink: a mother is going into labor unexpectedly, or there is a newborn medical emergency. Victoria, Australia. Emergencies (Public Hospital services) Code Red - Fire/Smoke. Code Orange - Evacuation.