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The APCO phonetic alphabet, a.k.a. LAPD radio alphabet, is the term for an old competing spelling alphabet to the ICAO radiotelephony alphabet, defined by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International [1] from 1941 to 1974, that is used by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and other local and state law enforcement agencies across the state of California and ...
Ten-codes, officially known as ten signals, ... California Penal Code sections were in use by the Los Angeles Police Department as early as the 1940s, ...
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 other status codes. These code types may be used in the same sentence to describe specific aspects of a situation.
The LAPD's deployment of officers has reflected the growth and changes of Los Angeles since the late 19th century. The earliest LAPD police station (or community station or division, originating from the "Patrol Division") was Central Division, located in Downtown Los Angeles on the southeast corner of 1st and Hill.
The Los Angeles Police Protective League has filed a lawsuit accusing LAPD Cmdr. Lillian Carranza of improperly accessing the officers' union's records. Lawsuit claims LAPD commander tried to ...
Code 1: A time critical event with response requiring lights and siren. This usually is a known and going fire or a rescue incident. Code 2: Unused within the Country Fire Authority. Code 3: Non-urgent event, such as a previously extinguished fire or community service cases (such as animal rescue or changing of smoke alarm batteries for the ...
LAPD officers fired launchers in 74 separate incidents last year, Tuesday's report said. But critics say referring to them as "less lethal" is a misnomer because the weapons have the potential to ...
A delegation of 32 LAPD reserve officers and one supervisor are expected to travel to the French capital later this month for the Olympic Games. LAPD officers allowed to carry guns at Paris ...