There are two commonly accepted phonetic alphabets, the military version which is also used by aircraft, and the civilian version which is commonly used by police/troopers/deputies/security.ġ0-codes: a set of numeric codes which infer a meaning, such as “10-4” which means “I copy or I acknowledge your transmission” or “10-9” which means “please repeat your transmission” there is no standard for 10-codes, every department or dispatch center can be different some agencies use a combination of 10-codes and 12-codes. Phonetic Alphabet: a way of giving a letter without it sounding like another letter for example A=”Alpha” or “Adam”, B=”Bravo” or “Boy”, etc. Info Call: a call for service that is usually either a low priority call or is lowered by a sergeant that either doesn’t require a police response sometimes the call is lowered because a caller wishes to remain anonymous and, therefore, there exists no witness to verify that a event has happened, or because the call is so old that it is unlikely that it is still occurringĬall Holding : a call that has not been dispatched because it is either a low priority call or because there are no officers available to respond Unwanted/Unwanted Subject: a person that the caller (reporting party) thinks needs to be moved or removed by police Subject: a person who is usually the subject of a police call sometimes referred to as a “suspect” if a crime has been committed or perceived to be committed We’ve assembled a list of common terms used by dispatchers, officers/deputies, firefighters and emergency medical workers that you might hear if you drop in a listen to either a scanner or an online scanner feed. For your average person, the terminology used by emergency workers can be about as cryptic as ancient Sumerian.

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