A story simial to one I have read in the past. The US Governmebt is wanting to abolish them.
http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cach...+get+rid+of+10+codes&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us
Aproxmately seven or eight years ago, One of our local dispatchers asked the deputy , who had just ran DMV / NCIC info, if he was in his cruiser. The Deputy stated " YES". Afterwards, In which the dispatcher gave current NCIC/warrant info on the individual pulled over. Had he been standing next to teh felon when the info came over the radio..it probably could have caused the officer danger / injury.
You are standing next to , or are near an individual wanted / false name is given....and they pop up in NCIC ; shortly afterwards the dispatcher tells the deputy/officer/trooper that they are wanted. All while the possibilty exist that they are standing next to them doing a field interview. "IF"...If that oficer has not patted them down, or searched them yet..It could be potentially dangerous for the officer.
Short brevity codes - few in number, that will not give out potential NCIC / wanted info, info related to confidential or security operations..while standing near an individual or individuals, is necessary. I want not want to be an officer near a crowd, or in a public area, restrauant eating, and get a call from dispatch for an event that could cause a rush to the scene, of civilians or media ; that could endanger them by just showing up.
Scenerio = An officer on a traffic stop , approaching a vehicle notices the butt end of an assult rifle under some fabric/clothes in the back seat, and a gang /prison tatoo on the driver. A simple code ( Code??? / 10-??? ) alerts the dispatcher to the possible violent situation and can send backup to the officer..possible again =- in code, and the responding officer can..IN Code, be told to switch to another freq, since the individual being pulled over can hear everything on the radio of the officer standing next to him.
Overseas....We had a challenge and password in code. If the dispatcher..or another individual thought/believed another individual was in danger, or the call was dangerous anyway..Challenge and password was given. The right response and and all was well. The bad response - - - - - And the place got flooded with backup on a seperate freq - -And that freq was only in the mobile vehicles. Codes are needed !!
Agencys should have "10" codes ; Or as I describe as "Brevity" codes - and for being brief , so a whole paragraph does not have to be said over a radio. But I do not believe that there needs to be a significant number of codes= ???? 30 or more ?????.
Fire and EMS units, same thing. Codes used for brevity and when speaking near unauthorized / civilian individuals. Explosion - Man with gun at hospital - bomb threat - airline emergency..ect..ect
Radio codes, I believe, have a useful purpose. But they have to be invented ; and used by that agency properly. Same with radio encryption - it has a useful purpose.
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