Broward County 10 Codes
These are the unit identifiers used by all Police Departments that use the Broward County radio system. Fort Lauderdale Police has a completely different set of identifiers, however they still use the same 10-codes and dispatch signals. Most departments, including Broward Sheriff's Office, are on a 12-hour shift schedule at the present time, with the exception of a few departments that are still on the 8-hour shift times. The format starts with the distract number, then the alphabetic identifier, then the unit number. For example a patrol officer on Bravo shift, with Sea Ranch Lakes Police Department, would identify as "26 Bravo xx". A Sergeant from Oakland Park would identify as "12 Delta xx", etc. This is the format for all units on the Broward County Sheriff system:
ALPHA - 6pm-6am (11pm-7am for cities that are NOT on the new 12-hour shift schedule)
BRAVO - 6am-6pm (7am-3pm for cities that are NOT on the new 12-hour shift schedule)
CHARLIE - 3pm-11pm (for cities that are NOT on the new 12-hour shift schedule)
BAKER - Baker Act Unit
DELTA - Sergeants
ECHO - Lieutenants
FOXTROT - Foot/Bicycle Patrol
GOLF - School Police Officers
HOTEL - Jail/Prisoner Transport
INDIA - Airport/HQ Comms
JULIET - Juvenile Crime Detectives
K-9 - Dog/K9 Unit
KILO - Street Crimes Detectives
NOVEMBER - Special Victims Unit/Sex Crimes
OSCAR - Marine Units
PAPA - Aviation Unit/Sheriff's Helicopter
QUEBEC - State/District Attorney
SIERRA - Sheriff/UnderSheriff
TANGO - Traffic Unit/Aggressive Driving Enforcement Unit/DUI Task Force
UNIFORM - Off Duty/Special Detail Unit
VICTOR - Vice Squad/Organized Crime Unit/OCB
WHISKEY - Civil Employee/Non-Police
X-RAY - Communications/Dispatch Sub-Station Annex
YANKEE - Narcotics Detectives
ZULU - Community Service Aide/Public Safety Aide/Accident Investigator/Non-Armed