We could spend years guessing
Until/unless someone gets a list of these dispo or classification codes, whatever they are, we're just whistling into the wind. Some agencies use English, some use relatively straight-forward codes or acronyms, and some use their own in-house system. These things are almost always just for internal purposes anyway, like stats or other record-keeping, and all that matters to them is that
they know the meanings.
CZ said:
What with Fresno Sheriff, Clovis PD and Madera Sheriff not using them, I'd imagine there's occasional difficulty in exchanging data about a particular arrest or call between them and fFresno PD.
They probably remember to use standard terminology or plain English on the occasions when another agency needs to know the disposition of a call.
If I were there, couldn't get the info from the department, and just
had to know, I'd probably start
paying attention to the entire context of every call, and follow through to its conclusion. Keep track of the type of incident each unit is sent on, stuff they may broadcast during the incident, and then listen for what he/she says when finishing it up. If cars sent on cold burglary reports tend to clear them with a "XYZ16" for instance, there's a good chance that "XYZ16" means something like "took a report" or "took a 459 report." Likewise if they frequently report "J6142½W18ABC²" after pulling over drunk drivers, it probably means they've made an arrest, and maybe includes the exact charges.
If they're using something as localized and esoteric as it sounds, that's the only way you're going to get even close to figuring them out. Same thing as figuring out unit-designations, incident-types, etc. You need to listen for long periods, keep track of the
context, location, or whatever it is that you're trying to decipher, and look for patterns.
Without knowing the
context, nobody's ever going to be able to just pull the meanings out of a hat.
And did I mention
context?