"I'm 10-98 Ocean Adam / Paul Ocean / Lincoln Nora" Disposition Codes...?

[Checkerboard]

I monitor the Sheriff's Dept. for rural Tuolumne County, and upon completing a call, the deputy will often say "10-98 Adam Ocean," or maybe "10-98, George Adam," or any of several other two-letter suffixes.

From a rather exhaustive Google search, I learned these are called Disposition Codes. However, I have had no luck finding a good list of them describing what they stand for. In general, they seem to communicate whether a warning or a citation was issued, maybe unable to locate complainant, or no report to be filed, to name a few.

I came across some from Las Vegas, a few from SD, but based on the context of a given local incident, those disposition codes do not work (or rather, they don't really pertain).

Does anyone have a source for "DC's" that Sheriff's departments employ out this way? Thanks...

 

[wtp]

well, you can start your own list.
i moved to Florida almost 30 years ago and that is what i did.
and then found out the almost every agency uses it's own codes.
a few are the same, but many are different.
and for me it took some time to find out that a civil complaint covers everything.
you could copy a big list, like from a city and then change it to fit your stuff.

 

[PrivatelyJeff]

If you’re on Facebook, I’m sure there’s a local group that listens to scanners and could tell you. Each department has different codes so it’s hard to compare.

 

[Checkerboard]

If you’re on Facebook, I’m sure there’s a local group that listens to scanners and could tell you. Each department has different codes so it’s hard to compare.

Thanks … I admin our local ham club’s FB page … I’ll try posting. KM6U

 

[inigo88]

I’m sorry to say that disposition codes seem to be one of those things that are completely non-standard and agency specific, so your best bet is starting your own list.

On the plus side, those codes sound suspiciously like they are just abbreviations of plain text dispositions. I’ve heard one sheriffs dept that used 4-digit numbers and a PD that uses single digit letters unrelated to the actual word, for example “clear me with a K” means “No report required”.

In your case for Tuolumne County, I would venture to guess:

“Adam Ocean” = AO = Assisted Outside agency?
“George Adam” = GA = Gone on Arrival

 

[norcalscan]

I agree, I also think some of this might be vendor-driven, CAD or other software being used that might have these pre-entered. AO and GA used here as well, Frank Adam false alarm, Ocean King okay? (context usually being "everything's fine, no services were needed etc).

Think of the context of the call, what a reasonable disposition would be for that call that is related to the two letter abbreviation that if you designed call-taking software you'd choose for fast selection in a drop-down menu by a busy dispatcher.

 

[Peter_SD911]

"Adam-Henry"

We seem to have a lot of guys with that name in my area. They also have wives or girlfriends named Alice-Henry.

They sound like nice people.

 

[CityNewsSupport]

Radio etiquette is a lost art! Gone are the days where an officer would broadcast (1 David 12 to Dispatch I am 10-98 NAT ) now its just (12 Clear )

 

[avdrummerboy]

Unfortunately, disposition codes are VERY agency specific with only minor commonality between different areas/ departments. There are of course common ones like GOA (Gone On Arrival,) ATL (Attempt To Locate,) DOA (Dead On Arrival,) UTL (Unable To Locate,) etc., but there are many more that are unique; a few examples RTF (Report To Follow,) NAT (Necessary Action Taken,) IO (In Office.) And as said above, certain CAD programs have their own selection of dispo codes that then bring about their own acronyms or number systems. For example, where I live the old CAD system used numbers for various dispositions, number 3 meant UTL.