mmckenna
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Well, obviously nothing to do with "Political Correctness".
The NATO standard is a good one since it allows different dialects and different countries to communicate effectively like K2HZ said above.
As for local agencies, there seem to be a general consensus. The APCO project 2 was an early stab and standardizing, then it sort of morphed into different versions. APCO has tried a few times, but no such luck.
Individual agencies may have their own commonly used version. Individual officers sometimes make up their own. Dispatchers will tell you how annoying it is trying to have someone spell something out to you over the phone/radio and making up cute versions.
The NATO standard is a good one since it allows different dialects and different countries to communicate effectively like K2HZ said above.
As for local agencies, there seem to be a general consensus. The APCO project 2 was an early stab and standardizing, then it sort of morphed into different versions. APCO has tried a few times, but no such luck.
Individual agencies may have their own commonly used version. Individual officers sometimes make up their own. Dispatchers will tell you how annoying it is trying to have someone spell something out to you over the phone/radio and making up cute versions.
APCO radiotelephony spelling alphabet - Wikipedia
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