Police Phonetic codes

[threeofnine]

When listening to local law enforcement (Jefferson County) I often hear them use phonetic codes, typically at the end of a call. Such as “I am 10-8 India.” Would anyone happen to have a list of what these codes typically mean?

 

[mc48]

https://www.egovlink.com/public_documents300/waynesville/published_documents/departments/police/ten%20codes.pdf

 

[threeofnine]

https://www.egovlink.com/public_documents300/waynesville/published_documents/departments/police/ten%20codes.pdf

Thanks but those are 10 codes. I have a list of 10 codes that my local departments use. However, I don’t know what the phonetic codes are, I.e alpha, India, Romeo etc

 

[murphcc1]

Usually those are specific to the department and not a generic code used by everyone.
Listen and after awhile you might be able to decipher what each one means due to it's reference.

 

[wtp]

>>maybe<<
10-8 as in service
It might be a post that they patrol. (interstate ?) (industrial ?) (irondale ?)

 

[Irishfireguy3622]

It's usually reporting the disposition of the call they are assigned. 10-8R or Romeo/Robert means in service, report made, for example. Before 9/11, a lot of public safety traffic used all kinds of codes and not everyone's 10-codes were the same. They tried to get away from codes and use plain English so everyone was speaking the same language for the sake of interoperablility, but it's fallen away from that especially in law enforcement. As stated in a previous reply, they are department specific and probably not put out for public consumption like they used to in the old "Police Call" books.