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landonjensen

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when i am listening to my scanner, and i hear different code, i then look them up. I saw the 10-98 means assignment complete. COuldnt they just say 10-8?
the agency is arcadia police
anybody else listen to it
 

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10-8 generally means enroute to another assignment that the dispatcher has given them, 10-98 means they have completed assignment

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10-8 means in service or ready for next call.

Most 10-98's should be followed by 10-8, unless they are going to another call.
 
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California Highway Patrol common codes:

104 = MESSAGE RECEIVED
106 = BUSY
1013 = ADVISE ROAD OR WEATHER CONDITIONS
1014 = PROVIDE ESCORT
1020 = LOCATION REQUESTED
1021 = TELEPHONE _________
1022 = DISREGARD
1023 = STANDBY
1031 = ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
1039 = MESSAGE OR ITEM DELIVERED
1097 = ON SCENE
1098 = ASSIGNMENT COMPLETED
1110 = TAKE A REPORT
1124 = ABANDONED VEHICLE
1125 = TRAFFIC HAZARD
1126 = DISABLED VEHICLE
1141 = AMBULANCE REQUIRED
1142 = PARAMEDICS REQUIRED
1144 = POSSIBLE FATALITY
1148 = PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION
1166 = DEFECTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNALS
1179 = ACCIDENT - AMBULANCE RESPONDING
1180 = ACCIDENT - MAJOR INJURY
1181 = ACCIDENT - MINOR INJURY
1182 = ACCIDENT - PROPERTY DAMAGE
1184 = TRAFFIC CONTROL
1185 = TOW TRUCK REQUIRED OR REQUESTED
1186 = BOMB THREAT
1187 = BOMB FOUND
1198 = MEET
20001 = FELONY HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT
20002 = MISDEMEANOR HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT
23103 = RECKLESS DRIVING
23152 = MISDEMEANOR - DRUNK DRIVING
23153 = FELONY - DRUNK DRIVING
3A = AAA (AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION)
911C = CELLULAR 911 CALL

More codes here...
http://cad.chp.ca.gov/htm/body_glossary.htm
 

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This is the way it should be used. When a unit says 10-8 or 10-98 they get the same point accross. I have never heard a unit go 10-98 to start they shift. Thanks for your input, alot better way to explain it.

RolnCode3 said:
I think some places use 10-8 at beginning of shift, and 10-98 for just about everything else.
 
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10-8 can also be used when a 2nd or 3rd unit is dispatched to a call and they are clearing. Only the assigned or responsible officer can clear the call 10-98 followed by what ever closing code he/she chooses. So you could hear " 1A12 10-8 from Main street" and then hear "1A22 10-98 Adam" Both units could be on same call, 1 goes 10-8 and the other takes the 10-98 because he/she is the unit writing the report. Hope this helps
 

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I hear this one all the time, good job on keeping me on the right track.

radio10-8 said:
10-8 can also be used when a 2nd or 3rd unit is dispatched to a call and they are clearing. Only the assigned or responsible officer can clear the call 10-98 followed by what ever closing code he/she chooses. So you could hear " 1A12 10-8 from Main street" and then hear "1A22 10-98 Adam" Both units could be on same call, 1 goes 10-8 and the other takes the 10-98 because he/she is the unit writing the report. Hope this helps
 
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landonjensen said:
I saw the 10-98 means assignment complete. COuldnt they just say 10-8?
Codes can vary, sometimes beyond all recognition, depending on where you are, but within California, for instance, they TEND to be fairly consistent. Usually.

Of the three places where I've been a dispatcher, two used 10-codes and one didn't. At the two agencies that did, one in Northern Cal and the other in Southern Cal, neither used 10-98 at all. They both used 10-8 to mean either "available" (whether at the beginning of shift or after a call) or "finished." The other agency used "Clear" to mean the same thing... "I'm available."

However, in all three cases, if a unit was finished with a call but NOT going to be available for another one, they would say "I'm 10-8 (or "clear") from the call on Main Street and 10-19 (or "out to the station"); or "I'm 10-8 (/clear) from S Auburn & Empire St, and enroute the call on Dorsey Dr."
 
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