Seminole County Fl 10 codes, Brevity/Signal Codes

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

Does anyone have the latest codes for the county? Every now and then I hear a disposition like "WHISKEY" that is mentioned and the codes on the RR Wiki do not include those.

 

[lwvmobile]

Whiskey is NATO phonetic alphabet for the letter 'W'. Full listing can be found here.

NATO phonetic alphabet - Wikipedia

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Usually, you might hear law enforcement use terms like "1 Whiskey Mike 10-15 onboard, 10-51 to the CJ" Which is short hand coded language for "1 white male, arrested, en-route to the county jail"

"Whiskey Mike": White Male
"Whiskey Foxtrot": White Female
you can fill in the rest
"Hotel Mike"
"Hotel Foxtrot"
"Bravo Mike"
"Bravo Foxtrot"

As far as 10 signals, some seem pretty uniform from one agency to another, but they can also vary wildly, but its usually 10 codes that one agency uses that another doesn't.

To be honest, in Florida, the wikipedia listing is pretty spot on for most of the calls I've ever heard. A lot of them go unused, but 10-1, 10-2, 10-4, 10-9, 10-12, 10-15, 10-19, 10-21, 10-26, 10-28, 10-29, 10-45, 10-98. The only one on that list I see that is used differently is that 10-51 is used for 'enroute' and not 'auto wrecker', they usually just say 'car crash or traffic crash' nowadays, not even accident.

Ten-code - Wikipedia

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I rarely hear 'signal' codes, but you may hear signal 0 or other signal codes when its pretty severe but they don't want to out right say 'armed'

Radio Signal Codes

Police scanner signal codes currently in use in the north, central Florida area.

www.tanwater.com

Or I'll hear "Signal 0, Pistol"

But honestly, there is no one set of codes that everybody uses and agrees to. Often enough, when working mutual aid or interagency, Plain English is preferred and often used. Rescue locally just uses Plain English anymore. No more codes.

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

I am hearing them tagging simply "WHISKEY" after some Signal codes like example Signal 51 WHISKEY

 

[lwvmobile]

If they say it like that, its probably a result or outcome of an encounter. I just glanced at that 10 code list again, 10-98 is completely wrong. Should be 'assignment complete' and not 'jail break' or whatever crazy thing they said. Its not uncommon to hear something like 10-98 Bravo or any other letter, those usually mean things like 'assignment complete -- no action taken/positive outcome' or similar.

 

[W4KRR]

I am hearing them tagging simply "WHISKEY" after some Signal codes like example Signal 51 WHISKEY

Here in Broward County, they are known as "Disposition Codes". They are given out by the officer when he goes "10-98" (assignment completed). For example, he might say "10-98 Alpha" at the end of his call, which means assignment finished, written report taken.

I'm guessing that each agency has their own codes, so the ones valid here may be different, or not used, elsewhere. Here is a partial list I have, I think it's a bit outdated:

BSO Disposition Codes

A - Written report

B - Lack of information/violation/complainant GOA/etc. (no report needed)

C - S/49, Building secured, no signs of concern/owner notified

D - S/49, Building secured, no signs of concern/owner not notified

E - Civil matter/civil assist

F - S/4 settled on scene, DLE action not required

G - Off duty citizen assist

H - Assist to other agency

I - Warrant/capias arrest

As an example, here in Coconut Creek I often hear "10-98 Whiskey Whiskey"; I have no idea what that code means. Maybe I will come across an updated list someday.

 

[tampabaynews]

OP, are you heading this for a unit that went out on a traffic stop?

“Whiskey” may represent “written warning.”
“Victor” may represent “verbal warning.”
“Charlie” may represent “citation.”

Just an educated guess.

 

[PBGVOLFF]

Here in Broward County, they are known as "Disposition Codes". They are given out by the officer when he goes "10-98" (assignment completed). For example, he might say "10-98 Alpha" at the end of his call, which means assignment finished, written report taken.

I'm guessing that each agency has their own codes, so the ones valid here may be different, or not used, elsewhere. Here is a partial list I have, I think it's a bit outdated:

BSO Disposition Codes

A - Written report

B - Lack of information/violation/complainant GOA/etc. (no report needed)

C - S/49, Building secured, no signs of concern/owner notified

D - S/49, Building secured, no signs of concern/owner not notified

E - Civil matter/civil assist

F - S/4 settled on scene, DLE action not required

G - Off duty citizen assist

H - Assist to other agency

I - Warrant/capias arrest

As an example, here in Coconut Creek I often hear "10-98 Whiskey Whiskey"; I have no idea what that code means. Maybe I will come across an updated list someday.

Whiskey whiskey may be Written Warning

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

Well, thanks, but a lot of guessing here. Seminole County has a very unique set of codes and dissimilar to surrounding agencies. I was just hoping someone had an updated list.