SFPD complaint code 903
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Retired911Guy
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Maybe a Traffic Signal Box, IE: we have a report of a OPEN Traffic Signal Box, Please go CLOSE it.
Just a guess....
Just a guess....
Close signal box.
That's what I would think too, but it doesn't seem to fit. How it always is brought up is an officer will announce: (callsign) 903 (location), for example "sam eleven nine oh three parkmerced". It never seems to be about a physical object, more of an en route or presently located at kind of code.
That's what I would think too, but it doesn't seem to fit. How it always is brought up is an officer will announce: (callsign) 903 (location), for example "sam eleven nine oh three parkmerced". It never seems to be about a physical object, more of an en route or presently located at kind of code.
Retired911Guy
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Did a Google search on SFPD code 903 and all hits except one showed the same thing.
The one that showed something else looked like a photocopy or scanned copy of an official code card dated 2008. The 2005 Police Call book shows a 902 & 904 but no 903, so I think it may have used to mean what we thought, was so unused that they stopped using it or reassigned it.
The 2008 listing I found said code 903 - Passing Calls
This is almost as confusing as Signal Box Open. However leaves more open doors the way you said it was used.
Maybe the dispatcher puts out a call and a unit "IDs 903 Location" meaning he/she is out of position to handle the call?? But then why wouldn't the code list say "code 903 - Out of Position"?
So listen for a while and see if that's what it sounds like.
I would myself, but I haven't been able to hear SFPD since they switched from Low Band.
Dave
BTW I noticed your ID says SF-LA, I'm sure you know this but if you don't a 903 in LA & Orange COs means a Airplane Crash...
The one that showed something else looked like a photocopy or scanned copy of an official code card dated 2008. The 2005 Police Call book shows a 902 & 904 but no 903, so I think it may have used to mean what we thought, was so unused that they stopped using it or reassigned it.
The 2008 listing I found said code 903 - Passing Calls
This is almost as confusing as Signal Box Open. However leaves more open doors the way you said it was used.
Maybe the dispatcher puts out a call and a unit "IDs 903 Location" meaning he/she is out of position to handle the call?? But then why wouldn't the code list say "code 903 - Out of Position"?
So listen for a while and see if that's what it sounds like.
I would myself, but I haven't been able to hear SFPD since they switched from Low Band.
Dave
BTW I noticed your ID says SF-LA, I'm sure you know this but if you don't a 903 in LA & Orange COs means a Airplane Crash...
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Retired911Guy
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Now that makes sense, have the CAD log the times that units were in certain areas, so that when the public says "you never patrol our area" or as you mentioned Hot Spots, Etc, you can pull up the times and dates from CAD.
Even though I can't pick up SFPD, I always like a brain teaser. (Sometimes my brain is as sharp as a rock and other times it's as bright as a 60 watt bulb)
Dave
Even though I can't pick up SFPD, I always like a brain teaser. (Sometimes my brain is as sharp as a rock and other times it's as bright as a 60 watt bulb)
Dave
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903 is a passing call.. Stopping in to say hello, or just having an of and on presence in an area. The public
can call their local station and ask for passing calls if there is an ongoing problem in an area, eg, drug dealing, drinking on a corner, vehicle break-ins, etc.
908 is for riding Muni, 908 was added a couple of years ago to make tracking Muni calls easier. Used to be all included in 903.
can call their local station and ask for passing calls if there is an ongoing problem in an area, eg, drug dealing, drinking on a corner, vehicle break-ins, etc.
908 is for riding Muni, 908 was added a couple of years ago to make tracking Muni calls easier. Used to be all included in 903.
mrob907
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LOL 903 used to be the radio code to let an Officer know that one of the old blue Mayor's emergency Telephone System callboxes was open and they need to close it. That is now used as a code for a "passing call", which is nothing short of a simple spot check of a problem area or someone on vacation who has requested increased "passes" by a certain area.
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