Stillwater Code 4

[ljlynn]

I'm fairly new to scanning but have picked up on the ten codes. However, i was listening the other day to the SPD and heard an officer mention Code 4. I don't remember the context it was used in. I've heard of 10 codes and signal codes but never code codes (lol). Any help would be appreciated.

 

[car2back]

Hopefully someone from Stillwater will chime in (paging K5MAR :lol, but *usually* Code 4 is a way to let co-workers know that you're secure or everything's alright, etc.

example: "123 to headquarters, I'm code 4" or "123 to dispatch, the situation is code 4"

 

[eharlow]

SPD traffic

Code 4 in Stillwater is everything is 10-4 or alright. They also use a couple of other oddball or different 10 codes for different things. 10-99 is bathroom break (either one...lol) and 10-10 is meal break

 

[ljlynn]

Code 4 in Stillwater is everything is 10-4 or alright. They also use a couple of other oddball or different 10 codes for different things. 10-99 is bathroom break (either one...lol) and 10-10 is meal break

Thanks! So is Stillwater similar to OHP? I've noticed a few similarities.

 

[KK5FM]

The one that got my attention was "HBO"

HBO=Handled by officer

 

[K5MAR]

Yes, Stillwater PD's 10-codes are very similiar to the OHP's. Signal codes are as follows:
Code 1 Respond no rush (not generally used)
Code 2 Prompt response without lights & siren
Code 3 Lights & siren
Code 4 Everything ok
Code 5 Send backup

One of these days, if I can get my old computer revived, I'll have a reasonably complete list of 10 and signal codes to contribute. Right now, it's in a proprietary file format that I haven't located a reader for.

And yes, HBO is Handled By Officer. SPD is very fond of acronyms, dating back to when I worked there. Most are well known, or easy to figure out.

Mark

 

[ljlynn]

Yes, Stillwater PD's 10-codes are very similiar to the OHP's. Signal codes are as follows:
Code 1 Respond no rush (not generally used)
Code 2 Prompt response without lights & siren
Code 3 Lights & siren
Code 4 Everything ok
Code 5 Send backup

One of these days, if I can get my old computer revived, I'll have a reasonably complete list of 10 and signal codes to contribute. Right now, it's in a proprietary file format that I haven't located a reader for.

And yes, HBO is Handled By Officer. SPD is very fond of acronyms, dating back to when I worked there. Most are well known, or easy to figure out.

Mark

What type of file format? I can see what I can find for you.

 

[K5MAR]

GeoWorks for the PC. The file extension is .ooo Even the Geos people on Yahoo said my only choice was to get the old computer up and running, a 100 MHz machine from YEARS ago. Geos was a GUI OS similar to Windows 3.1, started life originally as a Commodore 64 GUI, and was what the original AOL was based on.

BTW, PM received and answered.

Mark

 

[eharlow]

Yeah I remember them using a lot of the acronyms. OSUPD did the same.

HBO=handled by officer
GOA=Gone on arrival
UTL=Unable to locate

These are just the

 

[robynsjw]

My favorite (unofficial) Code was "Code Z", that a Wewoka dispatcher would use to let her officers know that a caller was a mental case, or if she had a usual local "colorful personality" in the station with her.