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[BillyFive]

Are you sure it's not UTL? Unable to Locate? You'll see this frequently on the CHP CAD page. Usually when following up on a complaint and CHP is unable to locate the vehicle.

That makes sense and that's probably it. Thank You!!!

 

[es93546]

My friend who monitors Santa Cruz says they mostly use plain English. So they say, on scene, available and what not. Even say traffic stops in plain English. But for when they do use codes Police Radio Codes these can help.

A dispatch for a disturbance call would call for units by their id, and then use the penal code which is 415 with the location and info on the call.
A dispatch for something like a crash would be unit ids and the crash info in plain English.
Traffic stops are also in plain English.

Netcom is the dispatch center name I believe.
Code 3 responding lights and sirens.
Code 4 means scene is under control.
Code 7 means someone died.
Code 6 means someone has wants.
Females are often referred to as X (Xray)
Person description is often said in the format WMA (White Male Adult)

It would help to listen to understand how they operate, like when an officer does a traffic stop, he provides a plate, dispatch gives returns on the plate to check for wants, and if it's stolen(VC10851) and tells the officer that. Officer then runs the driver's license often in other departments by saying 10-27, 10-29 and then provides full name in phonetical alphabet form, and DOB. Once you know how things should be you can predict what's coming. Unit IDs also have meaning to the number and letters, the best way to learn what everything means is by listening enough, you will come to conclusions.

That list of codes differs from what I hear locally. I've lived in 4 different western states in my life and generally they are used this way:

Code 1 Means a low priority response or a radio check.
Code 2 Respond as quickly as possible without sirens and lights or is a higher priority response.
Code 3 Respond lights and sires or unit is responding lights and sirens.
Code 4 No further assistance is needed or no additional units are needed.
Code 5 Surveillance
Code 6 Investigating call or out of unit at scene of call.
Code 7 Meal break.

In California I hear "11-44" as meaning a death or a body. In Arizona we used "DOA" and sometimes "we have one 10-7 subject at scene." Now I think Arizona has a 900 code for a fatality. The CHP owns the "11 code." In rural areas of California the county and local PD's use it as well. In Arizona "10-4" did not strictly mean "understood" or "copy," it also meant "okay." If a situation was reported as having everyone at scene as being belligerent, backup units units are sent, the first officer(s) might find the report erroneous as everyone is cooperative and reports to the dispatcher "everything is 10-4, cancel backup." This was the situation when I was working for the U.S. Forest Service in Arizona in the 1970's and we were still using the 10 code. Now all federal land management/fire/natural resource agencies use clear text except when LEO's are interacting with state and local officers, so we had to learn to speak their language, which differed from state to state. While I was working in New Mexico I had to learn that a 10-44 is traffic collision with no injuries and a 10-45 was a collision with injuries. Then I transferred to California and learned these would be a 11-82 and with injuries would be 11-80's or 11-81's. I also had to memorize California state law regarding calling a "DNR", or Do Not Resuscitate. One of 8 conditions must be observed for a non-physician to declare a "11-44" at scene. Standard practice is to follow the 11-44 with the mechanism of injury that caused the death. For example, I arrived at scene of gunshot suicide and told the dispatcher "subject is 11-44 by way of excessive grey matter missing." There was also "by way of advanced lividity" when we discovered bodies we had been searching for over a period of several days or just happened upon.

All the other codes for crimes are based on the California Penal Code (CPC) and California Vehicle Code (CVC) numbers. For example, a 211 refers to CPC 211, the law prohibiting the use of force or fear to remove personal property from a person or in the immediate presence of a person (robbery). A 459 refers to CPC 459, the law prohibiting the removal of property owned by another person from a structure, land parcel or vehicle, etc. by a person who enters such (burglary). Notice that robbery and burglary are two different acts, someone who says "we got home from vacation, opened the front door and we got robbed" is not correct, according to California state law. They should say "we opened the front door and saw that a burglar had been here." A 647f refers to CPC 647, "Disorderly Conduct, Subdivision f, which specifies being under the influence of alcohol, drugs, etc. in public. A 10851 refers to CVC 10851 which prohibits stealing a vehicle. Sometimes the California Health and Safety Code might be heard. For example you might hear "11350" or "11550." These are laws in the California Health and Safety Code prohibiting the possession of controlled substances or using or being under the influence of same. I often hear officers ask for backup on traffic stops and say "H & S involved," which means the officer needs someone to watch the vehicle occupants while a search of the vehicle is conducted. These are some of the common law violations used as codes for brevity. Not all of the penal, vehicle, health and safety, public resource and fish and game code, to name a portion of state laws, are used for brevity. For example, you won't hear a call for a "409," which is the law that requires people to disperse in cases of riot or unlawful assembly or a "402," which prohibits "sightseeing at scene of emergency." Using all codes to describe things is not practical as it is too much for someone to memorize all the codes, which in my copy of the penal code takes up 1,099 pages. A 402 situation might be heard as "requesting additional units for assistance with traffic control and removing looky lous."

When a person's criminal or vehicle code history is read over the air you might hear these lesser used CPC, CVC and CHSC laws. The local PD where I live uses them when they give the deposition of any action taken on a call or vehicle stop. For example "Mono 1, 44 Edward 9, one warned 22350." That is the CVC for the basic speed law. It is often used in snow country where a speed limit is posted, but driving at it is too fast for conditions due to ice or limited visibility due to heavy snowfall. Another example is "Mono 1, 44 Edward 2, one cited 27459." That is the failure to use chains on a road where chain restrictions are posted. I purchased the non-abridged Penal and Vehicle Codes (2 books) to keep as a deskside reference. I don't want to hear that a subject has received two citations for 25123 in the past two years and not know what that is. You can also bookmark the state's website listings of the codes or even try "CVC 25123" in a Google search. That may result in hits that don't apply to the CVC so having a cheat sheet makes this faster. I've typed out my own cheat sheets and have taped them to the desk under the keyboard so that I don't have to look up the most commonly used codes.

 

[Mike_G_D]

That would make sense. I think I've heard it that way before too, so maybe they're just being lazy and dropping the O. (Though sometimes it is dispatch in the initial call saying it, but still sending a unit to check out the area. But that could still make a little sense, again based on context)

I think maybe this or "Gone Away" ("GA") as short version for "Gone On Arrival" ("GOA").

 

[trentbob]

It's interesting to see all the different variations guys. We use GOA and it's never confused with DOA as police and EMS use response codes like 1 2 3 except we say class 1 2 3... And there's no mistaking what a class 5 is... They are deceased.

Reporting whether a call is real or not we use founded or unfounded

One that you hear all the time in my county is a 10 -96 or just, slow down on that call, she's a 96, sometimes they will add a frequent flyer. That's a mentally ill subject.

One that we just added this year to the 10 codes is, 10-0 and that would be the individual is either confirmed or suspected of having the China virus. Sometimes the warning will be given out... that residence is all 10-0.

I'm in Bucks County PA just north of Philly.

 

[n1das]

There are more versions of 10-codes than terms in it.

I live in NH, where 10-5 is used instead of 10-4 for an acknowledgment. 10-4 in NH means to repeat your message. NH's 10-codes includes some minor variations by county. The two exceptions in NH are Nashua and Hudson where they follow the APCO list of codes.

During a visit to Columbia MD back in 1977 during my early days of scanning, I monitored a Howard County SO officer saying he was enroute to the station with 3 female 10-5s. I LOL'd at that given that I'm from NH, the land of 10-5 instead of 10-4. I was listening on a multi-band tunable radio at the time because I didn't have the crystal for my scanner.

I have been a scanner listener since 1977 and I don't bother to keep any lists of 10-codes or other codes. I learn the codes over time by listening and paying attention to how they are used.

 

[gmclam]

It's interesting to see all the different variations guys.

There's no one definition to most codes. This is why the 9-11 commission felt they should stop being used.

We use GOA and it's never confused with DOA as police and EMS use response codes like 1 2 3 except we say class 1 2 3... And there's no mistaking what a class 5 is... They are deceased.

For "dead", there is 926, 10-55, 11-44. It is not limited to people but might be used for objects or animals. It's common to hear 11-44 deer on the road side.

One that you hear all the time in my county is a 10 -96 or just, slow down on that call, she's a 96, sometimes they will add a frequent flyer. That's a mentally ill subject.

5150 is mentally ill. 5149 (or other similar numerical value such as 5149 1/2) means "close to mentally ill".

I have maintained several lists over the years. I might look up "10-34" and then determine which definition fits the message. Sometimes, none do. In California you will hear of lot of terms and numbers related to the penal code. Example 187 is murder. I've heard that used outside California, although I'm not sure if they're copying us or if it related to statutes/etc. Another common is "H and S" meaning related to the Health & Safety Code.

It's fairly impractical to try and list all possibilities. But when given code & location, determining the meaning is usually possible. Then you have to record that for future situations. But your list will change if you listen to another location or agency.

 

[BillyFive]

That makes sense and that's probably it. Thank You!!!

Hmmmm. Heard it again though. While yes there is a UTL as you said. This is definitely either ETL or DTL. I will keep listening for clues in the chatter before and after this one and let you know if and when I figure it out.

 

[trentbob]

There's no one definition to most codes. This is why the 9-11 commission felt they should stop being used.

For "dead", there is 926, 10-55, 11-44. It is not limited to people but might be used for objects or animals. It's common to hear 11-44 deer on the road side.

5150 is mentally ill. 5149 (or other similar numerical value such as 5149 1/2) means "close to mentally ill".

I have maintained several lists over the years. I might look up "10-34" and then determine which definition fits the message. Sometimes, none do. In California you will hear of lot of terms and numbers related to the penal code. Example 187 is murder. I've heard that used outside California, although I'm not sure if they're copying us or if it related to statutes/etc. Another common is "H and S" meaning related to the Health & Safety Code.

It's fairly impractical to try and list all possibilities. But when given code & location, determining the meaning is usually possible. Then you have to record that for future situations. But your list will change if you listen to another location or agency.

Oh yes so many codes, so many different departments. I was just quoting my County, then we have the other counties and the city of Philadelphia and the City of Trenton and the Turnpike state Troopers all within my listening range, all different sets of codes

Our class 5 designation only refers to dead people. It's funny that you mention dead animals on the side of the road. There's a reason my Pennsylvania county is called Buck's LOL. So many deer and they're all over the place on the side of the road dead. Keeps the body shops and The Game Commission in business. They wander up to you in the shopping plaza. With all of that, we do not have a code for deceased deer on the side of the road. The dispatcher says... there's a deceased deer on the side of the road. hahaha.

 

[n1das]

With the recent surge in Covid cases, EMS dispatches in my area that may be Covid related are dispatched as "Universal precautions, respiratory" as the nature of the call.

 

[GlobalNorth]

Some agencies make public most of their radio policies and they are either available on the internet or the local library. CALEA and other non-gov't. accreditation agencies may demand it.

Some agencies make it confusing to find them, but with open government statutes, they can be requested from the government agency themselves, although having a city councilperson help you to get the local city information can be very helpful.

Certain communication procedures for bank robbery, hostage situations, WMD, etc. are never disclosed and will be argued against in court.

The best way is to listen a lot and you'll pick up things like dispo codes, abbreviations, and unofficial radio shorthand. Write down what you can't decipher and network with others to see what they've learned.

 

[mmckenna]

"Back in the day" the local Radio Shack stores had a paper with all the local 10 codes on it. They'd give them to you for free. They often also had one page frequency sheets for local agencies.

 

[trentbob]

"Back in the day" the local Radio Shack stores had a paper with all the local 10 codes on it. They'd give them to you for free. They often also had one page frequency sheets for local agencies.

Lol... that was way back in the day. That's when managers and people who worked there had radio experience. In my local area RatShacks frequency listings and code sheets were actually made up by the manager who would type it out, mimeograph it and give it to customers. They had to know what crystals to keep in stock to sell with the radios.

Main source of information was crb research in Commack New York in the sixties and then Gene Hughes and police call in the seventies before Radio Shack bought him out.

 

[mmckenna]

Yeah, I remember being up in Vancouver BC for a while and dropping by the local Radio Shack and asking them for the sheet. No questions asked, no asking me if I needed anything else, no pressure to buy anything. Just a 'here ya go.' and I was on my way.

 

[trentbob]

Same experience here, it became especially helpful as the programmable radios started coming out in the seventies.

 

[es93546]

For "dead", there is 926, 10-55, 11-44. It is not limited to people but might be used for objects or animals. It's common to hear 11-44 deer on the road side.

Here in Caltrans District 9 a dead animal on the right of way is called in as a "10-32." They then specify what kind of animal it is. You will hear "10-32, buck or male," "10-32 doe or female," "10-32 mountain lion male" and so forth. This is followed by what Caltrans calls "post miles" instead of mile post. These sightings are then entered into a computer that can be shown on a map, complete with color codes for each type of animal. I attended a presentation done by Caltrans and Fish and Wildlife where they displayed a huge map on a screen that showed the worst road crossing areas. The two agencies collaborated on animal crossing facility design at about 4 locations in Mono County where 85% of all the road kill occurs. They had data collected before and after crossing facilities were constructed in other states. The results are significant, but the funding in California is not. The state is spending a great deal of money trying to deal with urban traffic problems, leaving no funding for such things as wildlife crossings. In the nearly 40 years I've lived in Mono County, the dear herd has declined significantly. The biggest factor is development in the Sierra foothill country, in the Highway 49 area. Some of the herds in the eastern Sierra spend their winters on the west side. Second to this is road kill, which is making the loss of winter habitat even worse.

It should be noted that the LAPD has never used any of the codes, it is all clear text and they did this decades before ICS called for clear text for fire agencies. In contrast the LASO uses are wide range of codes. I think the use of the 10 and 11 codes do not speed up communication, contrary to what many police officers will say. Although codes can come in handy at times. I've stood in front of some drunk people in campgrounds who were in earshot and have been able to tell the dispatcher "we have a 415, with 647f and I need an SO unit for 10-15 times 3" None of them had any idea what I was saying.

 

[pro106import]

Thank you;

Santa Cruz County CA / Sheriff
Watsonville City / PD
CHP / Coastal Division

Hope this helps
Santa Cruz County CA / Sheriff

10-1 Receiving Poorly

10-2 Receiving OK

10-3 Change Channels (Specify)

10-4 Message Received & Understood

10-5 Relay To:

10-6 Busy, Stand By

10-7 Out of Service (Location & Nature)

10-7B Out of Service - Personal

10-7C Out of Service - Court

10-7M Out of Service - Mechanical

10-7O DOut of Service - Off Duty

10-7N Out of Service - Not Available

10-7P Out of Service - Pager

10-7R Out of Service - Monitoring Radio

10-7T Out of Service - Training

10-8 In Service

10-9 Repeat

10-10 Out of Service - At Home

10-12 Visitor in Patrol Unit being Transported

10-14 Escort

10-15 Prisoner in Custody (How Many?)

10-16 Pick Up

10-19 Return/En-route to Station

10-20 Location

10-21 Phone (Specify)

10-21R Phone Radio

10-22 Cancel

10-23 Stand By

10-27 Request Drivers License Info (Wants & DMV)

10-28 Vehicle Registration

10-29 Check Wanted Vehicle or Property

10-29A Check Wanted Subject (Wants Only)

10-29C Check Wanted Subject - Complete (Wants & Records)

10-32 Drowning

10-33 Alarm

10-33A Alarm - Audible

10-33B Alarm - Bait Money

10-33S Alarm - Silent

10-34 Open Door

10-35 Open Window

10-36 Confidential Information

10-39 Status Of:

10-40 Is _______ available for a phone call?

10-45 Injured Person

10-46 Sick Person

10-49 Proceed/Proceeding to______

10-50 Take a Report

10-51 Intoxicated Person

10-52 Resuscitator

10-53 Person Down

10-54 Possible Dead Body

10-55 Coroner's Case

10-56 Suicide

10-56A Attempted Suicide

10-57 Firearms Discharge

10-58 Garbage Complaint

10-62 Meet the Citizen

10-65 Missing Person

10-65AR Missing Person - At Risk

10-65F Found Missing Person

10-65J Missing Juvenile

10-65JX Missing Female Juvenile

10-65MD Missing Person - Mentally Disabled

10-65X Missing Female

10-66 Suspicious Person

10-66P Suspicious Package

10-66W Suspicious Person with Weapon

10-66X Suspicious Female

10-67 Person Calling For Help

10-67X Female Calling For Help

10-68 Tree Down

10-69 Wire Down

10-70 Prowler

10-71 Person Shot

10-72 Person Stabbed

10-73 How do you receive?

10-80 Explosion

10-86 Any Traffic?

10-87 Meet the Officer

10-91 Animal Complaint

10-91A Vicious Animal

10-91B Noisy Animal

10-91C Injured Animal

10-91D Dead Animal

10-91E Animal Bite

10-91F Sick Animal

10-91H Stray Horse

10-95 Pedestrian Stop

10-96 Pedestrian Stop - Send Fill

10-97 Arrived at Assignment

10-98 Completed Last Assignment

11-24 Abandoned Vehicle

11-25 Traffic Hazard

11-26 Abandoned or Found Bicycle

11-54 Suspicious Vehicle

11-80 Vehicle Accident - Major Injury

11-80CV Vehicle Accident - Major Injury County Vehicle

11-81 Vehicle Accident - Minor Injury

11-81CV Vehicle Accident - Minor Injury County Vehicle

11-82 Vehicle Accident - Property Damage

11-82CV Vehicle Accident - Property Damage County Vehicle

11-83 Vehicle Accident - Unknown Injury (Advise)

11-83CV Vehicle Accident - Unknown Injury County Vehicle

11-84 Traffic Control

11-85 Miscellaneous Tow Request

11-95 Vehicle Stop

11-96 Vehicle Stop - Send Fill (Felony Car Stop)

CHP / Coastal Division

32 Accessory after the fact (Knowing about crime)
135 Destroying or concealing any evidence
148 Resisting/delaying investigation
148.4 False report of a fire
148.5 False report of a crime
148.9 False ID to a police officer
182 Conspiracy (2 or more agreeing to commit crime)
185 Wearing a disguise to evade police
186.22 Gang enhancement
187 Murder/homicide
192 Manslaughter (Heat of the moment murder)
203 Mayhem (Disfiguring/cutting off body part)
206 Torture
207 Kidnapping (Using force or fear)
209.5 Kidnapping while carjack
210 Extortion by posing as a kidnapper
211 Robbery
215 Carjacking
236 False imprisonment
240 Assault (unlawful attempt to commit injury)
242 Battery
243(b) Battery on a police officer
243(d) Battery with serious injury
243(e) Domestic Battery
243.4 Sexual Battery (Sexual assault)
245a Assault with a deadly weapon (ADW)
246 Shooting at a vehicle/building
246.3 Negligent discharge of a firearm
261 Rape
261.5 Statutory rape (Under 18)
262 Spousal rape
272 Contributing to delinquency of minor
273a Child endangerment
273d Child abuse
273.5 Domestic battery with injury
273.6 Violating a restraining order
278 Child abduction (Without force/fear)
288(a) Lewd acts with child under 14
288a Oral copulation with minor
288.2 Sending harmful matter with intent to seduce minor
288.3 Contacting minor to commit lewd acts
288.4 Arranging a meeting with a minor for lewd acts
288.7 Sexual acts with a child under 10 years old
289 Sexual penetration with foreign object (Forcible)
311.11 Possession of child porn
314 Indecent exposure
368 Elder abuse
372 Public nuisance (excessive amount of trash)
374 Littering
399 Failing to control aggressive animal
401 Aiding a suicide
402 Sightseeing at a scene (Impeding emergency personnel)
404 Rioting
404.6 Inciting a riot
405a Lynching
407 Unlawful assembly
409 Failure to disperse
409.5 Unauthorized entry into a closed emergency area
415 Disturbing the peace (Offensive words/mutual combat/unreasonable noise)
417 Brandishing a firearm or weapon
422 Criminal threats (that will result in death or great bodily injury)
422.55 Hate crimes
451 Arson
459 Burglary
459.5 Shoplifting
466 Possession of burglary tools
470b Possession of a fake DL or ID card
484 Theft
485 Appropriation of lost property (Founders keepers knowingly)
487 Grand theft (Over $950)
488 Petty theft (Under $950)
496 Receiving stolen property
503 Embezzlement (Stealing property entrusted to you)
518 Extortion (Blackmail)
529 False personation (Impersonating real person)
530.5 Identity theft
532 False representation theft (Victim gives property by deception)
538d Impersonating a police officer
594 Vandalism
597 Animal abuse
597.7 Leaving pet unattended in a car
601 Aggravated trespassing (Intent to commit GBI)
602 Trespassing
646.9 Stalking
647(a) Lewd conduct (Sexual activity)
647(b) Prostitution
647(c) Aggressive panhandling
647(f) Public intoxication
647(h) Loitering
647(j) Invasion of privacy
647.6 Annoying or molesting a minor
653b Loitering at a school
653f Soliciting someone to commit a crime (Hitman)
653m Annoying/threatening phone calls
664 Attempted crimes
1320 Failure to appear (FTA)
16590 Possession of dangerous weapon
21510 Carrying a switchblade
25400 Carrying a concealed weapon
25850 Carrying a loaded firearm in public place or vehicle
26100 Shooting from a motor vehicle (Drive-by shooting)
26350 Open carry firearm
29800 Felon with a firearm
30600 Possession of an assault weapon

I don't have the Watsonville City codes but I think they also use the penal codes above.
Bob