x? in front of dispatchers ID?

[shores]

A few services I listen to will say something that sounds like an X before saying the dispatcher #, then their own ID

i.e x039, 033
dispatcher: go ahead, 033?

anyone else hear this before or why they do it?

 

[IdleMonitor]

What services are you listening to. From what you describe, noone could tell ya what it means.

 

[hawkeye32]

It could be perhaps the unit patrol number or the callsign for example

x-033 X=xray(division) 033 =unit number could be something like that

 

[jellotor]

Could be the callsign of the dispatch for a given police service. I know Owen Sound uses their callsign when calling officers...probably do the same for Saugeen Shores as well.