Phonetic Alpahbets
A Adam/Alpha
B Boy/Bravo
C Charles/Charlie
D David/Delta
E Edward/Echo
F Frank/Foxtrot
G George/Golf
H Henry/Hotel
I Ida/India
J John/Juliette
K King/Kilo
L Lincoln/Lima
M Mary/Mike
N Nora/Nancy/November
O Ocean/Oscar
P Paul/Papa
Q Queen/Quebec
R Robert/Romeo
S Sam/Sierra
T Tom/Tango
U Union/Uniform
V Victor/Victor
W William/Whiskey
X X-Ray/X-Ray
Y Yellow/Young/Yankee
Z Zebra/Zulu
Response Codes
Code 1 Routine Response
Code 2 Urgent: Flashing Lights, No Siren
Code 3 Urgent: Flashing Lights & Siren
Code 4 Everything is Okay/Under Control
Scanner Terms
28: Vehicle Registration Check--Traffic Stop
45: Usually Meaning 10-45 = Driver's License Check
54: Usually Meaning 10-54 = Vehicle Accident With Fatality
AAA: American Automobile Association
A & B: Assault & Battery
ABC: Airway, Breathing, Circulation
Actor: Suspect or Person Under Surveillence
ADC: Adult Detention Center
ADW: Assault with a Deadly Weapon
A-Fib: Atrial Fibrillation
AGE: Alcohol & Gambling Enforcement
Aircare: North Memorial's Helicopter
ALS: Advanced Life Support
AMS: Altered Mental Status
APCO: Association of Public Safety Communications Officials
ARMER: Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response-MN 800Mhz Digital Radio System
ASAP: As Soon As Possible
ATL: Attempt To Locate
ATV: All Terrain Vehicle
BAC: Blood Alcohol Content
BC: Battalion Chief
BCA: Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
B & E: Breaking & Entering
BI: Burn Index
BLM: Bureau Of Land Management
BLS: Basic Life Support
C2C: Car-to-Car Radio Frequency
CAD: Computer Aided Dispatch
CC: Chief Complaint
CDC: Center For Disease Control
CERT: Community Emergency Response Team
CHF: Congestive Heart Failure
CI: Confidential Informant
CID: Criminal Investigation Department
CISD: Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
CISM: Critical Incident Stress Management
CJIS: Criminal Justice Information System
CO: Carbon Monoxide
CO2: Carbon Dioxide
COD: Cause of Death
Complaintant: Person Calling Police or Making Police Report
COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
CP: Chest Pain
CP: Command Post
CPR: Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation
CSO: Community Service Officer
CTCSS: Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System (sub-audible tone transmitted on a frequency)
DAC: Driving After Cancellation
DAR: Driving After Revocation
DAS: Driving After Suspension
DB: Dead Body
DC: Deputy Chief/Division Chief/District Chief
DCS: Digital Coded Squelch (sub-audible tone transmitted on a frequency)
Detox: Detox center for drunks/drug users
DK: Drunk ("DK Driver")
DL: Driver's License
DMV: Department of Motor Vehicles
DNR: Department of Natrural Resources
DNR: Do Not Resuscitate
DO: District Office
DOA: Dead on Arrival
DOB: Date of Birth
DOI: Department of Interior
DOT: Department of Transportation
DPL: Digital Private Line (sub-audible tone transmitted on a frequency)
DPS: Department of Public Safety
DPW: Department of Public Works
DUI: Driving Under the Influence
DVS: Driver & Vehicle Services
DWI: Driving While Intoxicated
DX: Diagnosis
E-911: Enhanced 911 (showing callers phone #, address, and history)
ED: Emergency Department (ER)
EKG: Electrocardiogram
EMD: Emergency Medical Dispatch
EMS: Emergency Medical Service
EMT: Emergency Medical Technician
EMT-B: EMT Basic
EMT-I: EMT Intermediate
ENT: Ear, Nose, Throat
EOC: Emergency Operations Center
EPA: Environmental Protection Agency
ER: Emergency Room
ERT: Emergency Response Team
ETA: Estimated Time of Arrival
FAA: Federal Aviation Administration
FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation
FC: Fire Chief/Fire Captain
FCC: Federal Communications Commission
FD: Fire Department/Fire District
FF: Fire Fighter
FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency
FIRECOM: Fire Communications Channel (usually 154.295)
Fireground: Radio Frequency Used at Fire Scene--portable radio, low power
FLIR: Forward Looking Infared (usually a camera on police helicopter)
FPD: Fire Protection District
FST: Field Sobriaty Test
FTA: Failure To Appear
FTO: Field Training Officer
FX: Fracture
GI: Gastrointestinal
GOA: Gone on Arrival
GPM: Gallons Per Minute
GPS: Global Positioning System
GSR: Gun Shot Residue
GSW: Gun Shot Wound
GTA: Grand Theft Auto
HazMat: Hazardous Materials
HBD: Has Been Drinking
Head Med: Medication for Medical Reasons
Hit: Warrant for Person's Arrest or Stolen Property (usually wanted)
H & R: Hit & Run Accident
IC: Incident Command
ICR: Initial Complaint Report--Case Number
ICS: Incident Command System
ICU: Intensive Care Unit
Jaws: Jaws of Life for extrication of person trapped in a damaged vehicle
JDC: Juvenille Detention Center
Landline: Telephone Call Made Over a Traditional Phone Line
LDH: Large Diameter Hose
LEC: Law Enforcement Center
Life Link: LifeLink III Helicopter or Ambulance
LLQ: Lower Left Quadrant
LT: Lieutenant
LZ: Landing Zone (for medical helicopter)
MA: Mutual Aid
Main: Primary Frequency
MARC: Mutual Aid Radio Channel
MDC: Mobile Data Computer
MDT: Mobile Data Terminal
MI: Myocardial Infarction
MICU: Mobile Intensive Care Unit
MIMS: Minnesota Incident Management System (155.370)
MINSEF: Minnesota Statewide Emergency Frequency (155.475)
MNICS: Minnesota Incident Command System
MVA: Motor Vehicle Accident
NCIC: National Crime Information Center (database)
NICU: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
NIMS: National Incident Management System
Nitro: Nitroglycerin (for heart patients)
NRB: Non-Rebreather Mask (oxygen)
O2: Oxygen
OD: Overdose
OES: Office of Emergency Services
OIS: Officer Involved Shooting
OLN: Operator's License Number (Driver's License #)
OOS: Out of Service
Operator: A Person/Officer Trained to Administer Breathalyzer Test at Jail
Operator: Driver of a Vehicle
O of P: Order of Protection (restraining order)
PBT: Preliminary Breathalyzer Test
PC: Probable Cause
PC: Passenger Car
PD: Police Department
PD: Property Damage
PI: Personal Injury
PIO: Public Infomation Officer
PL: Private Line (sub-audible tone transmitted on a frequency)
Point: Point-to-Point Radio Frequency (155.370)
Portable: Portable, Handheld, Two-Way Radio
Priors: Items on a Person's Record (convictions)
PSAP: Public Safety Answering Point
PTA: Prior to Arrival
QA: Query Article
QB: Query Boat
QDC: Query Disabiltiy Certificate
QDLI: Query Driver's License Image
QDM:
QDNS: Query Driver Name Search
QDP: Query Driver Record & Person Files (Search DMV, CJIS, NCIC)
QDW:
QG: Query Gun
QGM: Query Gang Member
QHM: Query Minnesota Criminal History Identification
QML:
QMO: ? Dispatcher runs a person's name and gets back a list of vehicles registered to that
person
QMR: Query Motor Vehicle Registration & Vehicle Files (Search DMV, CJIS, & NCIC)
QMS: Query Motor Vehicle Registration by Sticker
QMW: ? Random registration/license check (vehicle is not pulled over)
QP: Query Person ("clear QP")
QPO: Query Protection Order
QRM: Query Minnesota Criminal History Record
QS: Query Securities
QU: Query Unidentified
QV: Query Vehicle
QWI: Query Wants
QXS: Query Sex Offenders
RCA2000: Crime Computer Database with Criminal History & Warrant Info
RIT: Rapid Intervention Team
RJC: Regional Juvenille Center
RO: Registered Owner of a Vehicle
RP: Reporting Party, Person Calling Police
SERT: Special Emergency Response Team
SIU: Special Investigation Unit
Slumper: A Person "Slumped" Over In A Car--Possibly DOA Or Medical Condition
SO: Sheriff's Office
SOP: Standard Operating Procedure
SP: State Patrol
S & R: Search & Rescue
Statewide: Statewide Radio Frequency (154.295, 155.340, 155.370, 155.475)
Suspect: Person the Police Assume Committed a Crime or Act
SWAT: Special Weapons & Tactics
T2T: Truck 2 Truck
Tac: Tactical--usually a radio frequency
TC: Traffic Collision
TO: Training Officer
TOA: Time on Arrival
TRO: Temporary Restraining Order
URI: Upper Respiratory Infection
UTL: Unable to Locate
Vic: Victim
Victim: Person a crime was committed against
VIN: Vehicle Idenfication Number
Want: Warrant for Arrest
WISPERN: Wisconsin State Police Emergency Radio Network (155.475)
Common 10-Codes in Minnesota
10-1 RECEIVING POORLY
10-2 RECEIVING WELL
10-3 MESSAGE/PAGE RECEIVED
10-4 OK/AFFIRMATIVE
10-5 RELAY
10-6 BUSY/OUT ON CALL/ARRIVAL
10-7 OUT OF SERVICE (END OF SHIFT)
10-8 IN SERIVCE (START OF SHIFT)/EN ROUTE TO CALL/CLEAR OF CALL
10-9 REPEAT TRANSMISSION
10-10 BACK AT BASE
10-11 DISPATCHING TOO FAST
10-12 PERSON PRESENT
10-13 WEATHER CONDITION
10-14 CONVOY OR ESCORT
10-15 PRISONER IN CUSTODY
10-16 DAILY REPORTS
10-17 WARRANTS/SUMMONS
10-18 COMPLETE ASSIGNMENT
10-19 OUT AT OFFICE/JAIL/SHERIFF'S OFFICE
10-20 LOCATION
10-21 PHONE CALL
10-22 CANCEL
10-23 OFFICER SAFETY CHECK
10-24 OFFICER SAFETY CHECK: OK FOR NOW, CONTINUE WITH CHECKS
10-25 OFFICER SAFETY CHECK: OK, NO FURTHER CHECKS NEEDED
10-26 CALL DISTRICT OFFICE
10-27 DROWINING
10-28 VEHICLE REGISTRATION CHECK
10-29 STOLEN
10-30 VANDALISM
10-31 MEET ME AT...
10-32 IS BREATHALYZER ON?
10-33 EMERGENCY RADIO TRAFFIC ONLY
10-34 TROUBLE AT STATION
10-35 CONFIDENTIAL
10-36 TIME?
10-37 HOUSE CHECK
10-38 10-28 WITH LOCATION
10-39 ASSIST WITH...AT...
10-40 LOCATION CONFIDENTIAL
10-41 SWITCH TO CHANNEL...
10-42 CALL HOME
10-43
10-44 DRIVER'S LICENSE CLEAR
10-45 DRIVER'S LICENSE CHECK
10-46 D.N.R. VIOLATION
10-47 URNINE % REPORT
10-48 BLOOD % REPORT
10-49 10-8 TRAINING (NOT ON DUTY FOR CALLS)
10-50 ACCIDENT: PROPERTY DAMAGE, NO INJURIES
10-51 TOW EN ROUTE
10-52 ACCIDENT WITH INJURIES
10-53 AMBULANCE EN ROUTE
10-54 ACCIDENT WITH FATALITY
10-55 FUNERAL
10-56 INTOXICATED DRIVER
10-57 INTOXICATED PERSON
10-58 TALK TO CAR #...
10-59 10-58 COMPLETE
10-60 CASE NUMBER
10-61 POSSIBLE NARCOTICS INVOLVED
10-62 USE CAUTION
10-63
10-64 CONSIDERED DANGEROUS
10-65 CLEAR FOR BROADCAST
10-66 SUICIDE ATTEMPT
10-67 FIRE CALL
10-68 ROCK FALL
10-69 CAR KILL DEER
10-70 OUT OF COUNTY
10-71 BACK IN COUNTY
10-72 D.O.A.
10-73 ABANDONED VEHICLE
10-74 THEFT
10-75 JUVENILE TROUBLE
10-76 SEE COMPLAINANT
10-77 PROWLER
10-78 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE NEEDED
10-79 DOMESTIC
10-80 SEX CRIME
10-81 ALARM
10-82 BURGLARY
10-83 DISTURBANCE
10-84 FIGHT
10-85 KNIFING/STABBING
10-86 ROBBERY/HOLD UP
10-87 SHOOTING
10-88 OFFICER NEEDS HELP
10-89 HOMICIDE
10-90
10-91 BLOOD RUN
10-92 RESERVE ROOM FOR...
10-93 FREQUENCY CHECK
10-94 RADIO SERVICE MAN AT...
10-95 TEST WITH NO MODULATION
10-96 CIVIL DEFENSE PRELIMINARY
10-97 CIVIL DEFENSE EVACUATION
10-98 CIVIL DEFESE TAKE OVER
10-99
10-100 RESTROOM BREAK
Common Medical/Ambulance 10-Codes
10-5 EN ROUTE
10-6 OUT OF SERVICE AT HOME
10-7 ARRIVAL AT SCENE
10-8 CLEAR AND IN SERVICE
10-9 LEAVING SCENE
10-10 OUT AT _______
10-11 ARRIVING AT MEDICAL FACILITY
10-12 PERSON PRESENT
10-14 NEED PATIENT INFO
10-16 CLEAR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
10-17 MONITORED CALL
10-18 OFF THE AIR
10-19 ON RADIO
10-20 LOCATION
10-21 D.O.A.
10-25 PSYCHIATRIC CASE
APCO 10-Codes (used by most counties in Wisconsin)
10-0 USE CAUTION
10-1 SIGNAL WEAK
10-2 SIGNAL GOOD
10-3 STOP TRANSMITTING
10-4 OKAY/AFFIRMATIVE
10-5 RELAY
10-6 STATION BUSY
10-7 OUT OF SERVICE
10-8 IN SERVICE
10-9 REPEAT
10-10 FIGHT IN PROGRESS
10-11 ANIMAL PROBLEM
10-12 STAND BY
10-13 REPORT CONDITIONS
10-14 PROWLER
10-15 CIVIL DISTURBANCE
10-16 DOMESTIC PROBLEM
10-17 MEET COMPLAINTANT
10-18 URGENT
10-19 GO TO STATION
10-20 LOCATION
10-21 PHONE CALL
10-22 DISREGARD
10-23 ARRIVED AT SCENE
10-24 ASSIGNMENT COMPLETE
10-25 REPORT TO...
10-26 DETAINING SUSPECT
10-27 DRIVER'S LICENSE CHECK
10-28 VEHICLE REGISTRATION CHECK
10-29 CHECK RECORDS FOR STOLEN
10-30 UNAUTORIZED USE OF RADIO
10-31 CRIME IN PROGRESS
10-32 PERSON WITH GUN
10-33 EMERGENCY--ALL UNITS STAND BY
10-34 RIOT
10-35 MAJOR CRIME ALERT
10-36 CORRECT TIME
10-37 SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE
10-38 STOP SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE
10-39 RESPOND W/LIGHTS & SIREN
10-40 DO NOT USE LIGHTS & SIREN
10-41 BEGINNING SHIFT
10-42 END OF SHIFT
10-43 INFORMATION
10-44 PERMISSION TO LEAVE
10-45 DEAD ANIMAL
10-46 ASSIST MOTORIST
10-47 EMERGENCY ROAD REPAIR
10-48 TRAFFIC CONTROL
10-49 TRAFFIC SIGNAL OUT
10-50 TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
10-51 REQUEST TOW TRUCK
10-52 REQUEST AMBULANCE
10-53 ROADWAY BLOCKED
10-54 LIVESTOCK ON ROADWAY
10-55 INTOXICATED DRIVER
10-56 INTOXICATED PEDESTRIAN
10-57 HIT & RUN ACCIDENT
10-58 DIRECT TRAFFIC
10-59 ESCORT
10-60 SQUAD IN VICINITY
10-61 PERSONNEL IN VICINITY
10-62 REPLY TO MESSAGE
10-63 PREPARE TO COPY
10-64 LOCAL MESSAGE
10-65 NET MESSAGE
10-66 CANCEL MESSAGE
10-67 CLEAR FOR NET MESSAGE
10-68 DISPATCH INFORMATION
10-69 MESSAGE RECEIVED
10-70 FIRE ALARM
10-71 ADVISE NATURE OF ALARM
10-72 REPORT PROGRESS OF ALARM
10-73 SMOKE REPORT
10-74 NEGATIVE
10-75 IN CONTACT WITH...
10-76 EN ROUTE TO...
10-77 ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL
10-78 REQUEST ASSISTANCE
10-79 NOTIFY CORONER
10-80 PURSUIT IN PROGRESS
10-81 BREATHALYZER REPORTS
10-82 RESERVE LODGINGS FOR...
10-83 SCHOOL CROSSING ASSIGNMENT
10-84
10-85 ARRIVAL DELAYED
10-86 OPERATOR ON DUTY
10-87 PICK UP
10-88 ADVISE TELEPHONE #
10-89 BOMB THREAT
10-90 ALARM
10-91 PICK UP SUBJECT
10-92 ILLEGALLY PARKED VEHICLE
10-93 BLOCKAGE
10-94 DRAG RACING
10-95 SUBJECT IN CUSTODY
10-96 DETAIN SUBJECT
10-97 TEST SIGNAL
10-98 PRISONER ESCAPE
10-99 WANTED OR STOLEN
10-100 POLICE NEEDED
10-105 DECEASED PERSON
10-106 SUSPICIOUS PERSON
10-107 CHECK RESIDENCE
