Fwd: Re: [Scan-DC] No more 10 codes?

[M Loren Copsey]

Officers will still find ways to speak in code. In DC the chance that
there is a 10 code for an incident you are responding to is slim to none.
most of the dialogue is in plain speak(for the officers). Say you have a
violent M.O. at 857 21st St. There is no 10 code but still the language
has developed to accomodate officers. BTW, M.O. (mental observation).

Interoperability is not as essential in day to day activities. An incident
of the magnitude of 9/11 would require any coordination to be in plain
speak. Speaking with a Maryland State Trooper face to face can be an
ordeal even for the law enforcement professional. Every agency and /or
group has its own language.

If they do away with 10 codes there is very little chance that it will
dramatically change the nature of enforcement. Ten codes are published and
obvious to any dedicated listener.

In an age of digital encryption there should be very little need for 10
codes. In the case of a fugitive, the dispatcher can always ask the
officer to secure his/her rado. There could be alternative ways to express
priority communications.

DC uses almost no 10 codes. From what I hear on the radio, they should do
away with what remains. I mean, 10-90? Who cares?

M. Loren




On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 07:50:49 -0400, <kds at 1bigred.com> wrote:

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> ----- Forwarded message from JoeBradley  
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>     Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:44:40 +0000 GMT
>     From: JoeBradley <JoeBradley at nextel.blackberry.net>
>     Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] No more 10 codes?
> I have been outta the loop a bit but I can tell you montgomery county  
> police
> in maryland has gone to plain speak. This is apparently to bring the
> department into line with COG or council of governments guidlines so  
> everyone
> is on the same page if a big disaster were to come.
>
> Even the infamous - 10-50 (officer needs assistance) is now signal 13  
> like
> many of the surrounding jurisdictions. What I heard is that they only  
> held on
> to 4 of the original 10 codes. One of the funniest ones I heard is that  
> they
> used to have a code for when the family of deceased officer or a  
> household
> where there is a restraining order against a convicted repeat offender -  
> then
> they would put out a special alarm. An example would be the wife of an  
> officer
> killed in the line of duty has a special alarm in her house and would be  
> a
> lights and sirens call for units to respond - is not called a kitty  
> alarm. One
> dispatcher I spoke to had commented that she couldn't wait until the  
> first
> officer was told to respond priority to the kitty alarm and how that  
> would go.
>
> It will be interesting.
>
> Joe
>
> Ps I am on the mobile - can 1 of you resend this to the main group?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 07:36:07
> To:"scan-dc at mailman.qth.net" <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [Scan-DC] No more 10 codes?
>
> Here is a story in the local newspaper today. Apparently FEMA recommends  
> plain
> text in radio transmissions. There's also a tidbit about the future of
> Spotsylvania VA Sheriff comms....
>
> http://tinyurl.com/a63k3
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