[Scan-DC] Maryland State Police End Use of Ten Codes

[Doug Kitchener]

Matt, thanks, interesting... yeah, I thought it was supposed to end a long time ago.

I wonder if the ICC cops (MD Transportation Authority) will also end it... they _never_ use a word when a 10-code will do.

"Ah'll be dogged if it don't make a feller feel right bad ta get ten-four'd in the middle of a sentence! ~ Sheriff Andy Taylor, Mayberry, NC

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> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 18:45:27 -0500
> From: w4uvv at comcast.net
> To: fivealarmphotography at gmail.com
> CC: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Maryland State Police End Use of Ten Codes
>
> *What? This was supposed have been implemented 5 years ago!! It was a
> requirement by Homeland Security imposed to minimize and eventually
> confusion in interoperability comms. If the entity declined to comply
> then selected federal funds were withheld. Old habits are hard to
> break but the Va. State Police for the most part have succeeded.*
>
> *John *
>
> Matt Stevens wrote:
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: MSP Media<noreply at mdsp.org>
> > Date: Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 4:38 PM
> > Subject: MSP Press Release
> > To: FiveAlarmPhotography at gmail.com
> >
> >
> > *Maryland State Police Press Release*
> > 02/01/2012 16:33
> >
> > * STARTING TODAY, COMMON LANGUAGE PROTOCOL WILL BE USED BY MARYLAND STATE
> > POLICE*
> >
> > (Pikesville, MD)- Effective today, the Maryland State Police will abolish
> > the use of the current ten code system and utilize the Common Language
> > Protocol, also known as Plain Language.

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