[Scan-DC] Capital Newspaper Article Follow Up to MSP Ending useof Ten Codes

[Blake Bowers]

What are they doing wrong?  FEMA says they can do exactly what they are 
doing.  Day to day traffic amongst the agency 10 codes, pig latin, whatever.

Interop situations their policy is to change to plain language for that 
incident.  Exactly what FEMA says.

Does it make sense?  I always feel we should use plain language, so we are 
familiar with it in that emergency, but it is up to the agency.


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Wilson" <w4uvv at comcast.net>
To: "Matt Stevens" <fivealarmphotography at gmail.com>
Cc: "Scan-DC" <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Capital Newspaper Article Follow Up to MSP Ending 
useof Ten Codes


>    That excuse makes absolutely no difference.  If the county applies
> for Homeland Security grants or federally supplied law enforcement
> physical assets the county must comply.
>
> Matt Stevens wrote:
>> Anne Arundel County and Annapolis police have no plans to move away from 
>> 10
>> codes.
>>
>> Amy Miguez, an Annapolis police spokeswoman, said city officers, unlike
>> state troopers, rarely have to work with other jurisdictions. They do 
>> work
>> with county police, but the two agencies use the same 10 codes, so 
>> there's
>> little chance of confusion there.
>> County police spokesman Justin Mulcahy said the department already has a
>> policy to use plain language when talking to other departments in
>> emergencies.
>>
>> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2012/02/03-40/The-Flip-Side-10-codes-are-10-7-10-4.html
>>
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