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

[John Wilson]

Don't know.  Ask Big Sis.

Blake Bowers wrote:
> 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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> heaven knows we need them down here!
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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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