Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Police Scrap Radio Codes To Avoid Confusion

Officers Hope Plain Language Keeps Colleagues On Same Frequency

MIDWEST CITY, Okla. -- Police departments are in the process of phasing out a system of codes they use to communicate over radios.

The so-called "10-codes" refer to everything from a homicide to a car crash to an acknowledgement that a message has been understood. Police and other emergency crews have been using the system since the 1920s, but perhaps not for much longer. ...

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