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Answers to the "Do You Know Your 10-Codes?" Quiz
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5) 10-22
a) Emergency road repairs at…
b) Disregard
c) Mental subject
6) 10-77
a) ETA (estimated time of arrival)
b) Message cancellation
c) Check (test) signal
LAWMANTUKES
about 3 years ago
6558 Comments
"Christine4506" I'm with you... The codes do differ from State to state. And for sure, they are'nt the same here in South Florida.
garydon4
about 3 years ago
30 Comments
Agencies are changing to 'plain speak' as result of inability to effectively communicate during multi-agency operations such as Sept 11. Get ready for the new radio- should be in about 2 years- when depts from different cities/states etc can communicate.
If you are on the 'cutting edge' of the transition, you will find that your range is severely (as in dangerously) reduced until new repeaters are up an running.
OPDL1
about 3 years ago
4 Comments
10 signals are not as useful as in the days of analog and low freq. radios. However, there are still a few messages that demand universal and unmistakable clarity. "Officer needs help" should be the same radio signal, regardless of location. This test shows that it is NOT. Other than that, I think its time for conversational radio traffic. Has anyone tried the "Q" signals used by Miami-Dade police in Florida?
hankwc
about 3 years ago
10 Comments
Well, I can tell you that these are not all the same 10 codes that my agency uses.
dlcmia
about 3 years ago
4 Comments
Liked the quiz. STRONGLY AGREE w/ some type of Nat'l standardization to facilitate multiagency Ops. As for the kids against the codes use, Why not call the "wise guys" or whatever you call em today on your cell phones and tell em ahead o' time your Dept's plans? I see ALL of you on them talking to "somebody" anyway while you're supposed to be on patrol protecting 7 serving the public like us old "Geezers" did.
ckennick
about 3 years ago
44 Comments
argh
fariello
about 3 years ago
34 Comments
10-13
elaken
about 3 years ago
424 Comments
T_imothy, you got Zero to 50% of em right.
T_imothy
about 3 years ago
4 Comments
im not a cop but i got 50% of the coads right, what are the 10 codes for Orono, MN?
futurecop86
about 3 years ago
34 Comments
well i'm not a cop yet folks...but i would like a copy of 10 codes..thanx
thedonald2008
about 3 years ago
132 Comments
10 codes would be great if they were the same in all areas! That way if a join operation took place everyone would be on the same page!
Christine4506
about 3 years ago
18 Comments
Ok...I was not so bad. I think 75%. But, I think that the codes are not completely the same over the entire country.
pr24girl
about 3 years ago
68 Comments
Some of the codes are different than what we used where I was an officer. For example, we did not have a 10-0. It would be helpful to have a uniform set of codes. Also, depending on the part of the country, some individuals have accents that may be difficult to understand, especially over the radio. Need to keep the ten codes for faster and more accurate communication than "plain speak".
mpcaptain2145
about 3 years ago
18 Comments
Wow, New Mexico 10 codes are really different on all but the essentials, like 10-9, 10-33, 10-20, etc. I remember Texas 10 codes vaguely (from 30 years ago!!) and those helped some. Yeesh, and I was a dispatcher for a couple of years!! Back to the books, y'all!
magnumforc
about 3 years ago
22 Comments
I completelyt agree with MCS214. Out here you need to know all the codes in interagency communication. That's why many have taken the step towards plain language comms instead of codes. Because one wrong code between agencies can be disastrous!