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If you're half the dork that Tubby is, then you're twice the dork that any normal person is... but that's not important right now. What is important (other than me), is that you can have a handy reference guide for talking to your equally dorky friends in a language only understood by cops, scanner and HAM radio fanatics, and the autistic.

Phonetic Alphabet. Each department may use one or the other, the location is just where it's commonly found.
	West Coast	East Coast and Military		West Coast	East Coast and Military
A	Adam	Alpha	N	Nora	November
B	Boy	Bravo	O	Ocean	Oscar
C	Charles	Charlie	P	Paul	Papa
D	David	Delta	Q	Queen	Quebec
E	Edward	Echo	R	Robert	Romeo
F	Frank	Foxtrot	S	Sam	Sierra
G	George	Golf	T	Tom	Tango
H	Henry	Hotel	U	Union	Uniform
I	Ida	India	V	Victor	Victory
J	John	Juliet	W	William	Whiskey
K	King	Kilo	X	X-Ray	X-Ray
L	Lincoln	Lima	Y	Yellow	Yankee
M	Mary	Mike	Z	Zebra	Zulu

Code-Codes. These are mostly commonly altered by each department, but one sampling is...
Code	Meaning	Code	Meaning
Code 1	At your convenience	Code 20	Notify press
Code 2	Urgent	Code 21	Jail emergency
Code 3	Emergency	Code 33	Mobile police emergency - keep channel clear
Code 4	No further assistance	Code 34	Mobile police emergency over - okay to resume using channel
Code 5	Stakeout
Code 6	Cover needed but slow down
Code 7	Mealtime / out to lunch, dinner...
Code 8
Code 9	Setup Roadblock
Code 10	Bomb threat

10-Codes. Each department may use or modify their own code sheet, but I've found these are common used.
Code	Meaning	Code	Meaning
10-0	Caution	11-10	Take report
10-1	Reception poor	11-24	Abandoned auto
10-2	Reception good	11-25	Traffic hazard
10-3	Stop transmitting	11-26	Abandoned bicycle
10-4	Message received	11-27	10-27 with driver held
10-5	Relay message	11-28	10-28 with driver held
10-6	Change channel (or busy, stand by)	11-40	Advise if ambulance needed
10-7	Out of service	11-41	Ambulance needed
10-8	In service	11-42	No ambulance needed
10-9	Repeat	11-48	Provide transportation
10-10	Off duty	11-51	Escort
10-11	Identify frequency	11-52	Funeral detail
10-12	Visitors present	11-54	Suspicious vehicle
10-13	Weather and road advice	11-55	Officer being followed by auto
10-14	Citizen holding suspect	11-56	11-55 with dangerous persons
10-15	Prisoner/suspect in custody	11-57	Unidentified auto arriving at scene
10-15X	Female prisoner/suspect in custody	11-58	Radio traffic being monitored; phone non-routine messages
10-16	Pick up	11-59	Given attention to high hazard/business area
10-17	Request for gasoline	11-60	Attack in high hazard area
10-18	Equipment exchange	11-65	Signal light out
10-19	Returning to station	11-66	Defective traffic signal
10-20	Location	11-78	Aircraft accident
10-21	Telephone, make a call to	11-79	Traffic accident - ambulance sent
10-22	Disregard, cancel	11-80	Traffic accident - major injuries
10-23	Stand-by	11-81	Traffic accident - minor injuries
10-24	Request car to car transmission	11-82	Traffic accident - no injuries
10-25	Do you have contact with...	11-83	Traffic accident - no details
10-26	Clear (as in person has no warrants)	11-84	Direct traffic
10-27	Driver's license request/check	11-85	Tow truck required
10-28	Vehicle registration request	11-94	Pedestrian stop
10-29	Check person wants/warrants	11-95	Traffic stop
10-29F	Subject wanted - felony	11-96	Checking suspicious vehicle
10-29H	Subject - hazard potential	11-97	Time/seuciryt check on patrol
10-29M	Subject wanted - misdemeanor	11-98	Meet _____
10-29V	Vehicle wanted	11-99	Officer needs help
10-30	Doesn't conform to regulations
10-32	Drowning
10-33	Alarm sounding
10-34	Assist at office
10-35	Time check
10-36	Confidential information
10-37	Identify operator
10-39	Can ___ come to the radio?
10-40	Is ___ available for phone call?
10-42	Check on welfare of/at _____
10-43	Call doctor
10-45	Condition of patient
10-45A	Good
10-45B	Serious
10-45C	Critical	10-70	Prowler
10-45D	Deceased	10-71	Shooting
10-49	Proceed to:	10-72	Gun involved
10-50	Under the influence of narcotics	10-73	How do you receive/copy?
10-51	Drunk	10-79	Bomb threat
10-52	Resuscitator	10-80	Explosion
10-53	Man down	10-86	Any traffic?
10-54	Possible dead body	10-88	Assume Post
10-55	Coroners case	10-91	Animal
10-56	Suicide	10-91A	Stray
10-56A	Suicide attempt	10-91B	Noisy
10-57	Missing person	10-91C	Injured
10-59	Security check	10-91D	Dead
10-60	Lock out	10-91E	Bite
10-61	Misc. public service	10-91G	Pick-up
10-62	Meet a citizen	10-91J	Pick-up request
10-62A	Take a report from a citizen	10-91L	Leash law violation
10-62B	Civil standby	10-91V	Vicious
10-63	Prepare to copy	10-95	Request ID/tech unit
10-64	Found property	10-97	Arrived on scene
10-66	Suspicious person	10-98	Available for detail
10-67	Person calling for help	10-100	Civil disturbance/mutual aid standby
10-68	Call for police (via telephone)	10-101	Civil disturbance/mutual aid request