10-codes

[CruiserClass]

To answer the original question:
http://www.spookyblue.com/police-scanner/10code.htm seems pretty accurate, and kind of funny in the way they are described.

Yes, they are pretty standard in Indiana. This is NOT true in some other states, Kentucky for example, where a city PD may have different codes than their county SD uses. Indiana codes and, say Louisville codes, are also completely different.

Indianapolis (and Lousville, for that matter) are technically plain speech departments, but several common 10 codes are still in use, 10-27, 10-28, etc.

Our coroner is their plane crash, for example. Several of the common ones are the same, which only makes the differences more confusing. That's why the Feds encourage plain speech between agencies. You don't want a vending machine vandal being described as a person who shot at police because 10 codes don't match up.

And if you don't think the thugs know what 10-99 means I hope you brought your running shoes...

[Christyle]

Lol thats a mouth full. I have to agree that its just easier to say that you're on your way back to HQ with a prisoner and need a breathalyzer. 10-codes are a little more fun though.

I was sitting in the dispatching office in Brown County, I got a kick out of it when one of the dispatchers said ".....10-36 22:36". Im easily amused I guess.

Another thing I noticed and found a little odd, is that when an officer would call in for a 10-27, the dispatcher would say "your results on your 10-27 are..." I figured there was a 10-code for the results.

Every dispatcher dispatches differently. For one, my PD is plain English, however some codes do get used every so often. But when codes were used, I never did the whole "your results on your 10-27 are..." That's just too much talking IMHO.

[Underdog28]

Every dispatcher dispatches differently. For one, my PD is plain English, however some codes do get used every so often. But when codes were used, I never did the whole "your results on your 10-27 are..." That's just too much talking IMHO.

Seems easier to me to just give it to them. "XX-XX, Jones has Operators..."

[Christyle]

I don't even do that!

[pc2761]

To answer the original question:
http://www.spookyblue.com/police-scanner/10code.htm seems pretty accurate, and kind of funny in the way they are described.

Yes, they are pretty standard in Indiana. This is NOT true in some other states, Kentucky for example, where a city PD may have different codes than their county SD uses. Indiana codes and, say Louisville codes, are also completely different.

Indianapolis (and Lousville, for that matter) are technically plain speech departments, but several common 10 codes are still in use, 10-27, 10-28, etc.

Our coroner is their plane crash, for example. Several of the common ones are the same, which only makes the differences more confusing. That's why the Feds encourage plain speech between agencies. You don't want a vending machine vandal being described as a person who shot at police because 10 codes don't match up.

And if you don't think the thugs know what 10-99 means I hope you brought your running shoes...

whats 10-99

[Ten Six]

whats 10-99

Signal 40 and 10-99 pretty much mean the same thing. W.O.W.

[pc2761]

Signal 40 and 10-99 pretty much mean the same thing. W.O.W.

wow we must be extra special up here because neither of those mean anything to me.

[CruiserClass]

wow we must be extra special up here because neither of those mean anything to me.

You could have just clicked on the link that I provided...

10-99 = wanted. Warrant for a person, stolen hit on an item.

[laker_cj]

Indianapolis Signal 51 = Running Radar
Elkhart County Signal 51 = Homicide

Just an example of how they can differ vastly from area to area.

[pc2761]

You could have just clicked on the link that I provided...

10-99 = wanted. Warrant for a person, stolen hit on an item.

Yeah i finally got the idea to check it. We use signals also and thought he was referring to our signal system until i saw the link.

[Underdog28]

Signal 10-99

[Dracop]

Indianapolis Signal 51 = Running Radar
Elkhart County Signal 51 = Homicide

Just an example of how they can differ vastly from area to area.

Sagamore Hills Township Signal 51= Outstanding Warrant

[jcwell23]

Sagamore Hills Township Signal 51= Outstanding Warrant

ISP SIGNAL 51 = HAZARDOUS MATERIAL MOVEMENT