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10-codes losing popularity
On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:24:01 -0400, "Joe"
wrote: I've been a public-safety dispatcher for the last 15 years now for 2 agencies (1 full-time, 1 on-call), dispatching PD/FD/EMS. I disagree with the statement that 10-codes are losing popularity. At least in this God-forsaken Hell of northern NJ 10-codes seem to be holding their own. Both agencies I work for are in the same county of northern NJ and each of the 2 police departments use their own 10-code list. The FD in the full-time agency also has their own 10-code/signal list. The EMS unit uses some of the PD 10-codes. The dispatchers and officers use a mixture of 10-codes/signals and plain english. The supervisors, including the comm center supervisors, do not enforce the use of either style. Their only concern is that we are clear, precise, and professional-sounding Fine until someone gives a 10-xx (meaning I'm going to lunch) in response to someone who thinks it means I'm responding. Nice that they want you to be professional _sounding_, but real professionals would clear up this "my way" childishness to avoid confusion or disaster in a real emergency where multiple agencies were thrown together. on the radio. The on-call agency only has 10-codes/signals for the PD, and again there is no enforcement of either style, just be professional on the air. However, most dispatchers strive to be as professional as possible and use the 10-codes/signals. From a security standpoint the 10-code/signals do nothing. Anyone who listens to an agency for even a short amount of time will be able to figure out what the 10-codes/signals are. We're all scanner buffs here and I venture to say that almost every single one of us didn't know what we were listening to when we first set up our first scanner. But after a short amount of time we figured it out. My opinion is that 10-code/signals are fine for everyday ops involving just your agency. Those incidents that require multiple jurisdictions are obviously candidates for plain english. Again, security is not an issue here.....look at how many media helicopters, TV and radio news vans show up during a multi-agency event. Everybody is listening to their scanners...if they weren't they wouldn't be there. What is an issue is the ability for agencies to work together on a common frequency (such as SPEN in NJ) with no misunderstanding. If there is sensitive information to be relayed it can (and has been already) relayed via cell-phone or Nextel. It'll be interesting to see what happens in the next few years. Now...can somebody get me out of this Hell that is NJ????? I HATE THIS STATE!!!!! |
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