Posted: 11/14/2004 8:21:04 AM EDT
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www.bearcat1.com/radioaz.htm 918 - Insane Person/Mentally Ill Person One of my buddies likes to say "crazy as a shithouse rat". Frequently we describe subjects as "a bit/pretty/very 918" or in the extreme "918 Lincoln-Mike-Frank" (like a motherfucker). I have a buddy who used to be posted as the "New Construction Liaison" at his jail assignment, and he invented a radio handle for himself (usually we just go by last name) which was 918F. Everyone on the facility would address him as 918 Frank, and it was a most fitting moniker. Pretty funny too. |
918 is our area code...10-85 is the code for mental but that is far from my favorite 10-7...off duty that is a good one 10-54..felony warrant..real good 10-15 in custody going to jail real, real good |
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Hadn't heard that one. We have Code 600 for crazy, also some units still say 10-96 for crazy. Like OKLA says, 10-15 is a good one, especially if the guy has been a prick. Again like OKLA says, 10-7 (out of service) is a good one after a long day--also in some contexts it means a person or animal or vehicle or whatever is dead. I guess 10-8 is about the same for alot of places. |
A friend of mine used that one night after he and I answered a welfare check.
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When I was in EMS we had the county mental health contract and all the nuts were called 5150's. We had certain other codes too: A.C.T. Syndrome - All an act S.P.S. - Sniveling Pussy Syndrome We had another code (can't remember what it was) which meant the person either puked or shit on themselves and the cops didn't want to transport them to the jail and stink up their cruisers so they would say the person was ill and needed to go to County for "evaluation" (to get cleaned up) and we would have to transport...Sometimes even cuffed to the gurney... We didn't like those calls! 
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| Don't like to hear it, but when 10-78 (officer needs assistance - 'round here means needs assistance because he is in or getting ready to be in a fight with a suspect) comes across the radio, that means drop what your doing, get your ass to that officer who needs assistance as fast as you can and kick the guys ass that made him call it out!! |
Santa Clara County? Am I warm? |
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Kinda makes you wish we could standardize across the board, eh? We use the same 10 codes as our highway patrol but some of the surronding counties don't. Especially annoying when we get messages that use 10 codes that make no sense from other agencies. Of course coming from the military I can't understand why we can't just use military phonetics (sp?) as well. Back on topic like Garand_Shooter we use 10-73 for mental subject. |
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There are some goods one listed above.hift. sharps54 where do you work? I'm with the patrol in Granville County. |
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My favorite to use is when I'm workin dispatch. Tellin' the cops that I'm in position 3: the crapper. We have radios in the bathrooom. Some of them get it, and some of the newbs don't. On the fireground: 63-72 - On scene, working fire. 86 - Call Canteen/Prepare Food. |
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Must be nice to have radios in the head. We just have to hurry up! Of course we don't get lunch breaks either Quoted: My favorite to use is when I'm workin dispatch. Tellin' the cops that I'm in position 3: the crapper. We have radios in the bathrooom. Some of them get it, and some of the newbs don't. |