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Police code. A police code is a brevity code, usually numerical or alphanumerical, used to transmit information between law enforcement over police radio systems in the United States. Examples of police codes include "10 codes" (such as 10-4 for "okay" or "acknowledged"—sometimes written X4 or X-4), signals, incident codes, response codes, or ...
In the United States, response codes are used to describe a mode of response for an emergency unit responding to a call. They generally vary but often have three basic tiers: Code 3: Respond to the call using lights and sirens. Code 2: Respond to the call with emergency lights, but without sirens. Alternatively, sirens may be used if necessary ...
For example, in the NYPD system, Code 10-13 means "Officer needs help," whereas in the APCO system "Officer needs help" is Code 10-33. The New Zealand reality television show Ten 7 Aotearoa (formerly Police Ten 7) takes its name from the New Zealand Police ten-code 10-7, which means "Unit has arrived at job". [citation needed]
Canada Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46) [2] See 129(b) for circumstances where it is a crime not to act in the assistance of the police. 129 Everyone who (a) resists or wilfully obstructs a public officer or peace officer in the execution of his duty or any person lawfully acting in aid of such an officer,
[5] [25] The word cop is slang for police officer; the phrase is derived by analogy from contempt of court, which, unlike contempt of cop, is an offense in many jurisdictions (e.g., California Penal Code section 166, making contempt of court a misdemeanor). Similar to this is the phrase "disturbing the police", a play on "disturbing the peace".
Violations by officers of police procedural policies; Abusive police procedures; Police officers often share what is known in the United States as a "blue code of silence" which means that they do not turn each other in for misconduct. While some officers have called this code a myth, [5] a 2005 survey found evidence that it exists. [6]
This is the city’s third officer-involved fatal shooting of the year, but one of those involved a deputy on the joint Wichita police and sheriff’s office SWAT team. There were no fatal ...
Police impersonation has a long history. In 17th and 18th-century London, impostors presented to be constables, marshalcy, or sheriffs ' officers to extort bribes or commit sex crimes. [ 6] Between 1685 and 1701, 29 men in London were caught assuming the identities of law officers. [ 7] In 18th-century Qing China, the police, officials, and ...