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Abbreviation s, Code s and Slang used by Law Enforcement personnel to provide quick concise descriptions of people, places, property and situations, in both spoken and written communication. These vary between countries and to a lesser extent regionally. For the purpose of this article, only English speaking countries are considered. UNITED KINGDOM Offences
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UNITED STATES Numerical and alphanumerical codes The Ten-code s are used only for voice communications, usually Radio Transmission s and denote commonly used phrases; for example 10-16 means ''domestic disturbance''. Number s and Alphanumeric combinations referring to Offences and actions covered by Legal Code s are often used both as Noun s and Verb s in both spoken and written communication. Since each state has its own system of law, this usage varies widely by state. For example in California , if a suspect is 849B'd, it means they are released from custody after being Arrest ed (instead of being Booked into County Jail ) and refers to section 849(b) of the California Penal Code . Subject description initialisms Three letter abbreviations are commonly used to describe subjects mentioned in incident reports. The first letter denotes apparent , M - Male . The final letter denotes whether the subject is legally an adult: A - Adult , '''J''' - Juvenile . Thus the initialism WFJ (or wfj) appearing after a subjects name in a police log would denote a ''white female juvenile''. Code violations
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