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  2. Ten-code | Wikipedia

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    The police version of ten-codes is officially known as the APCO Project 14 Aural Brevity Code. [ 1 ] The codes, developed during 1937–1940 and expanded in 1974 by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International (APCO), allow brevity and standardization of message traffic.

  3. IC codes | Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. IC codes (identity code) or 6+1 codes are codes used by the British police in radio communications and crime recording systems to describe the apparent ethnicity of a suspect or victim. [1] Originating in the late 1970s, the codes are based on a police officer's visual assessment of an individual's ethnicity, as opposed to that ...

  4. Home Office radio | Wikipedia

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    Home Office radio. Home Office radio was the VHF and UHF radio service provided by the British government to its prison service, emergency service (police, ambulance and fire brigade) and Home Defence agencies from around 1939. The departmental name was the Home Office Directorate of Telecommunications, commonly referred to as DTELS.

  5. Police code | Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. List of UK driving licence endorsements | Wikipedia

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    DR60. Failure to provide a specimen for analysis in circumstances other than driving or attempting to drive. 10. 4. DR61. Refusing to give permission for analysis of a blood sample that was taken without consent due to incapacity in circumstances other than driving or attempting to drive. 10. 11. DR70.

  7. Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 | Wikipedia

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    The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) (PACE) is an Act of Parliament which instituted a legislative framework for the powers of police officers in England and Wales to combat crime, and provided codes of practice for the exercise of those powers. [1] Part VI [2] of PACE required the Home Secretary to issue Codes of Practice ...

  8. Self defined ethnicity | Wikipedia

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    The code system originated in the United Kingdom Census 2001 based on Recommendation 61 of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report (SLIR). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] British police forces are required to use the SDE 18+1 codes (as opposed to the commonly used radio shorthand IC codes ) when spoken contact has taken place and an individual has been given an ...

  9. Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom | Wikipedia

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    The UK has two free emergency numbers: the traditional 999, which is still widely used, and the EU standard 112. Both 999 and 112 are used to contact all emergency services: Police, Fire Service, Ambulance Service and Coastguard. (Standard advice for Mountain Rescue or Cave Rescue is to ask the emergency operator for the police, who oversee the ...