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1. #CODE ZERO MEANING POLICE DRIVERS#
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3. #CODE ZERO MEANING POLICE ANDROID#
4. #CODE ZERO MEANING POLICE CODE#

But Harris, for one, has come to believe that phasing out the special kind of communication is a great idea to help avoid mistakes between different departments and agencies. Robert Harris, road patrol supervisor for the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department, had to memorize all the codes and signals when he joined the force several years ago.īack then, the idea behind the “brevity codes” was to save time when communicating with other officers and dispatch as well as to avoid miscommunications. In Hancock County, it means the officer has someone in his or her car and is transporting them.Ĭapt. That can be dangerous if multiple jurisdictions are responding to an emergency.įor example, a Signal 48 in one part of Indiana can mean that visitors or officials are present. The shorthand talk can be confusing because - like differences in languages - the codes and signals in one jurisdiction might not mean the same thing in another. While officials with the county 911 Center, the Greenfield Police Department, Hancock County Sheriff’s Department still allow officers and employees to use the shorthand to communicate, they’re trying to phase out the iconic vocabulary. “Basically what’s happening as older officers retire, the codes are going out with them,” Duda said. Among the myriad problems with the emergency communications that day, some people just couldn’t understand what others were saying. It all went to hell there,” said Greg Duda, public information officer for the Hancock County 911 Center. “That’s exactly where it came from - during 9/11. The idea had its genesis after agencies in New York City had trouble communicating with outside first-responders during the Sept.

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A “Signal 9,” which a dispatcher might announce during a fire run, means “disregard.” The shorthand language has been in use for generations and was even appropriated by trucker drivers and popularized during the citizens band radio craze of the late 1970s and early ’80s.īut over the years, local, state and national experts have begun to think it best for first-responders to start phasing out the special way of communicating in favor of everyday talk. A dispatcher who sends an alert about a “10-55,” for example, is talking about a drunk driver.

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Or “OK, I gotcha.” They both mean the same thing, but one is a little easier to understand than the other.Īnyone who has listened to a police scanner or watched popular cop shows is familiar with the code and signal talk used by police agencies and other first-responders.

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This app can be downloaded through the iPhone App Store or Android Play Store free of charge.HANCOCK COUNTY - “Ten-four,” a police officer might tell a dispatcher over the radio. Complaints concerning Quality of Life or International Property Maintenance Codes can be reported to the unit at (678) 610-4755, by e-mail at c or by reporting complaints through the Click Clayton app. Office Hours for the public are Monday – Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Operating hours are Monday – Saturday from 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM. The unit is located at 1669 Flicker Road, Jonesboro, GA 30238.

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The Code Enforcement Unit is staffed by fifteen full time and four part time Code Enforcement Officers and is a sub-division of the Special Services Division of the police department. We must respond to well-founded criticism with a willingness to change.Ĭode Enforcement (678) 610-4755 – In May of 2007, control of the Clayton County Code Enforcement Unit was transferred from Community Development to the Clayton County Police Department. We must strive to reduce the fears of the public and, so far as we can, to reflect their priorities in the actions we take. We must be professional, calm and restrained in the face of violence and use only that force which is reasonable and necessary to accomplish our lawful duty.

We must be compassionate, courteous and patient, acting without fear or favor or prejudice to the rights of others. We must discharge our duties consistent with our Oath of Office and the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics. We must support and uphold the Constitution of the United States of America and the Constitution of the State of Georgia. The purpose of the Clayton County Police Department is to enforce the law fairly and firmly to prevent crime to pursue and bring to justice those who break the law to keep the peace to protect, help and serve the people of Clayton County and to do all of this with integrity, common sense and sound judgment.