Radio

Officers must remain professional at all times when making calls over the radio and should not sent unnecessary traffic over the airwaves.  To asssit with this the following formats should be used when making radio calls:

The UK police force uses a variety of radio terminology as a means of shorthand that every officer understands, below are 11 commonly used phrases.

Over - Short for 'over to you' meaning that you have finished what you are saying and expect a response.

Out - Indicates that you have finished what you are saying and do not expect a response.

Repeat - A request for the last unit to make a call to repeat their last call.

Standby - Indicates that you have further information to pass over the radio. It is optional to give a number after this to indicate how much time in minutes units should be waiting for additional information.

Active Message - Indicates that you have an urgent message to send and you require priority over the radio, only used for time critical transmissions.

Urgent - Used for communicating to a unit that a response to a radio call can't be delayed.

Go Ahead - Used in response to a call, instructing the other unit to transmit their message.

Yes-Yes - Used instead of "Yes" to reduce ambiguity.

Negative - Used instead of "No" to reduce ambiguity.

All Received - Indicates that you have received the transmission in full.

Code Zero - Officer in distress, urgent assistance required.

Person descriptions can be given by victims of crime, witnesses or other officers to identify offenders. If anybody is giving a person description prompt them with the following points to distribute accurate descriptions of offenders to other officers. In some situations you may not have time to note all information, the key areas are IC Code, gender, clothing description and location.

IC Code - Use the previously set out IC Codes to describe the apparent ethnicity of the subject.

Gender - Describe the apparent gender of the subject.

Hairstyle - Colour, Length and Style (Straight, wavy, curly)

Clothing - Describe the clothing of the subject from head to toes. (Hat, glasses, neckwear, shirt/coat, trousers, footwear)

Carrying Anything - Describe any items you saw the subject carrying (weapons, bags, etc...)

Distinguishing Features - Describe anything that would distinguish this person (Tattoos, scars, etc...)

Location - The area in which the subject was last seen.

Example: Suspect is an IC-1 male, short ginger curly hair, wearing black rimmed glasses, a light grey tank top, dar blue jeans, carrying a rucksack with a tatto of a heart on his right forearm last seen on Vespucci Pier.

Vehicle descriptions can be given by victims of crime, witnesses or other police officers to identify the vehicle that offenders were using. If anybody is giving a vehicle description prompt them with the following points to distribute accurate descriptions of the offenders vehicle to other officers. In some situations you may not have time to note all the information, the key areas are colour, type, registration and location.

Colour - Describe the colour of the vehicle.

Make - Give the make (manufacturer) of the vehicle.

Model - Give the model of the vehicle.

Type - Give the general classification of the vehicle.

Registration/Index - Give the index of the vehicle using the NATO Phonetic Alphabet.

Distinguishing Features - Describe anything that would distinguish the vehicle. (Damage, modifications etc...)

Location - The area in which the vehicle was last seen.

STATE 1 - On Duty

STATE 2 - On Patrol - Deployable

STATE 3 - At Station - Deployable

STATE 4 - Refreshments/ AFK

STATE 5 - En-Route

STATE 6 - At Scene

STATE 7 - Committed - Deployable

STATE 8 - Committed - Not Deployable

STATE 9 - Prisoner Transport

STATE 10 - UNUSED

STATE 1 1- Off Duty

STATE 1 2- Confidential Message

STATE 1 3- Call Back - Non Urgent

STATE 1 4- Call Back - Urgent

STATE 15 - Received

STATE 16 - Repeat