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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 ...
Ten-codes, officially known as ten signals, are brevity codes used to represent common phrases in voice communication, particularly by US public safety officials and in citizens band (CB) radio transmissions. The police version of ten-codes is officially known as the APCO Project 14 Aural Brevity Code. [1]
The blue wall of silence, [1] also blue code [2] and blue shield, [3] are terms used to denote the informal code of silence among police officers in the United States not to report on a colleague 's errors, misconducts, or crimes, especially as related to police brutality in the United States. [4] If questioned about an incident of alleged ...
10-20-Life. The Florida Statute 775.087, [1] known as the 10-20-Life law, is a mandatory minimum sentencing law in the U.S. state of Florida. The law concerns the use of a firearm during the commission of a forcible felony. [2] [3] The Florida Statute 's name comes from a set of three basic minimum sentences it provides for.
Polari, a jargon that began in European ports and evolved into a shorthand used in gay subcultures, influences much of today's slang in words like "zhuzh," "drag," "camp" and "femme."
Brett Michael Kavanaugh (/ ˈ k æ v ə n ɔː /; born February 12, 1965) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Donna Kelce, known fondly as “Mama Kelce,” should be the host of a new Food Network show if her younger son’s rumored interest in buying an Italian vineyard becomes a reality, one fan ...
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 ...