Police Codes and Signals Basics
I’ve been asked by many for tips that would apply to all Police Radio Codes and Signals in every state. This is important as most all the time we don’t have the luxury of being able to replay what we’ve just heard. In addition, especially when just beginning there is always a large amount of confusion when trying to decipher what we are hearing on our Police Radio Scanners. As a result I’ve come up with a few Scanning Tips that hold true most of the time. I’ll continue to add or grow this list time permitting.
One of the most important things is when the Police Officer or Dispatcher ends a statement or call. Quite often it may end with the time. This is where you need to understand they use the 24 hour formatted time or Military Time. For example if they say Thirteen Hundred they mean 1:00PM, not Police activity code 1300.
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Police Codes.org Traffic comes from all around the world but the majority of our visitors come from the United States. The little map below shows where the most interest in Police Codes and Signals or Police Phonetic Alphabet lists comes from. Interesting isn’t it? I have data from thousands and thousands of our visitors all around the world. Keep in mind this map only shows Today’s Traffic!
I am looking for a map of just the United States to show how the various States are more or less interested in Scanning Police Radio Codes. If you know of one please let me know.
I’m trying several types of maps here. Let me know what type you like best by leaving a comment.

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Welcome to “Police Codes”.org. This is our first message on the topic of Police Codes.
I’m going to put a lot of effort into growing this site. Keep visiting from time to time and watch it improve. Imagine being able to goto One Website and find ALL of our Nation’s Police Codes!
If there are any Police Codes that are not in the list above here is a custom search that is tuned to provide search results geared to the Police Codes in your area.






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