Hawke's Bay Police Dispatch
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New Zealand Hawke's Bay police general channel
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Hastings 486.600MHz
Main or often used NZ Police codes
10-0 Off duty
10-1 Broadcast to all units
10-2 En-route to job
10-3 Available
10-4 Repeat your last message
10-5 Out of service for a short time (now obsolete)
10-6 Change channel....
10-7 Arrived at job
10-8 Busy but available
10-9 Urgent Message
10-10 Officer requires immediate assistance
K1 No further police action required
K3 No offence disclosed (for incident initially reported as offences)
K6 Reported
K9 Arrest made.
Additional NZ Police codes, codes change regularly and this list is likely already out of date
NZ POLICE EVENT TYPE CODES
Offence codes (4 digits) -
1st Digit - General offence category -
1= Violence
2= Sexual
3= Drugs/Anti social
4= Dishonesty
5= Property Damage
6= Miscellaneous
7=Administrative
2nd 3rd and 4th digits give progressively more information about the offence.
For example 4211 4 = Dishonesty 2=Vehicles 1= unlawful taking 1=Motorvehicle (i.e. "pinching cars")
4322 4 = Dishonesty 3=theft of property 2= From shop 2= value under $500 (i.e.Shoplifting)
Comm centres generally only use the first two or three digits as it is not possible to correctly categorize the offence until the enquiry is complete
VIOLENCE | |
1110 | Homicide |
1210 | Kidnapping/Abduction |
1310 | Robbery |
1410 | Grievous Assaults |
1510 | Serious Assaults |
1640 | Minor Assaults |
1710 | Intimidation/Threats |
1810 | Group Assemblies |
SEXUAL OFFENCES | |
2210 | Sexual Affronts |
2510 | Indecent Videos |
2610 | Sexual Attacks |
2710 | Abnormal Sex |
2810 | Immoral Behaviour |
2910 | Immoral Behaviour/Miscellaneous |
DRUGS & ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR | |
3110 | Drugs (Not Cannabis) |
3210 | Drugs (Cannabis Only) |
3410 | Gaming |
3510 | Disorder |
3610 | Vagrancy Offences |
3710 | Family Offences |
3910 | Liquor Offences |
DISHONESTY | |
4120 | Burglary |
4211 | Car Conversion |
4320 | Theft |
4410 | Receiving |
4530 | Fraud |
PROPERTY DAMAGE | |
5120 | Property damage |
5210 | Endangering property |
MISCELLANEOUS | |
6110 | Trespass |
6220 | Littering |
6310 | Animals (Neglect & Cruelty) |
6520 | Postal/Rail/Fire Service Abuses |
6820 | Firearms Offences |
ADMINISTRATIVE | |
7110 | Offences Against Justice |
7210 | Births/Deaths & Marriages |
7310 | Immigration |
7410 | Racial |
7510 | Against National Interest |
7610 | Bylaw Breaches |
Note: 8000 series (traffic) not used since 1992 - Replaced by "precedent codes" (Letter/3 digit - eg D201) - too many to list Comm centre will usually code traffic incidents either 1U or 1V - attending unit will assign the precedent code when the paperwork goes in.
Incident Codes (1 Digit/ 1 Letter)
Digit indicates the general category, Letter indicates the specific type.
1= Incident 2= Services 3= Preventative 4= Other Duty 5= Admin (rarely used on radio)
INCIDENTS | |
1A | Alarm Sounding |
1B | Bomb Threat |
1C | Car/Person Acting Suspiciously |
1D | Domestic Dispute |
1E | Emergency/Disaster/Spill |
1F | Assist Fire/Ambulance |
1G | Solvent Abuse |
1H | Drunk Home |
1I | Blockage/Breakdown on Highway |
1J | Juvenile Complaint |
1K | Drunk Custody/Detox Centre |
1L | Land Rescue |
1M | Mental |
1N | Noise Control |
1P | Premises Insecure |
1Q | Breach Graduated Drivers Licence |
1R | Breach of the Peace |
1S | Sudden Death |
1T | Truancy |
1U | Traffic Incident |
1V | Vehicle Collision |
1W | Water/Sea Rescue/Emergency |
1X | Attempted Suicide |
1Z | Other Incident |
SERVICES | |
2A | Advise Relatives/Owner |
2B | Recruiting |
2C | Civil Dispute |
2D | Official Request for Information |
2E | Remove fences/structures/vegetation |
2F | Firearms Licensing |
2G | Liquor Licensing/Vetting |
2H | Draw Raffle |
2I | Information |
2K | Found Property |
2L | Lost Property |
2M | Missing Person |
2N | Civil Court Process |
2O | Court Orders |
2P | Public Relations |
2Q | Jury List Vetting |
2R | Recovery of motor vehicle |
2S | Summons |
2T | Warrant to Arrest/Fines Enforcement |
2U | Warrant of Seizure |
2V | Validation |
2W | Arrest Warrant (Other) |
2Y | Stock/Animals |
2Z | Other Service Request/Response |
TASKS: PREVENTATIVE | |
3A | Attend Scene of Crime/Incident |
3B | Beat |
3C | Crime Prevention Advice |
3D | Dog Care/Maintenance |
3E | Employee Vetting |
3F | Foot Patrol |
3G | Watchhouse/Counter Duty |
3H | Hotel Visit |
3J | Comm Centre Duty |
3K | Keys Taken |
3M | Directed Patrol |
3O | Other Vetting |
3R | Road Checkpoint |
3S | Serve Summons/Execute Arrest Warrant |
3T | Turnover |
3V | Staff Visit/Supervision |
3W | Watching/Observations |
3X | Video Job |
3Y | Other School Talks (Not YES) |
3Z | Other Preventative Task |
TASKS: OTHER DUTIES | |
4A | Attend Scene/Meeting/Course/Other |
4B | Mortuary Procedure |
4C | Correspondence/Counter |
4D | Demonstration Duty |
4E | Escort Duty |
4F | Fingerprint Examination |
4G | Travel |
4H | Photography Job |
4I | Injury/Sickness |
4J | Court Security (Prison Escort) |
4K | Court Attendance (Witness, etc.) |
4L | Logistics/Staff Transport |
4M | Meal break |
4N | Victim Advice |
4P | Public Entertainment Duty |
4Q | Enquiry/Investigation |
4S | Vehicle servicing ie petrol/LPG |
4U | Lockup |
4V | VIP/DPS |
4W | Witness/Other Person Protection |
4X | Execute Search Warrant |
4Z | Airport Security |
RESULT CODES: | |
K1 | No further police action required |
K3 | No offence disclosed (for incident initially reported as offences) |
K6 | Reported |
K9 | Arrest made. |
The following codes are now obsolete but may still be heard on the radio:
K2 | Event held until later (replaced by the term "pre-empt") |
K4 | Warning given (now included in K6) |
K5 | Police form 258 or 101 submitted (now included in K6) |
K7 | Job left for expert (code no longer used) |
K8 | Job left for prime unit (code no longer used) |
STATUS CODES: | |
10-0 | Off duty |
10-1 | Broadcast to all units |
10-2 | En-route to job |
10-3 | Available |
10-4 | Repeat your last message |
10-5 | Out of service for a short time (now obsolete) |
10-6 | Change channel.... |
10-7 | Arrived at job |
10-8 | Busy but available |
10-9 | Urgent Message |
10-10 | Officer requires immediate assistance |
COMPUTER TRANSACTION ABREVIATIONS: | |
EV | Enter Vehicle |
LV | Locate stolen vehicle |
QAFV | Query Address Family Violence |
QDH | Query Drivers History |
QEC | Query Engine/Chassis number |
QF | Query File |
QG | Query Firearm Licence |
QNFV | Query Name Family Violence |
QP | Query Person |
QR | Query Vehicle register |
QV | Query Vehicle of interest (VOI) |
QVA | Query something to do with offence history |
QVH | Query History of licence holder |
QVR | Query VOI and Register (combination of QV and QR) |
QY | Query Property |
MISC ABBREVIATIONS: | |
47 | Report for the Coroner |
56 | See EBA (refers to section 56 of Land Transport Act 1998) |
58 | See EBA (refers to section 58 of Transport Act 1962) |
101 | form for reporting minor offences (Pol101) |
258 | General purpose police report form (Pol258) |
AOS | Armed Offenders Squad |
ASAP | As Soon As Possible |
CAD | Computer Assisted Dispatch system |
CAU | Child Abuse Unit |
CIB | Criminal Invstigation Branch (detectives) |
CIU | Combined Investigative Unit (detecives and uniformed officers) |
CIS | Criminal Intelligence Section |
CRB | Criminal Registration Branch (Photos/Fingerprints) |
CVIU | Commercial Vehicle Investigation Unit |
DAO | Duly Appointed Officer |
DLICNO | Drivers Licence Number |
DPS | Diplomatic Protection Squad |
EAGLE | Police Helicopter |
EBA | Excess Breath Alcohol (drunk driver) |
Flags | Additional info attached to a persons file, usually a warning. |
GBH | Grievous Bodily Harm |
GDB | General Duties Branch (Uniformed Officers) |
Informant | A person who has reported or witnessed an offence. |
ION | Infringement offence notice |
Masters | A file containing a persons criminal history. |
MPR | Miscellaneous property report |
NIS | National Intelligence System |
Northcom | Northern Communications Centre (Auckland) |
OR | Offence Report |
POI | Person of interest |
PRN | Person record number |
Pseudo | A drivers licence with no classes, generally a disqualified driver. |
QID | Officer ident number |
SAP | Safe Arrival Point |
SITREP | Situation Report |
SOCO | Scene of Crimes Officer (Forensic) |
SSG | Specialist Search Group |
STG | Special Tactics Group |
STU | Strategic Traffic Unit |
STATUS-D | Disqualified |
STATUS-S | Stolen |
STATUS-W | Wanted |
Switchy | Computer terminal message |
TAR | Traffic accident report |
TESSA | Telecom telephone number database |
TON | Traffic offence notice |
TP | Team Policing |
TSB | Traffic Safety Branch |
TY | Police vehicle involved in crash (derived from the treasury (ty) form that has to be filled in afterwards) |
VOI | Vehicle of Interest |
WTA | Warrant To Arrest |
YAS | Youth Aid Section |
YES | Youth Education Section |
File Number | Number assigned to police file by the Wanganui Computer eg 971225/3456 |
Event number | Number assigned to an incident dispatched from the communications centre by the CAD system |
CALLSIGN FORMAT:
Callsigns of units operating under CAD control are made up as follows:
Two letters indicating the unit home station (eg AK Auckland Central, TN Takapuna, WN Wellington Central etc)
A letter indicating the unit type One or two digits to indicate the specific unit identity.
eg AKX3 is an Auckland Central CIB (Detective) unit
SVH13 is an Auckland Motorways Traffic unit
Unit type codes (third letter) are as follows:
A | Commissioned officer (inspector) |
B | Beat Unit |
C | Crime Car (CIB patrol for initial attendance at serious crimes) |
D | Dog patrol |
E | Uniform Enquiry unit |
F | Fingerprints/Photographs |
G | Logsitics |
H | Highway/Motorway traffic unit |
I | Incident Patrol (Uniform) |
J | Combined investigative unit |
K | Scene of Crime officer (SOCO) |
L | Police Launch |
M | Mounted patrol (Horses/Bicycles) |
N | Senior Sergeant |
O | Community Constable |
P | Team Policing Unit |
Q | Single crewed unit attends historic incidents |
R | Rural Constable |
S | General Duties Sergeant |
T | General Traffic unit |
U | Air Support Unit |
V | Traffic Sergeant |
W | Misc Traffic units |
X | Misc CIB units |
Y | Youth Aid/Education |
Z | Diplomatic Protection Squad |