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12 Mar 1995
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| LISTENING TO THE POLICE IN CANTERBURY |
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This document has been written with the intention of helping the hobby
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listener to understand the system used.
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If you're listening and see something that could help the police, ring them!
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Any information that gets the bad guy behind bars is useful.
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Don't get in their way either. With this information, you should be able to
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get a better picture through your ears sitting at home listening to the
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people involved rather than watching from the sideline. The staff out on
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the job have to report to control what's going on, so you won't miss much.
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The Frequencies used
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Channel Frequency
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Christchurch
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1 Car 75.737.5 MHz NFM Step 12.5
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1 Portable 487.325.0 MHz NFM Step 5
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487.350.0 MHz NFM Step 5
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2 Car 75.812.5 MHz NFM Step 12.5
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2 Portable 486.675.0 MHz NFM Step 5
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485.225.0 MHz NFM Step 5
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3 Car 75.300.0 MHz NFM Step 12.5
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Beat Portable 487.375.0 MHz NFM Step 5
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Rural (Car)
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75.712.5 MHz NFM Step 12.5
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Akaroa 75.925.0 MHz NFM Step 12.5
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Selwyn 75.950.0 MHz NFM Step 12.5
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Rural (Portable)
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485.925.0 MHz NFM Step 5
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485.975.0 MHz NFM Step 5
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485.950.0 MHz NFM Step 5
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Car refers to the radio mounted into the cars, Portable refers to
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the radio that officers carry on them. To listen in on the car
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frequencies, you'll need a decent length aerial (1/2 a metre?),
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with the portable frequencies, you'll only need a very short aerial
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(a short flexable one will do)
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The Step is the setting you use in a Scanner (which is what you're
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most likely listening to them with).
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All frequencies are on Narrow FM (NFM). Normal radios (that pick up
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91ZM etc) use Wide FM (WFM). If you have had one of these modified
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to listen to the police, chances are you'll be listening to the car
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frequencies (which you'll need a decent aerial to get) in WFM. This
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means that it will be heard a lot quieter than if you were using NFM,
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and you'll probably get several channels at once (because WFM doesn't
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tune as precisly as NFM)
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If you're using a flexible rubber aerial on a scanner, you'll
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hear the Portable frequencies best.
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A scanner is the best device to listen to the emergency services with. It
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will pick up the conversations clearly, allow you to jump to another
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channel instantly when the police do, or scan through many channels at
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once stopping only when there's activity on one, then carry on scanning
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when that activity stops.
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The main channel used is Channel 1, which is used to dispatch and
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receive information on current jobs within the city, and to contact
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units to tell them to go to another channel to talk. Channel 1
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conversations are always breif to keep the airwaves clear for
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urgent transmissions.
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Channel 2 is used to do checks on Vehicles (QVR) and people (QP), and to
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have phone calls made etc.
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Channel 3 & Beat Channel are both used by units to talk to each other on
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or for lengthly conversations to the Control room.
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Sometimes if a major event is going on, either channel one or two are
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used for that and all other traffic is handled on the other one (i.e.
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normal issuing of jobs and checks on vehicles etc are all done on one
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channel)
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There are also Channels for Kaiapoi, Lyttleton, Rangiora, North Canterbury
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and other rural areas and a community channel. They are all linked
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together. The community channel is used for big public events which
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require a large police attendance.
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In Christchurch, a lot of the frequencies are linked. That means the
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same transmission can be heard on any of the frequencies for the
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channels that are linked.
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Channel 1 car & Channel 1 portable are linked
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Channel 2 car & Channel 2 portable are linked
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Channel 3 car & Beat Channel (portable) are linked.
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All Channels for the area surrounding the city are linked (i.e. Kaiapoi,
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Lyttleton etc, and the community channel is also linked with these).
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(All these frequencies are broadcast by a repeater, they are
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not the frequency that is broadcast on by the unit transmitting)
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The City is divided up into the following areas...
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AREA (Callsign)
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Northern (NT)
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Southern (ST)
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Eastern (ES)
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Central (CT)
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Hornby (HO)
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Christchurch (CH) [for units that cover all areas]
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Rural areas are...
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Akaroa (AO)
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Cheviot (CV)
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Darfield (DF)
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Kaiapoi (KI)
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Lyttleton (LT)
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Rangiora (RR)
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Selwyn (SE)
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Units that each area has (CT,ES,NT,HO,ST, and some in Rural areas)
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E = Enquiry
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I = Incident
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J = Combined (CIB and GDB) Enquiry
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Q = One-man Complaints
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T = Traffic
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Units that cover the whole city (CH)
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A = Inspector
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D = Dogs
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F = Photography
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N = Senior Sergeant
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P = Team Policing
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S = Sergeant
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V = Traffic Sergeant
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W = Speed Camera Car
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Z = Anti Terrorist Squad
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Central Only (CT)
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B = Beat (staff on foot walking the central city)
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Rural Units
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R - Rural
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Each Rural area has an 'R' unit, and sometimes has others
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that are listed above as being in all areas.
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(Team Policing is the big van that has lots of police in
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it and an area to lock offenders in. It's on the road
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on Fri & Sat nights usually)
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The unit name consists of the area they're in (listed above), then
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another few letters for what sort of unit they are, and a sequence
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letter/number if there's more that one of them. The Control room is
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called Control.
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Other Units that don't use the above system are...
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AOS Armed Offenders Squad
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DAO Duly Authorised Officer (from Sunnyside, called to get
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someone commited to a mental hospital)
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??O Community Constables, where ME=Merivale, PI=Papanui, AD=Addington
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SY=Sydenham, CN=Central, LY=Lyttelton, etc.
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SOCO Scene Of Crime Officer
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While there is an actual AOS, the term is often used to refer to an operation
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that involves an armed offender, even if the squad isn't used.
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It's always spoken in the form of (To):(From), usually they say nothing
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inbetween. Sometimes they say (To): from (From). e.g. Control EST or
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Control from EST.
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Control monitors channels 1,2 & Rural. There is a senior sergeant
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present in the control room (also refered to as the supervisor), and
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is sometimes requested by a unit on channel 1 to chat on channel 3 or
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beat. The Senior Sergeant isn't normally on the air in the control room.
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There are about 14 dog units, not all on the road at the same time though.
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There is no dog unit on the road from sometime around 12am-2am until about
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6am during the week. Their unit number is permanently assigned, so
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just because you hear Dogs 8 being called doesn't mean there is 8 Dog
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units on the road!
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Usually the Dog units are just refered to as Dogs <number>, but sometimes
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they're called by their unit name - CHD <number>
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On the road at all times are 2 armed cars (Sergeants). They go under the
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units CHS,CHV & CHN. They don't normally get sent to jobs on their own,
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they are out there to supervise & help the other units where necessary. If a
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job requires an armed unit, the CHS/V/N unit is sent in, and another
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unit gets sent back into the watch house to pick up the guns.
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Other units are set up in a cordon around the area and
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the car that went in to pick up the guns goes around and hands them
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out. After the event the unit that handed them out stays in one place
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and they're all brought back to it. Aparently all guns are checked to
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see if any bullets have been discharged.
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The guns are refered to as 'the neccessary', 'piece of equipment', etc,
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they are not often refered to as guns.
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Cars are refered to as being 1 up if there's one officer in the car,
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and 2 up if there's 2. Sargents only ever have 1, all other cars usually
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have 2 during the night, 1 or 2 during the day.
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Top Job & Micky Duck means a scungy job.
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When a unit goes 4q, which is doing enquires at a place, in the Christchurch
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area, they advise control of the address they are at, or in the Rural
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areas, they give a phone number that they are at.
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Speed Camera cars always call control and notify them of the site they are
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operating. They say the number followed by the road they're on. As some
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roads have more than one site, here's a list of them...
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Speed Camera Sites (out of date list)
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1 Dyers Pass Road - McMillan Ave to Colombo St
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2 Tunnel Road - Port Hills Interchange to Tunnel Portal
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3 Ferry Road - Tunnel Rd to St Johns St
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4 Main Road - McCormacks Bay West to Bridle Path Rd
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5 Main Road - Wakatu Ave to Nayland St
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6 Ferry Road - Wilsons Rd to Bordesley St
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7 Aldwins Road - Ferry Rd to Harrow St
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8 Pages Road - Bickerton St to Marlow St
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9 Woodham Road - Worcester St to Kerrs Rd
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10 Kerrs Road / Wainoni Road - Pannell Rd to Cuffs Rd
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11 New Brighton Rd - Golf Links Rd to Cresswell Ave East
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12 New Brighton Rd - Lake Terrace Rd to 100m East of Stour St
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13 Cranford Street - Edeware Rd to Berwick St
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14 Blenheim Road - Annex Rd to Middleton Rd
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15 Main South Rd - Parker St to Goulding St
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16 Peer Street / Waimairi Road - Dovedale Ave to 200m South of Athol Pl
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17 Wairakei Road - Grahams Rd to Farrindton Ave
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18 Johns Road - Gardiners Rd to Wilkinson Rd
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19 Marshland Road / Main North Road - Link Rd to 500m South of Turners Rd
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20 Fitzerald Avenue - Hereford St to Armah St
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21 Centaurus Road - Rapaki Rd to Opawa Rd
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Used a lot are the 10 Codes. These codes are not the same world wide, even
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though most police forces use 10 codes. They are used to report the
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status of a unit.
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10 Codes
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10.0 Finished Duty
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10.1 All Patrol Bulletin
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10.2 Enroute to a job.
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10.3 Free
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10.4 Please repeat
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10.5 Off air for 5 mins.
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10.6 Change Channel (followed by channel number, not used
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much though, they usually just say go to channel n )
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10.7 Arrived at scene.
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10.8 Off air.
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10.9 Urgent, priority
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10.10 Immediate/Panic
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Incident Codes
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1a Alarm
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1b Bomb Scare
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1c Suspicious Person
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1d Domestic
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1e Emergency
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1f Fire
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1m Mental Person
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1n Noisy Party
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1p Insecure Premises
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1s Sudden Death
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1v Motor Accident
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1x Attempted Suicide
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1z Other Incident
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Task Codes
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2a Advise Relatives
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2b Housie/Raffle
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2l Recovery (Lost property)
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2m Missing Person
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2p Public Relations
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2r Recovery (Stolen Vehicle)
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2s Summons
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2t Truancy
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2w Warrant
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3b Beat Patrol
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3c Crime Prevention Advice
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3f Foot Patrol
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3h Hotel Patrol
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3k Keys Taken
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3p Team Policing
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3r Roadblock or checkpoint
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3t Turning over person or vehicle
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3w Watching or Observing
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3y Youth Aid Talk
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3z Other Preventative Method
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Result
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K.0 Nothing appreciable
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K.1 Completed at scene, no paper work involved
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K.2 Unable to complete, Nobody home
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K.3 No Offense, Blameless
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K.4 Cautioned or told off
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K.5 Report to follow
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K.6 Offence report to follow
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K.7 Handing over to Specialist
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K.8 Finishing assisting Primary Car
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K.9 Arrest
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Departmental Codes
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4a Armed Offenders
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4c Correspondence
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4d Demonstration Duty
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4e Escort Duty
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4f Fingerprints
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4i Injury/Sick
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4k Court Duty
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4l Departmental Errand
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4m Meal Break
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4p Public Entertainment
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4q Enquiries
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4r Rescue
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4s Vehicle Servicing
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4t Training
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4v V.I.P.Duty
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4x Special Duty
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4z Other Misc.Duty
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Administrative Code
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5a Accounts
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5c Communications
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5d Dogs
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5e Equipment and issues
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5f Functions, stations, sections
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5i Instruction and training
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5l Licensing
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5o Operations, security, specimens
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5p Policy matters
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5q Queries and complaints
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5s Staff Check
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5t Transport and travel
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5w Works and housing
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5z Other admin. files
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Query Codes
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QVR Query Vehicle Registration
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QP Query Person (subcodes)
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I = Information
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H = History
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F = Firearms
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L = Licence
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W = Warrants
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QY Query Serial Number
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QF Query File
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QEC Query Engine/Chassis
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No VOI response to a QVR = No Vehicle of Interest
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Some other terms used
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EBA = Excess Breath Alcohol
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Tip it Out refers to searching a car or person, or questioning them when
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they are suspected of doing something illegal.
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Willie Damage = Willful Damage
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Watch House = The area where people that have been arrested are taken
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to in the Central Police Station.
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Job Details Please = Control is about to give the unit called some
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details on a job which usually requires them to pull over and write
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them down, the unit will respond 'go ahead' or something like that
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when they are ready.
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Muster Room = A room in at the main Police station where officers do
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their paperwork.
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SAP = Safe Arrival Point
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Dogs 20 = Bomb Dog
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Bunker = Bomb Shelter
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Some other information you probably don't need to know!
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There also exists a list of 4 digit codes which are assigned to each
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type of offence (usually said as 'coded as xxxx' by Control). These
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are hardly used thesedays so it's not worth trying to compile a list
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of them. Even when they are used, the english equivilent is also used
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so having them is pointless.
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The handheld radios the Police use are Motorola Sabre's, model 2s.
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They have the whole country's frequencies programmed into them, so
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if an officer goes into another area, he just changes it to that
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area's frequencies. The actual frequencies are not shown on the
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radio's screen, the channel is shown in words.
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