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What Does 1015 Mean in Police Code? Understanding Law Enforcement Signals

"If you have ever listened to a police scanner, watched a realistic police procedural, or read a police report, you have likely heard a string of numbers prefaced by the word "ten." These are known as "ten-codes," a standardized system of radio shorthand developed to streamline communications between dispatchers and officers in the field. Among these, the code "10-15" (often written as 1015) is one of the most critical and frequently used signals in law enforcement. At its most common and universally understood level, 10-15 means "prisoner in custody" or "arrest made." When an officer radios dispatch with "10-15," they are notifying the commun..."

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