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Houston Police Department Radio Terminology
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Abbreviations/Slang
- ADW: Assault with a Deadly Weapon
- ATL: Attempt To Locate
- BAC: Blood Alcohol Content
- BMV: Buglary of a Motor Vehicle
- BOLO: Be On the Look Out
- CAD: Computer-Aided Dispatch
- CCH: Computerized Criminal History
- Code 3: Non-Emergency Response (no, that's not a mistake, this is the same as Priority 3)
- CP: Complaining Party/Command Post
- CTW: Criminal Trespass Warning
- DWLS: Driving While License Suspended
- Fox: HPD Helicopter
- FSGI: Falure to Stop and Give Information
- FSRA: Failure to Stop and Render Aid
- IPC: Inmate Processing Center
- POV: Personally-Owned Vehicle
- Shop: Fleet Vehicle
- Solo: Motorcycle Unit
- STEP: Selective Traffic Enforcement Program
- Take Eight: Go to HPD 8 (Car-to-Car)
- TLETS: Texas Law Enforcement Telecommunication System
- UCW: Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon
- X2: Officer Spouse/Home
Call Priority Codes
- Priority 1/Code 1: Urgent Call/Threat to Life
- Priority 2/Code 2: Crime/Threat to Human Welfare in Progress
- Priority 3/Code 3: No known emergency, but handle expediently
- Priority 4/Code 4: On-scene response required, not urgent
- Priority 5/Code 5: Call handled by calltaker
- Priority 6/Code 6: Officer-initiated call
Unit IDs
5500 Codes
- 5501 Flashing red lights
- 5502 All signal lights uot
- 5503 Direct Traffic at accident scene
- 5504 Minor Accident - issue blue form
- 5505 Disabled vehicle
- 5506 Traffic control (signals working)
- 5507 Flagged down by citizen
- 5508 Support with traffic control
- 5509 Road Hazard
- 5510 Utility disruption
- 5511 School zone
- 5512 Special Assignment
- 5513 Traffic signal issues
- 5514 Radilroad track obstruction
- 5515 other MRT issue