Difference between revisions of "Allegheny County (PA) Pittsburgh City Police Terminology, Acronyms, and Abbreviations"
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The following list details terms commonly heard on the City of Pittsburgh Police radio channels. [http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/City_of_Pittsburgh_SWAT_Operations SWAT] terminology is discussed in their separate Wiki section. | The following list details terms commonly heard on the City of Pittsburgh Police radio channels. [http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/City_of_Pittsburgh_SWAT_Operations SWAT] terminology is discussed in their separate Wiki section. | ||
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| + | '''ACJ''' - [http://www.alleghenycounty.us/jail/ Allegheny County Jail] | ||
'''Actor''' - Suspect, perpetrator, bad guy, etc. | '''Actor''' - Suspect, perpetrator, bad guy, etc. | ||
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'''DRE''' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_Recognition_Expert Drug Recognition Expert] | '''DRE''' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_Recognition_Expert Drug Recognition Expert] | ||
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| + | '''MCB''' - [http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/maps/html/city_courts_building.html Municipal Courts Building] | ||
'''Mover''' - A vehicle that is being stopped for a traffic violation. | '''Mover''' - A vehicle that is being stopped for a traffic violation. | ||
Revision as of 19:42, 20 May 2011
The following list details terms commonly heard on the City of Pittsburgh Police radio channels. SWAT terminology is discussed in their separate Wiki section.
ACJ - Allegheny County Jail
Actor - Suspect, perpetrator, bad guy, etc.
Board - "The Board” is a computer graph/table with the status of each individual Zone’s patrol vehicles. Sometimes it becomes necessary to clean-up "The Board” and get it back in order with the proper status of units.
CCR Number - Each call or incident a police officer responds to, no matter how minor, is assigned a unique record number. The numbering system starts at "1" for the first incident or call at the beginning of a calendar year. Numbers are assigned as calls come in or incidents are responded to. The CCR Number may also be referred to as "Number", "Detail", "Detail Number", etc.
DRE - Drug Recognition Expert
MCB - Municipal Courts Building
Mover - A vehicle that is being stopped for a traffic violation.
PEMA - Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency
Run-Down - The shift schedule for a particular Zone. The Run-Down is faxed to radio dispatch by the Zone lieutenant on duty for that shift.
SDD - Special Deployment Division
Split - Split or Split-Shift. Refer to the shift-scheduling section of the Wiki.
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