Signals (follows Atlanta PD’s signals generally)
1?
2 Burglary Alarm
3?
4 EMS
5 Car Alarm?
6?
7 No Backup Needed?
8 Backup Request
8Kilo - Request for K-9 Unit
9 Check Drivers License
10 Check For Wanted / Tag Check
11 Stolen Vehicle
12 Pursuit in Progress
13?
14 Busy
15 Phone Call
16 Cancel / Go Back In Service
17 Meal Break?
17B Directed Extra Patrol Request (details and acknowledgement sent over mobile computer)?
17R Neighborhood Patrol?
18?
19?
20?
21 Traffic Stop
22 Damage to Property / Criminal Trespassing
23 Juvenile Complaint
24 Demented Person
25 Gas Leak?
26?
27 Noise Violation (barking dog/loud music)
28 Drunk & Disorderly
29 Fight
30 Drunk in Auto
31?
32 Wires Down?
33 Fire
34?
35 Stalking
36 Vice Activity?
37 Illegal Parking
38 Illegal Drugs
39 Information
40 Terroristic Threats?
41 Vehicle Accident
41i Vehicle Accident with injuries
42 Burglary
43 Hit and Run
44 Armed Robbery
45 Theft / Entering Auto
46 Assault
47 Medical Call
48 Dead Person
49 Rape
50 Person Shot
51 Person Stabbed
52 Shoplifting
53 Suicide / Suicide Threats
54p Suspicious Person
54v Suspicious Vehicle
55 Unknown Problem
56?
57?
58 Disorderly Conduct
58R Road Rage Incident
59 Meet With ______
60 Crime Against Child?
61?
62?
63 OFFICER IN TROUBLE / OFFICER DOWN!
64 Panhandling
65 Fraud
66?
67?
68?
69 Person Armed
70 Prowler
71?
72 Traffic Complaint
73?
74 Stranded Motorist
75 Shooting Air Rifles
76 Discharging Firearms?
77 Unit Arrived On Scene
78 BOLO (be on the lookout for____)
79?
80 Animal Complaint
81 Roadway Obstruction
82 Prisoner on Board
83 Warrant Service / Wanted Person Located
84 Traffic Control
85 Request Tow Truck
86 Domestic Disturbance
87 Business/Area Patrol
88 911 Hang Up
89 Officer Safety Check
90?
91 Abandoned Vehicle
91X Continuing Directed Patrol Request?
92 Welfare Check
93?
94?
95 Gas Leak?
96 Found / Lost Property
97 Escort detail, transporting citizen prisoner
98 Harassing Phone Calls
99?
Status Codes
4 O.K.
6 Wanted Person Confirmed on GCIC/NCIC
9 Busy on Surveillance Detail (usually dispatch will inform marked units to stay away from a code 9 location)
10 Starting / Ending Part Time Job?
11 Building/Area Check Complete
14?
17 Traffic Ticket Issued
18 Traffic Warning Issued
20 Arrest Report
24 Incident Report / Accident Report ?
25 Subject no longer in area
26?
27 Occurred Outside Jurisdiction?
Radio designations
Sierra – Captains
Echo – Sergeants
Tango – Traffic Enforcement Units / DUI Units
Whiskey – Detectives (Criminal Investigations Division)
Kilo – Crime Suppression Unit (unmarked patrol cars)
1XX through 3XX – Alpharetta PD patrol officers
Lima + badge number – Off Duty Officers working side jobs
9XX – crossing guards/citizens patrol?
Charlie – Fulton Co. Schools Police Detectives
11XX – City of Milton Police (they are dispatched by Alpharetta)
Delta – City of Milton Police supervisors
“Records” refers to the Alpharetta PD GCIC talk group where officers can run tags, licenses and criminal history checks.
Alpharetta PD Organization
4 Squads; A through D
A&B Squad is day shift; C&D squad is night shift
12 hour patrol shifts, shifts change at 6am and 6pm, early cars change at 5:30 am and 5:30 pm, late cars change at 6:30am and pm.
Each squad is comprised of 1 captain, 2 sergeants, and 10 +/- officers
Traffic, DUI, and CSU work different and varied shift hours (usually 10 hour shifts)
Detectives work during the day and evening but are on call 24/7. You will hear some Detective activity on their channel or on TAC 1 or 2 at night if they are doing surveillance or a search warrant or working a crime scene, etc.
Alpharetta PD responds to all medical and fire calls within the city along with ‘Alpharetta Fire’ and/or ‘Rural/Metro Fulton Co. EMS’
Alpharetta PD radios are programmed with other cities/counties such as Forsyth County and other Fulton Co. agencies.
The Alpharetta City Jail is located at police headquarters and is staffed by Fulton County Sheriff’s Deputies. It is used by Milton, Fulton County PD and Sheriff’s Office and some federal agencies like the US Marshals Service for holding federal prisoners.