You are required to begin your message with your radio identification number. This can be formed by saying (YM - West Midlands Police) followed by the last three digits of your user identification number. Radio traffic should remain steady - giving priority to incidents considered to be major.
State Codes:
0 - Emergency, officer needs assistance
1 - On duty
2 - Available / resuming patrol
3 - Available / in office
4 - Refreshments
5 - En route to incident
6 - At scene
7 - Committed but deploy-able
8 - Unavailable
9 - Prisoner escort
10 - Off duty
11 - Confidential message
12 - Call back
13 - Urgent callout
14 - Repeat
Identification Codes:
IC-1 - White English
IC-3 - Black, African/Afro-Caribbean
IC-4 - Asian
IC-5 - Oriental (typically Chinese, Japanese, or South-East Asian person
IC-6 - Arab/North African
IC-7 - Other (such as an incident where the person is described wearing a helmet or balaclava)
Phonetic Alphabet:
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