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Do these codes appear in other countries besides the United States? Are they recognised by the Australian Police? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 13:57, 6 August 2006. (talk) 60.225.200.127 (UTC)

There is some commonality with the Ten codes. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 21:39, 7 February 2025 (UTC).Reply

Further to Rich Farmbrough's comment, there are other related codes used in other countries. In New Zealand, Fire and Emergency New Zealand use "K-codes" that are fire related, while New Zealand Police use a mix of "K-codes", "Ten-codes" and various incident and offence codes where the same numbers as listed here mean different things. I think this article needs very reliable sourcing, preferably out of the training manuals of the agencies concerned, otherwise it will become a collection of random and conflicting codes used by different agencies. After all, Wikipedia is not a database of police codes. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 04:25, 8 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

PS: Somebody thought to ask the NZ Police about the codes they use and the police provided an answer [1] Cameron Dewe (talk) 04:37, 8 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

I'd suggest using and/or linking to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelling_alphabet#Law_Enforcement APCO spelling alphabet, which is the controlling source for police communications procedures. Peter K. Sheerin 22:29, 7 May 2015 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by PetesGuide (talk • contribs)

417 64.253.20.234 (talk) 01:06, 1 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

I find it hard to believe that there is a code for murder with illegal weapons, vs murder with legal weapons. Any ref to back this up? All the best: Rich Farmbrough 11:06, 7 February 2025 (UTC).Reply

Answer: Throwing acid with intent to disfigure or burn is what the somewhat unreliable source says. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 21:08, 7 February 2025 (UTC).Reply

@Rich Farmbrough: Throwing acid ... isn't murder, and would only be a form of assault. The acid is being used as a weapon that causes burns or disfigurement, and could potentially be fatal. Which would only then result in a separate murder charge. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 05:01, 8 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Rich Farmbrough: I would assume this is because these are different offences in law, or there is alternate wording for the charges being laid for different variations of the offence. You might need to refer to the legislation in the jurisdiction concerned to determine where the wording comes from in the legislation. This looks like the jurisdiction wants to collect statistics about murder using legally held weapons vs. illegal ones - hence two codes for murder with weapons. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 04:56, 8 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

These are meant to be radio codes, not legal categories (although in some cases legal categories have been reused as radio codes). However in this case, as I remarked, the original reference did not include "Murder with an illegal weapon" so I have replaced that with what was in the reference. Thanks for taking the time to respond. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 21:52, 9 February 2025 (UTC).Reply

I've restored the tag removed in 2008. I identified the following issues:

1. Better sourcing needed.
2. Should be global in scope.
3. Should not repeat other list articles, for example tens code, hundreds code.
4. Should cover the signals, incident and response codes mentioned in the lead.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 21:43, 7 February 2025 (UTC).Reply

Better sourcing needed. Should be global in scope. Should not repeat other articles, for example tens code, hundreds code. Should cover the signals, incident and response codes mentioned in the lead.

Beyond My Ken (talk) 07:51, 11 August 2026 (UTC)Reply