Hey

was wondering if anyone had a list of the whole alphabet put into words as used by law enforcement over the radio.

You know how sometimes when you are talking to someone over the phone, and for example you have to give them your name. If my name was Fred, I might say "fudge-robin-empty-dumb"...

Now say for example Im a cop calling in to dispatch for a check on outstanding warrents on whatever unlucky guy I pulled over. What word would i use to represent each letter?

Does this make sense?

Im just looking for an A through Z word letter equivilent

thanks

elo

http://www.happychild.org.uk/ifs/00001pla.htm

google search: police radio alphabet

Or more correctly, the phonetic alphabet. Most numpties in call centres get taught it too.

I know I did when I worked at Topman (for ringing through accounts for people).

whisky tango foxtrot

different brances of law enforcement use different words for the letters.

How strange. It's the international aviation alphabet so shouldn't really be messed with.

*shrug*

EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet

Linky

Pretty sure that's not that case.

Awesome! Thanks guys. I googled for it but I wasn't sure what to search for exactly heh heh

thanks again

From memory

alpha
bravo
charlie
delta
echo
foxtrot
golf
hotel
india
juliet
kilo
lima
mike
november
oscar
papa
quebec
romeo
sierra
tango
damn I forget 'u'
victor?
whiskey
x-ray
yankee
zulu.

Yankee oscar uniform alpha romeo echo whisky echo lima charlie oscar mike echo.

Juliet echo delta india golf alpha november delta alpha lima foxtrot india sierra foxtrot uniform charlie kilo india november golf sierra mike alpha romeo tango.

zulu oscar mike golf sierra whiskey echo alpha romeo sierra

Sorry, there are indeed different words. Military uses the ones you've listed, I think, but around here, police use names (for the most part):

Adam
Baker
Charlie
David
Edward
Frank
George
Henry
Ida
John
King
Lincoln
Mary
Nora
Ocean
Paul
Queen
Robert
Sam
Tom
Union
Victor
William (willy)
X-ray
Young
Zebra

Actually I think they changed a few of those, but that's basically it.

uniform

I can spit that list out pretty fast.

Say again X-Ray Two Niner.

adam two pd ten-sixty, washington and frank phillips. oklahoma willy ida young six one five

Silly Po-leese.