writing - need info on NYPD police codes...

[screenwriter]

here's the scene:
detective on his way to work gets a call on her cell phone and the person (someone the detective befriended to help solve a case), sounds severly injured. The injured party gives their location but not much else. The call gets disconnected. Detective gets on radio and calls it in to central.

In this situation what code would the detective use to call this in? How would the detective identify themselves to central?

I have a list of police codes, an NYPD scan from the internet, and general research, but any advice from NYPD would be extremely helpful.

Thanks so much for your time in answering my questions.

[InTheEnd]

"(Codename for detective) Portable to Central, show me with a pickup of an aided" and central goes over with "condition" and det would go over with bleeding, injury to, yadda yadda info obtained by det from phone call, or it doesn't go over the air until he arrives at the location. Later on the det will change the job from an aided to a "24" if established it was from an assault and the investigation begins.

[Samuel]

here's the scene:
detective on his way to work gets a call on her cell phone and the person (someone the detective befriended to help solve a case), sounds severly injured.

First, does your detective have a gender identity problem? :confused:

The injured party gives their location but not much else. The call gets disconnected. Detective gets on radio and calls it in to central.
In this situation what code would the detective use to call this in?

Is he required to use a code? Why can't he just use plain English? :confused:

How would the detective identify themselves to central?

Ummm, is there a reason why "Central, this is Detective so and so..." wouldn't work??? You know we can't give out our secret squirrel passwords and high signs out to the public... :rolleyes:

I have a list of police codes, an NYPD scan from the internet, and general research, but any advice from NYPD would be extremely helpful.

Thanks so much for your time in answering my questions.

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[phantasm]

why wouldn't he call 911, since he's not on scene. Does the individual say they're injured, or just says a location and hangs up?

[Joeyd6]

He would not say anythhing on his radio becuase his radio would be at work. He woudl call 911 on his cell or call the station and request help be sent.

[basher52]

Detectives (in the bureau) have been issued their own personal portables, chargers and spare batteries for some time now. They are under no obligation to take them home or carry them off duty, but I am sure some do so. That being said, it is possible for a off duty detective, to use a radio while off duty to call in an accident, crime or incident as they see fit. This was not the case in the past.

[screenwriter]

thanks again! I'm glad I found this site! Really helps writers get it right. I'm sure you all laugh at some of the stuff you see in tv and movies and wonder why the producers just didn't ask a real cop.

thanks again

[InTheEnd]

For a fictional story why go for 100% this is how they do it. I would like to see a detective drive around and maybe one hand on the wheel and the other reaching looking for the radio instead of using his cellphone, I thought that makes good tv or novel, just my opinion.

[ParadeRest]

Detectives (in the bureau) have been issued their own personal portables, chargers and spare batteries for some time now. They are under no obligation to take them home or carry them off duty, but I am sure some do so. That being said, it is possible for a off duty detective, to use a radio while off duty to call in an accident, crime or incident as they see fit. This was not the case in the past.

All Brooklyn cops have been issued personal radios and I'm surprised there haven't been "this off-duty cop used his radio for blah blah blah" stories yet.

[Joeyd6]

All Brooklyn cops have been issued personal radios and I'm surprised there haven't been "this off-duty cop used his radio for blah blah blah" stories yet.

Which is exactly nobody carrieds them off duty, including detectives, except the buffs. You have enough to worry about carrying and ID card, shield and gun. Why add a radio when off duty? I don't know a single cop who carries one. Its hard enough to find a paid detail guy or gal with one.