User:Versageek/Appendix:Public Safety Terms

A

 * abduction
 * ACK
 * ADW
 * AKA
 * alias
 * ambulance
 * ANI
 * Automatic Number Identification
 * ALI
 * Automatic Location Identification
 * APCO
 * APB
 * arrest
 * arrest warrant
 * assignment
 * ARRL
 * ATL
 * available
 * AVL
 * AWOL

B

 * backup
 * badge
 * bail
 * bailiff
 * band
 * bandit
 * barricade
 * base station
 * baton
 * battery
 * bearing (directional)
 * beat
 * beeper
 * bench mark
 * bench warrant
 * bidirectional
 * bigamy
 * bike
 * biker
 * billy club (dated)
 * biotelemetry
 * black box
 * blue flu
 * body
 * boisterous
 * BOLO
 * bomb threat
 * bondsman
 * booking
 * break
 * breakdown
 * break in
 * brevity code
 * BRN
 * broadcast
 * broadcast tones
 * bug
 * bulk eraser (dated)
 * bulletin
 * bulletproof
 * bureau
 * burglary
 * burnout
 * busy signal

C

 * CAD
 * cadet
 * calendar
 * caliber
 * call
 * call box
 * caller
 * call letters
 * call sign
 * camp-on
 * CAP
 * capital offense
 * cardiopulmonary resuscitation,CPR
 * career criminal
 * carriage return
 * carrier (radio)
 * cartography
 * cartridge
 * case
 * case file, case jacket
 * case law
 * case number
 * casing
 * cat burglar
 * CATV
 * CB
 * CCTV
 * centrex (PBX)
 * chain of command
 * characteristic
 * charge
 * chase
 * chassis (radio)
 * CHEMTREC - CHEMical TRansportation Emergency Center
 * chevron
 * chopper
 * circular
 * citation
 * civil
 * civil defense
 * civilian
 * classification
 * clear
 * clearance
 * clerk
 * clipping (radio)
 * clock
 * code
 * coded squelch, CTCSS
 * collision
 * comm (abbr)
 * command
 * command post
 * commendation
 * commitment
 * common carrier
 * common sense
 * communication
 * communication center, communications (a place)
 * communicator (telecommunicator, dispatcher)
 * community antenna television (CATV)
 * comparator (radio)
 * complainant
 * complaint
 * complex
 * computer crime
 * cone of silence (radio)
 * confidence game
 * confinement
 * console
 * constable
 * consumer fraud
 * contact
 * contempt of court
 * continuous duty cycle
 * contour map
 * control
 * control console (radio)
 * control head (radio)
 * convict
 * conviction
 * coordination frequency (radio)
 * cop
 * copy (radio)
 * cordon
 * coroner
 * corporal
 * corporal punishment
 * corpse
 * corpus delicti
 * correctional facility
 * corrections
 * counsel
 * counter
 * counterfeiting
 * countermand
 * county
 * county seat
 * coupe
 * court
 * courtesy
 * court of record
 * court order
 * court reporter
 * cover
 * CPL
 * CPR
 * cradle (telephone)
 * crank call, crank caller
 * crash
 * credit card fraud
 * crime
 * crime index
 * crime rate
 * criminal history
 * criminal justice
 * criminal justice agency
 * criminal proceedings
 * crisis
 * crossband (radio)
 * crosstalk (radio)
 * cruiser
 * CTCSS
 * curfew
 * custody
 * CYMBAL (Color, Year, Make, Bodystyle, Anything else, License)

D

 * DA
 * dash
 * data (plural of datum)
 * data bank
 * data circuit
 * data set (modem), (dated)
 * db
 * deadend
 * dead file
 * deadly weapon
 * dead spot
 * decapitate
 * deceased
 * decibel
 * decoder
 * deface
 * defendant
 * definition (images)
 * delinquent
 * delirium tremens
 * demodulation
 * demonstration
 * deputy (sheriff)
 * derelict
 * detective
 * detention
 * detour
 * detoxification, detox
 * diagnostic (computer program)
 * dial
 * diction
 * direction of travel - description of the route taken by a pedestrian or vehicle
 * directory
 * disaster
 * discharge
 * discipline
 * disclose
 * disconnect
 * disguise
 * dismember
 * disorderly conduct
 * dispatch
 * dispatcher
 * display
 * disposition
 * dispute
 * disseminate
 * distortion (radio)
 * distress
 * district
 * division
 * DOA
 * DOB
 * dosimeter
 * DOT direction of travel, Department of Transportation
 * downtime
 * dress wires/cables
 * drone
 * drop (phone system)
 * drum printer
 * drunkenness
 * dry cell
 * DTMF dual-tone multi-frequency
 * dump, core (data)
 * duplex (radio)

N

 * NANP / NANP
 * NCIC
 * NLETS

P

 * public safety - the safety of human life and health and of property and the environment
 * public safety agency - an agency who's job is to protect the safety of human life and health and of property and the environment. This includes, but is not limited to: Law Enforcement, Fire Protection, Emergency Medical Services, Department of Environmental Protection and Civil Defense.