Quiz: Police Codes

Charles Hopper

James Dougherty

Theodore Roosevelt

J. Edgar Hoover

Charles Hopper was the Illinois State Police Communications Director In 1937, when he was credited inventing police codes.

Medical Kit Needed

K9 Assistance Needed

Suspect has a Knife

Over 60 and Kind of Drunk

The code 10-63K stands for K9 assistance needed!

Illegal Substance

Public Littering

Public Drunkenness

Illegal Gambling

Public Drunkenness

Hit and Run

Ambulance needed – blood on site

Resisting Arrest

Stakeout in place

Hit and Run!

Out For Restroom

Out For Meal

Out and About

Out of County

In Arizona, 10-94 means that the officer is eating, out for meal!