MTM wrote:
The KCSO and SPD use a "Clearing" code NOT a Dispatch code. Its to be used at the END of a call to allow the dispatch center to record the response to a call.
Some of the FCR codes are also used to dispatch a call without identifying it by name - especially a rape or death investigation.
As an example...
2C67 a 222 in the C7...
2C67
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KCSO does have its own version of a ten code -- but not often used.
Actually, the fourteen 10 codes KCSO uses are used almost universally and most frequently.
10-4, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9, 10-12, 10-33, 10-55, 10-60, 10-61, 10-62, 10-63, 10-65, 10-66, 10-97 and sometimes 10-98.
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"220" is a mental problem, becuase SPD takes the subject to Harborview Hospital - ROOM 220.
This is an urban legend that persists...
There are two versions of the story of the origin of 220 that I have heard.
One involves the room 220, which doesn't exist - the other involves the cost of a mental health committment, rumored to be $2.20 when the code came about.
Either way, the word 220 is widely recognized in Washington law enforcement, much the same way 5150 is recognized in California.