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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Have a twenty on smth.
Hi!
Detective says: Please tell me you have a 20 on my suspect.
Policeman answers: Suspect was just spotted turning north on riverside.
Doest it mean - do you have any leads on my suspect?
Detective says: Please tell me you have a 20 on my suspect.
Policeman answers: Suspect was just spotted turning north on riverside.
Doest it mean - do you have any leads on my suspect?
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Police / fire and other services use a (link ->) coded language over the radio . For example 10-4 means "OK". A 10-20 code means "location".
- Police / fire and other services use a (link ->) coded language over the radio .
- For example 10-4 means "OK".
- A 10-20 code means "location".
- So the detective is asking if they have a reported location for the suspect.
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Police / fire and other services use a (link ->) coded language over the radio. For example 10-4 means "OK".
A 10-20 code means "location". So the detective is asking if they have a reported location for the suspect.
A 10-20 code means "location". So the detective is asking if they have a reported location for the suspect.
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A Stars, are you old enough to remember the CB craze in the 70s? "What's your 20?" "Got a smokey in plain brown wrapper." My memory has faded over time - I don't remember too many of the others.
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