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Complete List of Police Phonetic Alphabets A to Z: With Meanings and Examples

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Police Phonetic Letter	International Full Form	U.S. Full Form	When to Use	Example in Action
A	Alfa	Adam	Used for Unit Identification	“Unit Adam-21 respond to the scene”
B	Bravo	Boy	Used in Radio Calls	“Suspect heading north in Boy-12”
C	Charlie	Charlie	Spelling Over Radio	“Plate reads C-H-A-123”
D	Delta	David	Spelling & Unit Calls	“David-15 reporting code 4”
E	Echo	Edward	License Plate or Code Words	“Suspect vehicle E-K-G 009”
F	Foxtrot	Frank	Patrol Units or Spelling	“Frank-4 requesting backup”
G	Golf	George	Clarify Names or Letters	“George unit arriving at 10-20”
H	Hotel	Henry	Radio Communication	“Vehicle plate Henry-331”
I	India	Ida	Identify Individuals or Items	“Suspect is Ida-Unit 3”
J	Juliett	John	Names, Spelling, or Units	“Officer John-7 en route”
K	Kilo	King	Radio Identification	“King-12 checking in”
L	Lima	Lincoln	Vehicle or Unit Identification	“Lincoln unit in pursuit”
M	Mike	Mary	Officer Call Signs	“Mary-6, code 3 backup needed”
N	November	Nora	Used in Vehicle Tags	“Nora-2 approaching 10-23”
O	Oscar	Ocean	Dispatch and Callouts	“Ocean-11 report location”
P	Papa	Paul	Officer Name or Badge ID	“Paul unit on-scene”
Q	Quebec	Queen	Letter Clarification	“License reads Queen-891”
R	Romeo	Robert	Used in Reports	“Robert-9, on standby”
S	Sierra	Sam	Standard Spelling or Unit Code	“Sam-3, we have a 10-50”
T	Tango	Tom	Patrol Code or License Plate	“Tom-5, respond code 1”
U	Uniform	Union	Letters & Units Over Radio	“Union-4 out at location”
V	Victor	Victor	Vehicle Descriptions	“Victor-8, license 7VHT”
W	Whiskey	William	Used in Code or License	“Plate is William-2-9-4”
X	X-Ray	X-Ray	Unique Names or Tags	“X-Ray-7 reporting 10-8”
Y	Yankee	Young	Radio Spelling or ID	“Young-1 en route to scene”
Z	Zulu	Zebra	Call Signs or Spelling	“Zebra-9 in pursuit”

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