Hold H, say it, let go. Start with "dispatch" or not, add "can I get" or "I need" or not: filler is ignored. Request or cancel is decided by the verb, so the two can't be mixed up.
#Units
| Say | Does |
|---|
| requesting / send / roll me + ambulance · EMS · bus | Paramedics |
| ... + transport | Prisoner transport |
| ... + tow truck | A tow for the stop's car, or the nearest one |
| ... + coroner · fire department · mechanic · road service · animal control · taxi | That unit |
| cancel / disregard + any of those | Cancels it |
Several at once works: "send me a tow truck and an ambulance". Each one uses the nearest verb before it, so "cancel the tow and the ambulance" cancels both.
#Checks
| Say | Does |
|---|
| plate check · run the plate · ten twenty eight | Runs the plate of the vehicle you stopped |
| run plate adam one two three | Runs a plate you read out (LAPD or NATO alphabet). With no plate and nothing stopped, dispatch says "go ahead with the plate" |
| name check · run the name · ten twenty nine | Runs the last person you dealt with |
A plate check reads like a real return: "Copy, running Adam Boy Charles one two three. Returns to a twenty fifteen black Bravado Buffalo. Be advised, vehicle is reported stolen." There's one closing line per problem (stolen, BOLO, registration, insurance), or a clean return. Name checks work the same way for a warrant, flags or an invalid licence.
#Pursuits
| Say | Does |
|---|
| requesting backup code one / two / three | Pursuit backup: one, two or three cars |
| air support · air unit · helicopter | The helicopter |
#Callouts
| Say | Does |
|---|
| accept call out · attach me · en route | Accepts the offered call |
| code four · scene is clear | Completes the call (asks you to confirm) |
| any calls | Asks for a callout now |
| hold my call outs / resume call outs | Turns your offers off or on |
| where's my call · repeat the address | Reads back the call's location and distance, and resets your GPS route |
#Status
| Say | Does |
|---|
| in service · ten forty one / out of service · ten forty two | On or off duty. It checks your current state, so it never toggles the wrong way |
| ten eight · ten six · ten ninety seven · on scene | Sets your status |
| what's my status · status check · am I in service | Reads back your status: in or out of service, then in pursuit, on a stop, on a callout, on scene, 10-6, calls on hold, or available |
| ten ninety nine · officer down | Panic |
#Around you
| Say | Does |
|---|
| hold traffic · stop traffic · close the road | Stops AI traffic in a 50 m circle around you and marks it on everyone's map. Saying it again moves the hold. It ends after 15 minutes |
| resume traffic · release traffic · open the road | Removes your hold |
| nearest hospital · nearest police station · fire station · impound | GPS to the closest one: "Copy, routing you to Pillbox Hill Medical Center." |
| nearest unit · who is closest | The closest on-duty officer by callsign, distance and direction: "Nearest unit is Three Charles Eleven, half a mile northeast." |
| have Two Boy Four meet me | Dispatch relays it: they hear where you are and get a waypoint to you |
| time check · what time is it | "Time is fourteen thirty hours." |
| weather check · road conditions | "Rain in the area, roads are wet." |
| say again · repeat your last | Dispatch repeats its last transmission |
#With the MDT
| Say | Does |
|---|
| open the computer | Opens the MDT |
| write it up · start a report · start a citation | Opens the report for your current incident, or your latest draft |
#Small talk
"Thanks", "good morning", "radio check", "how are you", "tell me a joke"... dispatch answers in character. Small talk said alongside a real command is ignored.
#Confirming and mishearing
- If dispatch didn't catch you: "10-9, say again."
- When it's not sure: "Did you mean plate check?" Answer affirmative or negative, or just say something else. Commands that fit what you're doing (plate and tow on a stop, code four on a callout) win close calls.
- Commands that need confirming (complete a callout, go off duty) listen only for affirmative / negative for 10 seconds.