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Abbreviation	Stands for	Description

Alchometer	Breathalyzer Device	The device the NSW Police get you to blow into to see if you are over the limit
BAS	Breath Analysis Service	This is a more accurate Alchometer back at the police station.
CNI	Central Names Index	The database containing names, addresses of everyone. Big Brother is watching.
Government Contractor	Dead person picker upperer	People that attend to pickup deceased persons for the Police
Code Red	Hurry	Respond with Lights and Sirens. This is where listening to the live police can be fun
Code Blue	Take your time	Respond to the job under normal road conditions unless otherwise advised by RADIO
RTA System	Roads and Traffic Authority System	Police Link to the RTA Computers
Urgent	Me first, Me first	Police Officer in urgent need of assistance, clear the air and let them have their say. Listening to Live Police now gets interesting
Signal One	Police Officer needs help	Police Officer is down and requires urgent assistance.
Priority Two	Expidite	These types of jobs Police expedite to, such as persons trapped accidents, violent domestics, brawls etc. All priority 2 jobs generally require at least 1 car to proceed Code Red.
Duty Officer	The important guy on shift	This person is in charge of the shift, generally an Inspector or higher rank
D.O.I	Police Commissioners Representative	This is the Police Commissioners Representative who needs to be aware of all happenings within the police service that may be newsworthy or of a critical nature after the commissioner has gone home for the day
Decontamination Required	Shower time	If someone has become aggressive to Police and were sprayed with OC Spray
Custody Manager	Nice Guy on shift	An officer designated to be in charge of the welfare of all persons held in custody by Police until they are handed over to Corrective Services, or released
CAN	Court Attendance Notice	This replaces the term Charge
ILS	Integrated Licensing System	The system used to see the status of your licence
Field Can	Future Court Attendance Notice	This allows the Police to order someone to appear before the courts
Positive Test	Busted	Someone has just returned a reading above 0.05 at a road side breath test
CPO	Crime Prevention Officer	What the?
YLO	Youth Liason Officer	No Description Necessary
Radio Secure	Make sure the criminal aint standing next to you	Adjust your position or radio volume so your the only one listening to it at the scene
RBT	Random Breath Test	No Description Necessary
RADIO	VKG or Dispatch	Police Radio. The dudes and dudettes calling the officers over the radio
Section 24	The guy standing next to you may be mental	An order that says the person named must be taken to the closest Mental Health Facility for assessment by a Doctor who if they are deemed to be mentally ill will keep them under a Schedule 2 (Mental Health Act)
MDT	Mobile Data terminal	These are the computers you see in nearly all Police cars that allow Police to complete work in the field instead of having to return to the station
COPS	Computerised Operational Policing System	This is the computer system they use to hold all the intelligence on criminals
LAC	Local Area Command	Most Police Officers in the Sydney area belong to a Local Area Command. All conversations begin with their callsign eg. North Shore 27. North Shore is the Local Area Command and 27 is their unit number. Police in the more regional areas are region based rather than based in a Local Area Command but follow a similar callsign format.