NZ Police Codes
Thomas Holmes made this Official Information request to New Zealand Police
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From: Thomas Holmes
Dear New Zealand Police,
I am requesting a list of the following:
1) A list of current event type codes e.g. 4211 - Car conversion
2) A list of current incident codes e.g. 3T - Traffic stop
3) Result codes (K codes)
4) Status codes e.g. 10-7 - Arrived
5) Abbreviations for computer transactions e.g. QP - Query person
6) All two digit station codes and their associated stations e.g. AK - Auckland Central
7) Unit types and their definitions e.g. S - General duties Sergeant
Please also provide any policies relating to call signs and how these are allocated.
As per the requirements of s12(1) of the Official Information Act, I am a
New Zealand citizen residing in New Zealand.
Yours faithfully,
Thomas Holmes
From: MAUNDER, Renee
New Zealand Police
Dear Thomas
I acknowledge receipt of your request for the following information:
1) A list of current event type codes e.g. 4211 - Car conversion
2) A list of current incident codes e.g. 3T - Traffic stop
3) Result codes (K codes)
4) Status codes e.g. 10-7 - Arrived
5) Abbreviations for computer transactions e.g. QP - Query person
6) All two digit station codes and their associated stations e.g. AK -
Auckland Central
7) Unit types and their definitions e.g. S - General duties Sergeant
Please also provide any policies relating to call signs and how these are
allocated.
Your request will be dealt with under the Official Information Act 1982.
Kind regards
Renée Maunder
Ministerial Services
NZ Police
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From: MAUNDER, Renee
New Zealand Police
Dear Thomas
I refer to your Official Information Act request of 22 October 2018 for
police codes.
I have been asked to let you know that Police requires an extension of
time in which to respond to your request, pursuant to section 15A(1) of
the Official Information Act 1982, because the request necessitates
consultations such that a proper response to the request cannot reasonably
be made within the original time limit.
Police require until 18 December 2018 to provide a substantive response to
your request.
You have the right, under section 28(3) of the Official Information Act
1982, to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision to extend
the time limit for deciding upon your request.
Kind regards,
Renée
Renée Maunder
Senior Advisor
Ministerial Services
P +64 4 474 8819
DDI 44419
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subject to the provisions of section 50 of the Policing Act 2008, which
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are not the intended recipient of this message or have received this
message in error, you must not peruse, use, distribute or copy this
message or any of its contents.
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From: FOXWELL, Holly
New Zealand Police
Dear Thomas
I have been asked to send this attached response.
Ngā mihi
Holly Foxwell
Ministerial Services Advisor
Police National Headquarters
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From: Thomas Holmes
Dear FOXWELL, Holly,
Thank you for sending through this reply.
I've had a read through and have noticed a few omissions to the information:
- Missing 'K' codes, e.g. K2 and K8 which are still heard on North Comms channels.
- Missing incident codes e.g. 5F, and 6Y which are used (5F being used quite frequently for Family Harm incidents) that do not appear on the list.
- Missing two digit station codes e.g. 'HL' which is used but doe not appear on the list.
Yours sincerely,
Thomas Holmes
From: FOXWELL, Holly
New Zealand Police
I am currently out of office, please contact
[email address] if urgent.
From: Thomas Holmes
Dear FOXWELL, Holly,
I am still awaiting a response to my follow up as below:
Thank you for sending through this reply.
I've had a read through and have noticed a few omissions to the information:
- Missing 'K' codes, e.g. K2 and K8 which are still heard on North Comms channels.
- Missing incident codes e.g. 5F, and 6Y which are used (5F being used quite frequently for Family Harm incidents) that do not appear on the list.
- Missing two digit station codes e.g. 'HL' which is used but doe not appear on the list..
Yours sincerely,
Thomas Holmes
From: MAUNDER, Renee
New Zealand Police
Hi Thomas
I am advised that although the codes supplied to you are the official Police codes, officers may use older codes that they are more used to in the course of their duties. As long as they can be understood this is not an issue for Police.
If you are unhappy with the response to your request, you have the right to seek a review by the Office of the Ombudsman. You can find details about how to do that here: http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/
Warm regards
Renee
Renée Maunder
Senior Advisor
Ministerial Services
P +64 4 470 7119
DDI 44419
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