FL02: Radio Comms

Question 1

Name the 6 outcomes of communication in the National Protocol

Answer 1

Professional 
Safety
Congestion 
Command
Clarify

Question 2

What is the mnemonic phrase used to remember the outcomes?

Answer 2

Professional Safe Cops Communicate Clearly

Question 3

Why are radio standards important?

Answer 3

Clear & accurate information
Promote discipline
Understand the demand of channel access

Question 4

What must you never use when address another officer on the radio?

Answer 4

First name

Nickname

Question 5

Name the 4 important speech characteristics

Answer 5

Volume
Enunciation
Speed
Tone

Question 6

What does A.B.C refer to when transmitting information?

Answer 6

Accuracy
Brevity
Clarity

Question 7

State the steps when transmitting a message

Answer 7

PRESS PAUSE
SPEAK PAUSE
RELEASE

Question 8

What is a common problem when transmitting a message?

Answer 8

Clipping Transmission, the hand/mouth coordination

Question 9

What is the ‘Order of Identification’?

Answer 9

Calling the call sign you want first, followed by your call sign
“COMMS” “ABC12”

Question 10

Why is ‘Professional’ communication important?

Answer 10

To avoid public scrutiny, personal comments and use of familiar names

Question 11

Define priority messages

Answer 11

Calls that require immediate response

Question 12

What is radio silence referred to as?

Answer 12

When all units are listening

Question 13

Define ‘Dispatch Awareness’

Answer 13

Maintain constant awareness of locations and activities of police resources within the dispatched area

Question 14

What does CAD stand for?

Answer 14

Computer Aided Dispatch

Question 15

Define ‘Field Event’

Answer 15

CAD record of self initiated incidents reported by field units

Question 16

State the minimum information required for a field event

Answer 16

Unit Call Sign
Location
Typ of event

Question 17

What is does 3T mean?

Answer 17

Vehicle Turnover

Question 18

State the mandatory information required for a 3T

Answer 18

Location

Vehicle registration

Question 19

What happens when a field event is created in Mobile Responder WITHOUT a GPS signal?

Answer 19

Location defaults to the user’s home station (base)

Question 20

What happens when a 3T is created in eQuip with a GPS signal?

Answer 20

Location will be presented to dispatch as coordinates

Question 21

What happens when creating a 5K (Bail Check) in eQuip with or without a GPS signal?

Answer 21

Location defaults to the user’s home station

Bail address is in the text

Question 22

What is the ‘Pre-Alerting Technique’?

Answer 22

A word or phrase used to the initial call indicating the type of call
“COMMS” “ABC12” “QV”

Question 23

What are procedure words and phrases?

Answer 23

Words used to assist the flow of information

Question 24

What are ‘Brevity Codes’?

Answer 24

Shorthand means of transmitting complex information or a series of ideas

Question 25

What do Brevity Codes consist of?

Answer 25

Ten Codes

K Codes

Question 26

What do Ten Codes relate to?

Answer 26

Unit status

Question 27

What do K codes relate to?

Answer 27

Final disposition of an incident

Result and closure of CAD

Question 28

Tabulate 10-1, 10-2, 10-3

Answer 28

Message for all units on channel
En route
Available

Question 29

Tabulate 10-7, 10-9, 10-10

Answer 29

Arrived
Urgent Message
Emergency

Question 30

Tabulate K1, K3, K6, K9

Answer 30

No further action
No offence
Written report
Arrest

Question 31

When an ‘Incident Controller’ is appointed, they adopt what for the duration of the incident?

Answer 31

Incident Command Call Sign

Question 32

What does an ‘Incident Command Call Sign’ consist of?

Answer 32

Word or phrase or location or nature of the event,

followed by COMMAND