what is the police alphabet called? do you know the a-z in it?

Question

It starts with alpha, bravo etc

Answer 1

PHONETIC ALPHABET

when using the police radio some letters sound very much alike, such as "D" and "E" "B" and "C" and so on. so the phonetic alphabet was devised. there are two common versions of the phonetic alphabet, the one used most commonly in law enforcement is listed first, and then the one commonly used by military is listed second.

A..........ADAM J..........JOHN S..........SAM
B..........BOY K.........KING T..........TOM
C..........CHARLES L..........LINCOLN U..........UNION
D..........DAVID M.........MARY V..........VICTOR
E..........EDWARD N..........NORA W.........WILLIAM
F..........FRANK O..........OCEAN X..........X-RAY
G..........GEORGE P..........PAUL Y..........YELLOW
H..........HENRY Q.........QUEEN Z..........ZEBRA
I...........IDA R..........ROBERT

A second version of the phonetic alphabet mostly used by the us military

A.....Alpha J.....Juliet S.....Sierra
B.....Bravo K.....Kilo T.....Tango
C.....Charlie L.....Lima U.....Uniform
D.....Delta M....Mike V.....Victor
E.....Echo N.....November W....Whiskey
F.....Foxtrot O.....Oscar X.....X-Ray
G.....Golf P......Papa Y.....Yankee
H.....Hotel Q.....Quebec Z.....Zulu
I......India R.....Romeo

Answer 2

NATO Phonetic Alphabet
A - Alpha K - Kilo U - Uniform 0 - Zero
B - Bravo L - Lima V - Victor 1 - Wun (One)
C - Charlie M - Mike W - Whiskey 2 - Two
D - Delta N - November X - X-ray 3 - Tree (Three)
E - Echo O - Oscar Y - Yankee 4 - Fower (Four)
F - Foxtrot P - Papa Z - Zulu 5 - Fife (Five)
G - Golf Q - Quebec 6 - Six
H - Hotel R - Romeo . - decimal (point) 7 - Seven
I - India S - Sierra . - (full) stop 8 - Ait (Eight)
J - Juliet T - Tango 9 - Niner (Nine)



Why? Well, let's face it.. there's no dignity in saying "Dog Yeti Nutcase Apple Mother Otter Otter" on the telephone.

Why NATO? The NATO Phonetic Alphabet was developed in the 1950s to be intelligible (and pronounceable) to all NATO allies in the heat of battle. It replaced other phonetic alphabets, for example the US military "able baker" alphabet.

So it's the standard? The NATO Phonetic Alphabet is now widely used in business and telecommunications in Europe and North America. There are dozens of other standards in use throughout the world, but then the great thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from.

Answer 3

Police Alphabet

Answer 4

It's the "phonetic alphabet" and the military started it. Over the years some of the terms have changed.

Originally "A" was "able" but back in the 50s or 60s it was changed to "alpha". Other letters have changed like that also.

Here are the letters and designations as I know them. The words in parentheses behind some are terms that have been used by the police or military as well at one time or another.

Alpha (able)
Bravo
Charley
Delta (dog)
Echo
Foxtrot
Golf
Hotel
India
Juliette
Kilo
Lima
Mike
November
Oscar
Papa
Quebec
Romeo (roger)
Sierra
Tango
Uniform
Victor
Whiskey
X-ray
Yankee
Zulu (zebra)

Depending on a person's age, they may recall other designations as the ones they are familiar with.

Answer 5

its called the NATO phonetic alphabet.

Alpha
Bravo
Charley
Delta
Echo
Foxtrot
Golf
Hotel
India
Juliette
Kilo
Lima
Mike
November
Oscar
Papa
Quebec
Romeo
Sierra
Tango
Uniform
Victor
Whiskey
X-ray
Yankee
Zulu

Answer 6

Phonetic Alphabet

Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Foxtrot, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-Ray, Yankee, Zulu

There is a widely known alphabet Alpha Bravo ... Yankee Zulu.
Such alphabets are variously known as phonetic/radio/
spelling/telephone alphabets, and the term analogy alphabet
is also used. This collection currently includes alphabets
for the following languages:

English, French, German, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish,
Portuguese, Italian, Romansh, Danish, Norwegian,
Swedish, Finnish, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian,
Croatian, Serbo-Croat, Romanian, Turkish, Hebrew,
Russian, Swahili, Kwanyama, Ndonga, Afrikaans,
Chinese and Esperanto.

Answer 7

Its call the Phonetic Alphabet, not the police alphabet! the words are:

Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-Ray, Yankee, Zulu

Answer 8

It's the NATO Phonetic Alphabet. It was developed in the 1950s to be intelligible (and pronounceable) to all NATO allies in the heat of battle. It replaced other phonetic alphabets, for example the US military "able baker" alphabet.
A - Alpha B - Bravo C - Charlie D - Delta E - Echo F - Foxtrot G - Golf H - Hotel I - India J - Juliet K - Kilo L - Lima M - Mike N - November O - Oscar P - Papa Q - Quebec R - Romeo S- Sierra T - Tango U - Uniform V - Victor W - Whiskey X - X-ray Y - Yankee Z - Zulu
;-)

Answer 9

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Its called "phonetic" alphabet, and the military uses the one you listed. The police, and other agencies that do a lot of communication where clarity is crucial across wired and unwired devices use whatever works. The important thing is its not just the first letter that matters, the word itself as a whole helps. What other word sounds like zebra? In case I miss hear the z in zebra, I still hear "E-bruh." And when you know the phonetic alphabet its easily discernible that the letter being transmitted was "z" when just hearing "e-bruh." Why use elephant instead of echo? Elephant is long and echo is unique phonetically from the rest of the words. Your list overall looks fine the top one is just "established." I'm so used to it i could spell everything with it, smoothly and fluently rather than just naming the letters. whiskey tango foxtrot

Answer 10

Errr, it's the PHONETIC alphabet!! Not the Police alphabet!

Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot......Zulu!!

Answer 11

It's called a phonetic alphabet--where every letter is expressed as a word that begins with that letter.

There are several, although the most common is:

Alpha, bravo, charlie, delta, echo, foxtrot, golf, hotel, india, juliette, kilo, lima, mike, november, oscar, papa quebec, romeo, sierra, tango, uniform, victor, x-ray, yankee, zulu.

for others see here: http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq101-1.htm

Or here:

http://www.bckelk.uklinux.net/phon.full.html