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Yes it came from the tv show. They used 5-0 because Hawaii is the 50th state.

2007-04-29 08:31:51 · answer #1 · answered by Mathlady 6 · 1 0

Probably. The various 10-40 terms were invented when radios were poorer quality and clarity was needed (10 serving as the attention getter - like "about" in "about face"). These are now being fazed out because they are not standard and neighboring cops use different codes.

2007-04-29 08:26:37 · answer #2 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0 0

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