If you need to initiate making contact with a person, which code applies?

If you need to initiate making contact with a person, which code applies?

• A. 10-25 Contact
• B. 10-28 Vehicle Registration Information
• C. 10-21 Call by Telephone
• D. 10-24 Assignment Complete

Answer: (A)

Initiating contact with a person uses the code that signals you want to establish direct contact. This code is chosen when your primary action is to speak with or identify a subject on scene, or to begin an in-person interaction. It communicates to dispatch and teammates that your current objective is to establish contact with a person, not to call them by phone or to pull up information. The other codes point to different tasks—calling someone by telephone, retrieving vehicle registration information, or marking the assignment as complete—so they don’t fit the situation when your goal is to start direct contact with a person.

Initiating contact with a person uses the code that signals you want to establish direct contact. This code is chosen when your primary action is to speak with or identify a subject on scene, or to begin an in-person interaction. It communicates to dispatch and teammates that your current objective is to establish contact with a person, not to call them by phone or to pull up information. The other codes point to different tasks—calling someone by telephone, retrieving vehicle registration information, or marking the assignment as complete—so they don’t fit the situation when your goal is to start direct contact with a person.