Police Phonetic Alphabet

Police Phonetic Alphabet

This is the phonetic alphabet used by the New York Police Department. When spelling out words over the radio, each letter of the word is replace with a code word to reduce ambiguity between similar-sounding letters.

CodeDescription
AdamLetter A
BoyLetter B
CharlesLetter C
DavidLetter D
EdwardLetter E
FrankLetter F
GeorgeLetter G
HenryLetter H
IdaLetter I
JohnLetter J
KingLetter K
LincolnLetter L
MaryLetter M
NoraLetter N
OceanLetter O
PaulLetter P
QueenLetter Q
RobertLetter R
SamLetter S
TomLetter T
UnionLetter U
VictorLetter V
WilliamLetter W
X-rayLetter X
YellowLetter Y
ZebraLetter Z