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.
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| Adam | Letter A |
| Boy | Letter B |
| Charles | Letter C |
| David | Letter D |
| Edward | Letter E |
| Frank | Letter F |
| George | Letter G |
| Henry | Letter H |
| Ida | Letter I |
| John | Letter J |
| King | Letter K |
| Lincoln | Letter L |
| Mary | Letter M |
| Nora | Letter N |
| Ocean | Letter O |
| Paul | Letter P |
| Queen | Letter Q |
| Robert | Letter R |
| Sam | Letter S |
| Tom | Letter T |
| Union | Letter U |
| Victor | Letter V |
| William | Letter W |
| X-ray | Letter X |
| Yellow | Letter Y |
| Zebra | Letter Z |