Editing Tactical designator

{{Short description|Tactical coding used by US police  to identify important individuals}}
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[[Police]] units in the [[United States]] tend to use a '''tactical designator''' (or '''tactical callsign''') consisting of a letter of the police [[radio alphabet]] followed by one or two numbers. For example, "Mary One" might identify the head of a city's [[homicide]] division. Police and fire department radio systems are assigned official [[callsign]]s, however.  Examples are KQY672 and KYX556. The official headquarters callsigns are usually announced at least hourly, and more frequently by [[Morse code]].

The [[United States Army]] uses tactical designators that change daily. They normally consist of letter-number-letter prefixes identifying a unit, followed by a number-number suffix identifying the role of the person using the callsign.

==See also==
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*[[Brevity code]]
*[[Call sign]]
*[[Glossary of military abbreviations]]
*[[List of aviation, avionics, aerospace and aeronautical abbreviations]]
*[[List of aviation mnemonics]]
*[[List of government and military acronyms]]
*[[ITU prefix]]
*[[NATO phonetic alphabet]]
*[[Pan-pan]]
*[[Procedure word]]
*[[Pseudonym]]

==References==
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[[Category:Military communications]]
[[Category:Law enforcement in the United States]]