10-13

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10-13 stands for Weather and road report, a police code abbreviation.

APCO ten-code requesting or reporting weather and road conditions. In the New York Police Department and some other agencies, 10-13 instead means an officer needs assistance, among the most urgent calls on the radio.

Example: Central, 10-13! Officer needs assistance at 125th and Lenox.

Usage notes

The NYPD meaning is widely known from television and news coverage, and a "10-13" brings units from across a precinct. This difference illustrates how a code can mean something routine in one agency and an emergency in another. The NYPD uses its own set of signal codes.

Related abbreviations

More police code abbreviations

• 10-1 – Receiving poorly
• 10-10 – Fight in progress
• 10-100 – Restroom break
• 10-16 – Domestic problem
• 10-17 – Meet complainant
• 10-18 – Quickly
• 10-19 – Return to station
• 10-2 – Receiving well
• 10-20 – Location
• 10-21 – Call by telephone
• 10-22 – Disregard
• 10-23 – Arrived at scene

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