are those requiring an immediate broadcast by the radio dispatcher when the incident appears on the "pending incidents" CAD screen.
CAD Incident Codes
We encountered this list of CAD incident codes being used by a large city. The priority codes are number from least urgent (4) to most urgent (1), and the letter "E" for emergency. The incidents with the red star are those requiring an immediate broadcast by the radio dispatcher when the incident appears on the "pending incidents" CAD screen.
The "Code" is what the calltaker or radio dispatcher enters into the CAD field labeled, and the resulting "Priority" determines how quickly the incident must be dispatched to field units. In this particular CAD software, the length of the "Code" field is limited to six characters.
The Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) has posted a list (pdf) of incident type codes, standardized to allow simple data interchange among agencies using CAD.
| Code | Description | Priority |
| ACCNO | Accident - no info | 1 |
| ACCPD | Accident/PD | 4 |
| ACCPI | Accident/personal injury | 1 |
| ALARM | Alarm | 2 |
| ALARMP | Alarm/person |
E |
| ALARMH | Alarm/hold-up |
E |
| ALMSTM | Alarm/storm | 2 |
| ANIMAL | Animal | 4 |
| ANIMIN | Animal/in-progress |
E |
| ARSON | Arson | 2 |
| ASSIST | Assist | 3 |
| ATTSUI | Attempted suicide | 1 |
| BARRIC | Barricaded subject | E |
| BOMB | Bomb | E |
| BURG | Burglary | 4 |
| BURGIN | Burglary in-progress |
E |
| CALL | Call | 1 |
| CALLFH | Call for help | 1 |
| CHASE | Chase | E |
| CHECKP | Check premises | 4 |
| CHILD | Child | 4 |
| CHILIN | Child/in-progress |
E |
| CIVIL | Civil situation | 3 |
| CODE1 | Code 1, received by phone | E |
| CODE4 | Code 4 | E |
| CONFIN | Confinement | 1 |
| CRIM | Criminal mischief | 4 |
| CRIMIN | Crime in-progress |
E |
| DOA | Dead body | 1 |
| DISTUR | Disturbance | 1 |
| DROWN | Drowning |
E |
| ESCORT | Escort | 4 |
| EVTECH | Evidence technician incident | 4 |
| EXPLOS | Explosion |
E |
| FIGHT | Fight | 1 |
| FNDPER | Found missing person | 2 |
| FORGER | Forgery | 4 |
| FORGIN | Forgery in-progress |
E |
| HARASS | Harassment | 4 |
| HOLDUP | Hold-up |
E |
| HOLDIN | Holding | 4 |
| HOSTAG | Hostage | E |
| INVEST | Investigation | 4 |
| JAILBR | Jail break |
E |
| LOUDF | Loud noise, music | 3 |
| MDNTAL | Mental | 2 |
| MISPER | Missing person | 2 |
| MOLEST | Molesting | 2 |
| MURDER | Murder | E |
| NARCOT | Narcotics | 3 |
| NBC | Nuclear, biological or chemical incident | E |
| NOTIFY | Notification | 4 |
| OVRDOS | Overdose | 1 |
| PWP | Patrol when possible, extra surveillance | 4 |
| PERS | Person-related incident | 4 |
| PERSIN | Person in-progress |
E |
| PERSHT | Person shot |
E |
| PERSTB | Person stabbed |
E |
| PROPER | Property-related incident | 4 |
| RAPE | Rape | 3 |
| RAPEIN | Rape in-progress |
E |
| RA | Request assistance | E |
| ROBB | Robbery | 1 |
| ROBBIN | Robbery in-progress |
E |
| RUNWAY | Runaway | 4 |
| SHOTS | Shots fired |
E |
| SUICID | Suicide | 1 |
| SUSPKG | Suspicious package | E |
| SWAT | SWAT incident | E |
| SWIM | Swimmers | E |
| TEST | Test | 4 |
| THEFT | Theft | 4 |
| THEFIN | Theft in-progress |
E |
| TRAF | Traffic | 2 |
| TRANS | Transportation | 4 |
| TRESPA | Trespass | 3 |
| VANDAL | Vandalism | 4 |
| VEH | Vehicle | 4 |
| VEHIN | Vehicle in-progress |
E |
| VICE | Vice | 3 |
| WARRAN | Warrant | 3 |
| WRECK | Wrecker ordered | 4 |
