Signal 81 Police Code Meaning & Definition

What Does Signal 81 Mean?

Signal 81 is a police radio code most commonly used to mean Street Hazard.

Police departments and dispatch centers may use Signal 81 differently, but Street Hazard is the most common meaning found in our database of agencies across the United States.

Most Common Meaning: Street Hazard

Used this way by: 100% of agencies on this page
Used in: 1 agencies across 1 states
Category: Non-Crime
Consensus: HighMost agencies use this code with the same or very similar meaning.

Code Distribution Breakdown

Street Hazard: 100% (1 agency)

Signal 81 Police Code Meanings by Agency

1 agencies across 1 states
Signal 81: Street Hazard
CategoryNon-Crime
State Georgia
Agency Atlanta Police Department
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Why Does Signal 81 Have Different Meanings?

Police radio codes are not standardized nationwide. Different agencies may assign different meanings to Signal 81 , which is why multiple definitions can exist for the same code.

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