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    Like other fairywrens, the splendid fairywren is notable for several peculiar behavioural characteristics; birds are socially monogamous and sexually promiscuous, meaning that although they form pairs between one male and one female, each partner will mate with other individuals and even assist in raising the young from such pairings.

  3. Swatting - Wikipedia

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    Security reporter Brian Krebs recommends that police departments take extra care when responding to calls received at their non-emergency numbers, or through text-to-speech services (TTY), since these methods are often employed by out-of-area swatters who cannot connect to regional 911 centers.

  4. Hospital emergency codes - Wikipedia

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    Hospital emergency codes are coded messages often announced over a public address system of a hospital to alert staff to various classes of on-site emergencies. The use of codes is intended to convey essential information quickly and with minimal misunderstanding to staff while preventing stress and panic among visitors to the hospital.

  5. List of emergency telephone numbers - Wikipedia

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    Non-emergency police Reykjavík area – 444 10 00; 911 redirects to 112 on mobile phones; +354 570 2112 from abroad. Ireland: 112 or 999: SMS messages can be sent to 112 after registration by sending a text message with the word 'Register' to 112. 911 redirects to 112. Isle of Man: 112 or 999 Italy: 112 [63]

  6. List of police-related slang terms - Wikipedia

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    Although the term 12 is a police radio call code, urban slang has changed it into a warning phrase. Possible etymologies include 1312, the numeric representation of the acronym " ACAB " which stands for "all cops are bastards", as well as an account of the phrase deriving from the 1970s television show Adam-12 .

  7. Police of Russia - Wikipedia

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    On February 7, 2011, amendments were made to the laws of the police force, the criminal code, and the criminal procedure code. The amendments came into force on March 1, 2011. These changes stipulate a law enforcement personnel cut of 20%, renaming Russian law enforcers from "militsiya" (militia) to "politsiya" (police), substantial increases ...

  8. Reverse 911 - Wikipedia

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    In October 2014, some Dallas, Texas, residents were notified of the city's second Ebola infection case by a Reverse 911 call. [10] In 2023, residents of East Nantmeal Township and South Coventry Township, Pennsylvania, received late-night reverse 911 calls to lock their doors and stay inside during the search for escaped murderer Danilo ...

  9. APCO radiotelephony spelling alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The APCO phonetic alphabet, a.k.a. LAPD radio alphabet, is the term for an old competing spelling alphabet to the ICAO radiotelephony alphabet, defined by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International [1] from 1941 to 1974, that is used by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and other local and state law enforcement agencies across the state of California and ...