10 Codes
11 Codes
Acronyms
Geography
Types of Crimes
100

Pedestrian Stop

What is 10-95?

100
Traffic Stop
What is 11-95?
100
Attempt to Contact
What is ATC?
100

This beat contains the Mayfield Soccer fields and the Cal Ave business district.

What is Beat 1?

100

The maximum penalty for this crime is a $250 fine. An offender cannot be put in jail or put on probation for this type of offense.

What is an infraction?

200

Cancel (or Disregard)?

What is 10-22?

200
Traffic hazard
What is an 11-25?
200
Stanford Hospital
What is SUH?
200

This district contains the city MSC, the Jewish Community Center, and the Mitchell Park Library. 

What is Beat 3?

200

Conviction of this type of crime may lead to up to a year's service in a County Jail plus up to a maximum of $1,000 fine.

What is a misdemeanor?

300

An open window?

What is 10-35?

300
Accident, Unknown Injuries
What is 11-83?
300
Behind (a business, a home, etc.)
What is TRO?
300

This is the street that divides beats 1 and 4 from beats 2 and 3. 

What is Alma St?

300

A person drinking alcohol in a Palo Alto park would be this type of crime.

What is a municipal code violation?

400

Possible dead body

What is a 10-54?

400
Abandoned bike
What is an 11-26?
400
The type of computer an officer or firefighter has in their vehicle.
What is an Mobile Data Computer (MDC)?
400

These are the names of 3 stores at the Charleston Center Shopping Plaza. 

What are Piazza's Grocery Store, Peet's Coffee and Tea, Rojoz Wraps, Subway, the Green Elephant Thai Restaurant, Charleston Cleaner's, Rick's Ice Cream, and more?

400

This is where a convicted criminal will serve time for a felony conviction in California.

What is a state prison? (CDC system)

500

Take a Report

What is 10-50?

500

Vehicle Accident with Injuries, Ambulance Dispatched

What is 11-79?

500

This is how burglars entered a home or a vehicle.

What is POE? (Point of Entry)

500

These are 3 pairs of streets in Palo Alto or Stanford that change names as they run through Palo Alto or into a neighboring city.

What are Oregon and Page Mill, Embarcadero and Galvez, Junipero Serra and Foothill Expressway, University Ave and Palm Drive, W Charleston and Arastradero Rd, Alma St and Central Expressway?

500

These are 3 felony crimes. 

What are PC 187, PC 207, PC 211, PC 215, PC 245, PC 246 PC 261, PC 288, PC451, and PC 459?