Massachusetts State Police Radio Codes And Alphabet Practice Test

When you don’t have the license number, you need information that can reliably verify who you’re dealing with in records. A person’s name paired with their date of birth is the quickest and most dependable identifier you can share over the radio. This combination can be cross-checked against DMV, court, and agency databases to confirm the subject’s identity, which is the main goal in CODE 11 scenarios. Transmitting a social security number is too sensitive for routine radio use, and an address by itself isn’t a unique identifier. Vehicle data risks tying the identification to the car rather than the person, which isn’t sufficient for confirming who you’re dealing with. If later you obtain the license number, you’d use that to update or confirm the identification, but name and DOB provide the solid, workable identification you need when the license number isn’t available.