Alphabet That Police Use. For example, a is assigned the code word “alpha,” b is “bravo,” c is “charlie,” and so on. More informally, this has become known as the police alphabet and has been picked up by police forces throughout.

The phonetic alphabet is used by police officers, cops, military. It appears in several languages. State and local police departments across california have developed what has become known as the “lapd radio alphabet,” named after the los angeles police department’s spelling method of radio communication.