Signal 53 Police Code Meaning & Definition

What Does Signal 53 Mean?

Signal 53 is a police radio code most commonly used to mean Suicide.

Police departments and dispatch centers may use Signal 53 differently, but Suicide is the most common meaning found in our database of agencies across the United States.

Most Common Meaning: Suicide

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

Code Distribution Breakdown

Suicide: 100% (1 agency)

Signal 53 Police Code Meanings by Agency

1 agencies across 1 states
Signal 53: Suicide
CategoryEmergency
State Georgia
Agency Atlanta Police Department
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Why Does Signal 53 Have Different Meanings?

Police radio codes are not standardized nationwide. Different agencies may assign different meanings to Signal 53 , which is why multiple definitions can exist for the same code.

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