10-100

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10-100
Stands forRestroom break
CategoriesGovernment & Politics

10-100 stands for Restroom break, a police code abbreviation.

Informal radio slang for a bathroom break, used in some police agencies, trucking and CB radio. It is not part of the standard APCO list, which ended at 10-99.

Example: Unit 4 is going 10-100 at the gas station, back in five.

Usage notes

Ten-code lists have been extended locally in different ways, so 10-100 has other meanings in some agencies. Trucker slang made the bathroom-break meaning familiar. It is a lighthearted example of how radio codes enter popular culture.

More police code abbreviations

  • 10-1 – Receiving poorly
  • 10-10 – Fight in progress
  • 10-13 – Weather and road report
  • 10-16 – Domestic problem
  • 10-17 – Meet complainant
  • 10-18 – Quickly
  • 10-19 – Return to station
  • 10-2 – Receiving well
  • 10-20 – Location
  • 10-21 – Call by telephone
  • 10-22 – Disregard
  • 10-23 – Arrived at scene

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