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[-] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Standard for police is to use the NATO phonetic alphabet simply because it's what everybody uses and it avoids confusion rather than it necessarily been the best system.

For example prior to the NATO phonetic alphabet the UK military used to have their own, so perhaps that's where they got it from?

I think it was

Apple.
Bob
Candle.
Can't remember what D was.
Elizabeth

this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2025
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