abbreviations
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cody_lightning — 11 years ago(June 09, 2014 12:22 PM)
there are a few abbreviations in the film that i can't figure out.
RA said presumably as an ambulance?
POI said to denote an informer or something? the fed uses it: we have lost a POI.
KMA(?) forgotten when that is used or if it is even the abbreviations.
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christiannyblom — 11 years ago(June 15, 2014 02:51 AM)
Actually, I'm Norwegian, so I don't know. I just watch alot of American cop shows/movies, so I've picked up on a few things. And I've heard them refer to an ambulance as an RA unit on several of these.
By the way, if you liked this movie, you should check out a series called Southland. It's very similar in style as this movie except for the "found footage" style. It's very raw/gritty and realistic. -
TakeTwoTheyreSmall — 9 years ago(July 20, 2016 07:14 AM)
No, not in that context. The K is Kicked, not kissed. Meaning, he was done and out of the fight. No longer an effective responder due to his extensive injury. This is significant in his case, because that leaves only is partner (a rookie trainee) to confront the ongoing aggressor. We saw the result.
Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid. -
tugboatphil — 10 years ago(November 27, 2015 10:37 AM)
I'm not and have never been involved with LAPD in any capacity. I'm only relaying what I've gathered from a couple of different websites. I can neither confirm nor deny the accuracy of the explanation below, but it seemed to be verified from one site to another.
"KMA" is used to end a radio conversation in the same manner that "Out" is in the military. To clarify, that is the final transmission. In the military, "Over" is used to indicate you are done speaking for now, but not ending the conversation.
It began when the FCC assigned the call sign KMA367 to all mobile frequencies on the VHF band. When an officer was done transmitting, he would end the call with KMA367. As time went on it was shortened to just KMA.
In 1982 LAPD switched to the UHF band and got the new call sign KJC625. It would be proper radio procedure to end a call with that, or just KJC. Apparently tradition has held on in the department and KMA is still commonly used.