oh four

The derogatory term coined and used by Livonia Police for African Americans. The numerical 0-4 is an archaic code law enforcement once used in police reports for the black race.

The former code NIL (N-word In Livonia) used by Livonia Police was retired once a citizen cracked the code by listening to their radio communications from a police scanner. Due to the scandal, they implemented 'oh four' and switched their police radio to a private frequency that cannot be scanned by the public.

"We have to do a raid in Detroit because fucking oh fours robbed a bank in Livonia".

"Livonia is 90+% white yet more than half of tickets and arrests are oh fours".

nil

acronym- 'N-word In Livonia'

Livonia Police once used NIL so much over their radios that a citizen picked up on it while listening in on a police scanner. Livonia Police tried to say it meant 'Not In Lein' but their use didn't match up. They stopped saying NIL over the radio and made their police frequency private (even though it complicates communications with surrounding police agencies) and started using 'oh four' instead, which is an old police report numerical code for African Americans. Oh four plug Isa black male and oh four socket is a black female.

"Radio, we've got a NIL on the ditch (I-96) heading east to Detroit".