| 1 | ''We're looking for an [=IC1=] female...'' |
| 2 | |
| 3 | IC (Identity Codes) Numbers are codes used by the British police to describe a person's apparent ethnicity. |
| 4 | |
| 5 | The codes are: |
| 6 | * [=IC1=] – White European |
| 7 | * [=IC2=] – Dark European (Mediterranean / Hispanic) |
| 8 | * [=IC3=] – Afro-Caribbean |
| 9 | * [=IC4=] – Asian (South Asian) |
| 10 | * [=IC5=] – East/Southeast Asian |
| 11 | * [=IC6=] – Arab/North African |
| 12 | * [=IC7=] or 0 – Unknown (sometimes snarkily referred to as 'Tantastic', for those who've over done the orange fake tan) |
| 13 | |
| 14 | Used in many a PoliceProcedural, especially ''Series/TheBill''. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Although it's not used universally; the London Metropolitan Police came up with the idea and were the only ones to really make official use of it until a national system was brought in in 2000. Appearances in fiction outside of the M25 are usually a result of poor research. |
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