It is the 'over the air' communication used for properly understanding a broadcast of letters in the form of easily understood words.
LAPD radio alphabet, is the term for an old competing spelling alphabet to the ICAO radiotelephony alphabet, defined by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International from 1941 to 1974, that is used by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and other local and state law enforcement agencies across the state of California and elsewhere in the United States.
Old word list for law enforcement agencies