Welcome to the boards, btw. It’s always nice when your first post gets a laugh.
Victim
~ dead or alive.
And some times (many times) Witness
Here in my area, folks are always identified as “subjects” on the scanner. I still rankle at the term even after years of listening to it. I don’t want to subject to anyone.
toque- 415 is the section of the Penal Code describing disturbing the peace. Cops usually use it for a fight. At LA County jail often hear on the PA- " all deputies- module 6000- 415-deputy involved." It means a deputy is being attacked & needs help.
Mopes
Humps
“Fine upstanding member(s) of society”, said of the folks who make Cops the great show that it isn’t.
Once while biking, I was approaching a heavy traffic intersection at high speed. The cop at the intersection apparently thought I was about to head right into traffic (I wasn’t). He yelled “Slow down Organ Donor!” I thought it was kind of funny. Probably a common phrase for a certain kind of civilian.
“Boy.”
Reminds me of the Indians from Cannibal! The Musical…
In the UK non-police are to be identified by certain codes (e.g. IC1 female means a woman of a certain race: by not saying the race (e.g. black, white, asian) this promotes a less racist attitude).
Yay “The Bill”!
Also, here is some police slang from Australia:
Beak: Judge or Magistrate.
Chicken hawk: Pedophile whose penchant is for boys.
Clean: Constable fresh out of training.
D: Detective.
Dog: 1. Underworld informant working for police. 2. To make allegations against one’s fellow officers. 3. To keep someone under surveillance.
Dog house: To be in the bad books with one’s superiors.
Floater: Body in the water whose advanced state of decomposition makes it float.
Fit up: To create incriminating circumstances.
Freddy: Police identification badge.
Hunt: To find young girls to blackmail into sexual favours.
Knock: To murder someone.
Load up: To plant incriminating evidence.
Laugh: Cash payment for corrupt activities.
Redball: A high-priority case which generally places investigating officers under extreme pressure.
Rock spider: Pedophile whose penchant is for very young children.
Roll over: To give evidence against one’s fellow officers.
Scrum down: Meeting of detectives to compare notes and align stories.
Soc: Scene of the crime.
Stook: Hiding place for contraband like drugs or firearms.
Stooge: Underworld informant working for police.
Suit: Lawyer.