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  2. List of police-related slang terms - Wikipedia

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    Czech slang term for police officers. Derived from Romani language word "beng" meaning devil or satan. Bill Also Old Bill. The Bill was the title of a television police series in the UK, based in a fictional London borough. Bird US, slang for a police helicopter. See also "Ghetto Bird".

  3. Ten-code - Wikipedia

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    The police version of ten-codes is officially known as the APCO Project 14 Aural Brevity Code. [ 1 ] The codes, developed during 1937–1940 and expanded in 1974 by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International (APCO), allow brevity and standardization of message traffic.

  4. Police radio code - Wikipedia

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    A police radio code is a brevity code, usually numerical or alphanumerical, used to transmit information between law enforcement over police radio systems in the United States. Examples of police codes include " 10 codes " (such as 10-4 for "okay" or "acknowledged"—sometimes written X4 or X-4), signals, incident codes, response codes , or ...

  5. List of slang terms for federal agents - Wikipedia

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    A term used in some post-soviet countries to refer to a member of the secret police. Mukhabarat, Al-Amn: Arabic terms for "intelligence" and "security", the former is mainly used for foreign intelligence whereas the latter is used for domestic intelligence. Moscas Border Patrol Police. [11] Narc, Nark, Narq An informant or an undercover DEA ...

  6. Fingerprint - Wikipedia

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    A fingerprint classification system groups fingerprints according to their characteristics and therefore helps in the matching of a fingerprint against a large database of fingerprints. A query fingerprint that needs to be matched can therefore be compared with a subset of fingerprints in an existing database . [ 4 ]

  7. Category:Law enforcement terminology - Wikipedia

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  8. List of CB slang - Wikipedia

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    Refers to the siren lights on top of a police cruiser, resembling the bright lights on a casino slot machine. Honey bear A more endearing term for a female police officer. Kojak with a Kodak: A police officer running Radar. Local yokel A local city police officer. Mama bear A less derogatory term for a female police officer. Miss Piggy

  9. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Country codes; e.g., "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH; ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and Romeo R; Conventional abbreviations for US cities and states: for example, "New York" can indicate NY and "California" CA or CAL. The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: