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Argentinean slang term for police officers derived from "rata" (rat). Also derived from vesre pronunciation of tira ("strap"), since older police uniforms featured a leather strap across the officer's chest. [58] See Tira. Also used in Chile as slang for a member of the PDI. Reggin Slang used for non-white police officers in Latvia. Rent-a-Cop
The Metropolitan Police Act 1829 (10 Geo. 4.c. 44) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, introduced by Sir Robert Peel, which established the Metropolitan Police.
A drama concerning the life of three homosexual men in Manchester England. 2. A way of saying "people are strange" usually preceded by the words "nowt as". Primarily used in the North of England. queer as a clockwork orange 1. Very odd indeed. [269] 2. Ostentatiously homosexual. [269] Queer Street A difficult or odd situation (up Queer Street ...
The Police Act 1964 created 49 larger forces in England and Wales, some covering two or more counties or large urban areas. Legal jurisdiction of territorial police officers in England and Wales is expanded to cover England, Wales, and their territorial waters. Jurisdiction was more geographically limited prior to this point. 1966
Personal radio systems were first issued to police officers and installed in police cars in the 1960s (resulting in the demise of the "police box" telephones made famous by Doctor Who). In 2004, British police forces began change radios from analogue, to digital TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) system for communications, called Airwave.
1999 was a full year for the service, including the murder of Jill Dando, the 1999 London nail bombings, [74] the fatal shooting of Harry Stanley 100 yards from his home by Metropolitan police officers in contentious circumstances, the dropping of the prefix "Woman" from female officers' ranks and the Macpherson Report, which stated that ...
The one for daytime was called a day-stick and was 280 mm (11 in) in length. Another baton, that was used at night, was 660 mm (26 in) long and called a night-stick, which is the origin of the word nightstick. The night-stick was longer so it could provide extra protection which was thought to be necessary at night. [4]
The custodian helmet is a type of helmet worn predominantly by male police officers in the United Kingdom and within certain other places around the world. [1] First used by the Metropolitan Police in London in 1863, the BBC labelled the custodian helmet a "symbol of British law enforcement". [ 2 ]