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US, Black slang for police officers widely used on the East and West Coasts in the early 1970s. Roussin French. [59] In the 18th century undercover detectives in high society were dressed in a reddish (roussâtre) long jacket. Rozzers UK, slang for police officers, first recorded in the late 1800s. [60]
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.
The policy under which police officers in England and Wales use firearms has resulted in controversy. Notorious examples include the Stephen Waldorf shooting in 1983, the deliberate fatal shootings of James Ashley in 1998, Harry Stanley in 1999, and Jean Charles de Menezes in 2005, and the accidental non-fatal shooting of Abdul Kahar in 2006.
The government announced funding of £8 million to purchase 10,000 Tasers for the police forces in England and Wales. [26] The Metropolitan Police commissioner announced in December 2011, that police were to be routinely armed with these weapons following the deaths of police officers earlier that month.
1. Policeman. [52] 2. a Tory. [52] bobby Policeman. After Robert Peel (Home Secretary in 1828). [53] bod A male person. Short for body. [54] bodge (also botch) To make a mess of or to fix poorly. [54] bog Toilet [55] bog off Go away (originally RAF slang) [56] bog roll Toilet paper. [56] Bogtrotter Derogatory term for an Irishman, particularly ...
Some early-19th-century references to "railway police" or "policemen" do not concern constables but instead describe the men responsible for the signalling and control of the movement of trains (it is still common colloquial practice within railway staff for their modern equivalents in signal boxes and signalling centres to be called "Bobbies ...
In relation to police officers of the Home Office or territorial police forces of England and Wales, section 30 of the Police Act 1996 states that "a member of a police force shall have all the powers and privileges of a Constable throughout England and Wales and the adjacent United Kingdom waters". Police officers do not need to be on duty to ...
The first signalmen, originally called Railway Policemen (leading to the nickname of 'Bobby'), were employed in the early 19th century and used flags to communicate with each other and train drivers. The railways were already in existence by then and The British Transport police say that,"early railway policemen were probably sworn in as ...