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Anda. An Urdu language word meaning egg, for the pure-white uniform of traffic police in urban Pakistani areas like Karachi. Askar/Askari. A Somali term meaning “soldier” which is often used by Somali immigrants to the United Kingdom to refer to police. It is commonly used by rappers in UK drill. Aynasız.
In England and Wales, 31.2% (40,319) of police officers were female on 31 March 2020. Previously, policewomen made up 28.6% in March 2016, [2] and 23.3% in 2007. [2] Women also make up a majority of the non-sworn police staff. Notable women in British police forces include Cressida Dick, the former commissioner (chief) of the Metropolitan ...
A less derogatory term for a female police officer. Miss Piggy A female police officer (refers to the Muppet character, derived from the pejorative term "pig" for police officers). Mountie mountie A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Papa bear A male police officer or police supervisor such as Sergeant or higher rank. Polar bear
t. e. Women in policing in the United States, colloquially known as women police or female cop, began as early as the 1890s. Women make up 12.6% of all U.S. sworn police officers in 2018. [1] Employed largely as prison matrons in the 19th century, women took on more and increasingly diverse roles in the latter half of the 20th century.
(slang) police car. So called as, in the past, most UK police vehicles were white with a horizontal yellow-edged red fluorescent stripe along the entire length of their sides, giving a certain resemblance to a white bread sandwich with a coloured jam filling. jammy (git, cow) (slang) lucky (person, woman) JCB
Police code. A police 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 ...
The blue wall of silence, [1] also blue code[2] and blue shield, [3] are terms used to denote an informal code of silence among police officers in the United States not to report on a colleague 's errors, misconduct, or crimes, especially as related to police brutality in the United States. [4] If questioned about an incident of alleged ...
Slang terms for informants include: blabbermouth [21] cheese eater [22] canary – derives from the fact that canaries sing, and "singing" is underworld or street slang for providing information or talking to the police. [23] dog – Australian term. May also refer to police forces who specialize in surveillance, or police generally.