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Term used to imply the presence of law enforcement officers in a particular area. Most commonly used by the Dominican and Puerto Rican communities of Philadelphia. Maatia kukura Literally meaning kakhi dog, is a derogatory term for police in Odisha. Maama Hindi, मामा. Literally meaning maternal uncle, commonly used in Hindi to describe ...
A federal agent (also known as a special agent, federal police officer, or federal operative) is an employee of an agency or branch of the federal government, typically one responsible for investigating organized crime and terrorism, handling matters of domestic or national security, and who practices espionage, such as the FBI, CIA, NSA, or MI5.
Pages in category "Law enforcement terminology" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Huffington Post set out to track everyone who died in jails and police lockups across the U.S. since Sandra Bland was found hanged in her cell last July. The Department of Justice tracks these deaths but does not share them due to exemptions in federal public records laws.
Sandra Annette Bland (February 7, 1987 – July 13, 2015) was from Naperville, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and was one of five sisters.She attended Willowbrook High School in Villa Park, Illinois and graduated in 2005, then Prairie View A&M University outside Hempstead in Waller County, Texas, where she was a member of the Sigma Gamma Rho sorority.
In the United States criminal law, a frame-up (frameup) or setup is the act of falsely implicating (framing) someone in a crime by providing fabricated evidence or testimony. [1] In British usage, to frame , or stitch up , is to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone or set them up, in the sense trap or ensnare.
to render muddy by stirring up the dregs of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc., in casks or bottles; to roil a spring; also, to disquiet or disturb (also rile in the sense of "to anger", riled up for "angry") [788] [628] [789] roustabout an unskilled laborer, especially at an oil field, at a circus, or on a ship. Used in the oil industry in the UK.
The A-Team is widely considered to have the highest operational tempo of any US tactical team, sometimes performing as many as 800–1,000 missions per year. The team can be called upon to support any unit within the NYPD, federal law enforcement agencies or outside police departments upon official request for tactical entries.