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  2. List of police-related slang terms - Wikipedia

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    The term was used as the title of the 2014 British police drama Babylon. Bacon See Pig. Derogatory; derived from the term "Pig/Pigs"; can refer to a single officer or the police generally. [3] Bagieta Polish slang term for police officer, that is: baguette and it is reference to police baton BAC

  3. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United ...

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    (slang) emergency vehicle with lights and sirens (emergency services in the UK generally use blue flashing lights and formerly used a two-tone siren) (US: lights and sirens or code) bobby police officer, named after Sir Robert Peel, the founder of the Metropolitan Police in 1829. The word "peeler" of similar origin, is used in Northern Ireland.

  4. List of British regional nicknames - Wikipedia

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    Paddies, Huns (sectarian offensive term for pro-British Unionists), Taigs (sectarian offensive term for pro-Irish Nationalists) North Shields Cods Heeds, Fish Nabbers [citation needed] North Wales Gogs [44] Northwich Salter Boys [citation needed] Norwich Nodgies, Canaries, Budgies (the football club colours are green and yellow) Nottingham

  5. Police uniforms and equipment in the United Kingdom

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    Equestrian helmets of British mounted police. They include Sillitoe tartan and a cap badge. Basic headgear for police officers is a peaked cap for men and a round bowler style hat for women. Caps and bowlers feature a hat band incorporating the Sillitoe tartan checkerboard design. This band is not worn in the Police Service of Northern Ireland ...

  6. List of nicknames of British Army regiments - Wikipedia

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    The Minden Boys – 20th Regiment of Foot later Lancashire Fusiliers [56] [27] The Models - 2nd Bn Grenadier Guards; Monkeys - Royal Military Police; The Moonrakers – The Wiltshire Regiment [1] [56] [10] (from an old story about Wiltshiremen trying to rescue the reflection of the moon, thinking it had fallen in the village pond)

  7. Law enforcement in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    British police officers. One of the most common merger proposals is to merge the City of London Police and London operations of the British Transport Police into the Metropolitan Police. The 2005–06 merger proposals had not included Greater London. This was due to two separate reviews of policing in the capital.

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  9. List of slang terms for federal agents - Wikipedia

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    Term used by American federal agents to refer to British government agents. Babylon Jamaican slang for members of establishments (including the police and federal agents) that are perceived as oppressive due their association with white people. [2] Downtown gang FBI: Fed Abbreviation of "federal agent" or "federal police officer". [3] Federales ...