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As described in my first post, this should be required reading for every Police officer in the UK
235 pages of honesty, send one to your MP
A UK Police Officers blog, hopefully helping to explain why we do what we do and why the Police do things a certain way. There's probably going to be a bit of moaning and ranting but hopefully not too much!!
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All the thoughts and opinions in this blog are mine and do not seek to represent the official position of any Police Force/Constabulary or Service in the UK. Most of the opinions are going to be in contrast to official policy anyway but that is because I say things as I see them and believe that there must be better ways of us being able to do our job more effectively to the benefit of normal law abiding folk and to the severe detriment of criminals. If you’re reading this then you haven’t paid for a service so if you don’t like what you see then feel free to go somewhere else. I write about things I want to write about and the posts are long because I like them that way. The comments are from other readers who wish to comment on what I have written or offer their own opinion and as such I accept no personal responsibility for what they put.
Everything on this blog is Copyright, if you wish to use any of it then please ask me first, thanks!
Everything on this blog is Copyright, if you wish to use any of it then please ask me first, thanks!
About Me
- Metcountymounty
- Love catching criminals, public order, offroad biking and surfing. Hate sitting in an office whilst the airwave is going nuts, being spat at, seeing crims get pathetic sentences. Also getting bored of being told my family should die of cancer. Not the biggest fan of clowns or of people who subscribe to the belief that rank equals knowledge. Which it doesn't.
Police Blogs
- Area Trace No Search
- Belfast Peeler - gone
- Fighting the good fight - gone
- Inspector Gadget
- NightJack - gone
- No Offences Disclosed - gone
- PC Bloggs
- Pc BobbyDazzler - gone
- PC Michael Pinkstone - left the country
- PC SouthWest - gone
- Policeman's Blog
- Sierra Charlie
- Stressed Out Cop
- The Plastic Fuzz
- The Thin blue Line
- This End Bites
- TUPC - gone
- Twining
- WhichEndBites
Non Police Blogs
Buy this book - On Combat
As described in my first post, this should be required reading for every Police officer in the UK
Then buy - Perverting the Course of Justice
235 pages of honesty, send one to your MP
Glossary of terms and jobspeak
- ABH - Actual bodily harm, level of injury beyond reddening of skin ie heavy bruising/minor bleeding
- ACPO - Association of Chief Police Officers
- ADVOKATE - Acronym for statement taking, Amount of time the suspect was seen, Distance, Visibility, Obstructions, Known or seen before, Any reason for remembering, Time elapsed, Errors in description/recall
- Airwave - Tetra Airwave radio system used by emergency services
- Ambo - slang for Ambulance crew/vehicle
- Amphet/Amphetamine - Class A prohibited drug
- ANPR - Automatic Number Plate Recognition system
- Area Car - more powerful response and pursuit vehicle, primary response unit
- ARV - Armed Response Vehicle (can be CO19 or DPG)
- ASNT - Area searched, no trace (radio result)
- ASP - expandable baton
- ASU - Air Support Unit
- ATS - Automated traffic signal, traffic lights
- beltkit - duty utility belt for carrying equipment
- BINGO - Bollocks I'm Not Getting Out. specific seat on a carrier
- Blue light run - a fast response call
- Blues and twos - blue lights and sirens on emergency vehicles
- brown - slang for Heroin
- C3PO - nickname for Police community support officers
- CAD - Computer Aided Dispatch system
- carrier - slang for Police Support Unit transport carrier
- CCTV - closed circuit television cameras
- Ch.Insp - Police Chief Inspector
- Ch.Supt - Police Chief Superintendent
- CID - Criminal Investigations Department, detectives
- CO19 or '19' - Central Operations specialist firearms command, pan London
- CPS - Crown Prosecution Service
- Crack Cocaine - Class A prohibited drug
- CS spray/gas - chemical irritant weapon part of officer safety equipment
- DPG - Diplomatic Protection Group
- DPS - Department of Professional Standards (Met Police)
- EG - Evidence gatherer, specialist public order post
- Fatac - Fatal traffic accident
- FIT - Forward Intelligence Team, specialist public order post
- Furry Exocet - slang for Police dog
- GATSO - speed camera manufacturer, slang for speed camera
- GBH - Grevious bodily harm, level of injury beyond ABH, serious or permanent injury resulting in medical treatment/permanent scarring
- GHB - gammahydroxybutyrate, controlled drug
- Glock - Glock 21 pistol, standard Police issue firearm
- Gunships - slang for armed response vehicles
- Guv/Guvnor - a Police Inspector, usually reserved for someone you like/respect
- Halon - type of fire extinguisher
- Insp - Police Inspector
- IPCC - Independant Police Complaints Commision
- IRV - Immediate Response Vehicle (usually same vehicle as a panda but driven by an authorised response driver)
- Kit Monster - an officer who wants every gadget under the sun, and has most of them.
- Landshark - slang for Police dog
- LAS - London Ambulance Service
- Level I or 'L1' - Specialist public order training reserved for specific units, see TSG
- Level II or 'L2' - Borough level public order training
- Level III or 'L3' - basic level public order training, all Police officers are L3 unless more highly trained
- LFB - London Fire Brigade
- MAST - Mutual Aid and Support Team, outside Met, L2 public order trained officers
- MDMA - ecstasy, controlled drug
- Medic - Specialist public order post, can be L2 or L1
- MP5 - Heckler and Koch machine pistol type 5, standard Police issue firearm
- MPA - Metropolitan Police Association
- NBPA - National Black Police Association
- NCRS - National Crime Recording Standards
- Nearside - kerbside of the road, undertaking
- NFA - No Further Action
- NSY - New Scotland Yard
- Offside - other side of the road into or through opposing traffic
- Op Safeguard - Government plan to house prisoners in Police cells due to prison overcrowding
- Ovies - slang for overtime
- PACE - Police and Criminal Evidence Act
- Panda - Police non response patrol car
- PC - Police Constable
- PCSO - Police Community Support Officer
- PDR - Performance and Development Review
- Pedx (ped ex) - Pedestrian crossing
- Peels Principles - Nine rules of Policing as set out by Sir Robert Peel
- PND - Penalty Notice for Disorder
- Polac/Polcoll - Police vehicle accident/collision
- Polfed - Police Federation
- POLSA - Police Search Adviser
- Positional Asphyxia - medical condition resulting from pressure on chest during restraint
- Probie - Probationer Police constable
- PS - Police Sergeant
- PSD/C&D - Professional Standards Department/Complaints & Discipline (outside Met)
- PSU - Police Support Unit, public order team
- PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Quickcuff/cuffs - Rigid handcuffs
- refs - Refreshment breaks
- RMP - Royal Military Police
- rock - slang for crack cocaine
- RTA - Road Traffic Act, also Road Traffic Accident
- RTC - Road Traffic Collision
- S.1 - Section 1 of PACE giving authority to search people/vehicles for stop search/crime investigation
- S.44/S.43 - Section 44 and 43 of the Prevention of Terrorism Act giving authority to search people/vehicles
- S.5 - Section 5 of the Public order act, threatening, abusive or insulting words or behavior
- S.60 - Section 60 of PACE, authorising stop search for any person in a given area over a specific period
- SB - Special Branch
- SFO - Specialist firearms officer
- Shot - slang for firearms trained
- Shufflers - slang for crack addicts out looking to score
- Skipper - slang for a Police Sergeant
- SMT - Senior Management Team
- SNT - Safer Neighbourhood Team
- SOCO - Scenes Of Crime Officer
- SOP's - Standard Operating Procedure
- Speed - Class A prohibited drug
- SPG - Special Patrol Group, forerunners to the TSG riot teams
- Supt - Police Superintendent
- Swampies - slang for protestors
- Teeth - slang for Police dog
- The Job or just 'Job' - The Police as referred to by Police officers
- The Met/MPS - The Metropolitan Police Service
- TIC - Taking Into Consideration, confessing to existing crimes to get leniency at court
- Traffic Car - traffic response and pursuit unit, usually highest trained drivers
- Trumpton - slang for Fire Brigade
- TSG - Territorial Support Group, L1 public order teams
- Unmarked - referring to a covert Police vehicle
- Zombies - slang for drug addicts unable to function normally
2 comments:
I keep getting the dreaded blue screen of death.
Thank God for the iPhone.
sorted, had to reinstall windows which seems to have worked although McAfee says it was clear of viruses whish is odd!
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