Slang and Jargon

[neinta]

Yes, another project. I have to ask cops about the slang and jargon they use when refering to things in their job. And they don't have to be PC and happy. I'm looking for real world stuff. Please include a definition if it is something abstract.

Um.. these answers are supposed to come from LEO's both active and retired, and dispatch. If you are not a LEO you can answer but please identify yourself as such. Thanks.

some examples:
DUI: duece, dewey, trashed, sloshed, toasted.
Burn victims: crispy critters.
What do you guys refer to your cruisers as? firefighters? emt/paramedics? FF/emt equipment? repeat customers? Drug users? different levels of Law Enforcement (state, local, county, federal?) Anything else...

I'm not necessarily looking for radio codes but if you have a code that you use when talking casually to another officer, feel free to include it. Example: 5150 = crazy person.

If you have some that are of a questionable nature or you'd just rather not post them on a public board, feel free to email/pm them to me.

[Lfpdlieu302]

the police- the popo
our police units- popo sleds
jail- the pokey
drugs- signal 16
call we dont want to take (said only to ourself) - FIDO (f-it, drive on)
volunteer firefigter (no offense guys) - blue birds (if the bird goes down, we dont go in)
i cant think of anymore now, i'll probably come up with more later though.

[txinvestigator1]

Cop Chasers=fender lizards, cop suckers

Bad Guy=toad, puke, dirt bag, *******, s*** bucket, etc

our radio signal for a destruction call was 42. We referred to girlfriends as 42's.

supervisors=brass, ivory tower

[dwf]

FIDO! LOL (never thought that!)

Drunk Driver...Double Duece or Duece
Cruiser...my baby
Cop Chasers...badge bunnies
Repeat Customer...Frequent Flyer
Crazy Person...220 (washington code number)
Someone who was Pepper Sprayed...Mr/Mrs. Pumpkin Head
Handcuffs...Jewelry/Bracelets
Jail...Graybar Hotel/County Spa
Warrant sheet...Judicial Invitation Roster
New Officer...Walking lawsuit/Probey
FTO...Mr. Happy
used in many applications...POS (piece of ****) will spell it phonetically over the air Paul-Ocean-Sam

those are off the top of my head, I'll come up with more I'm sure

[Lfpdlieu302]

lol, how could i forget the love bracelets?
citations- tickets to the ball
giving a ticket- stroking him

[jmill79]

LMAO you guys have some great names for things! Im still laffin over both FIDO and popo sleds..lol

[scan]

NOT a LEO


Barn=Police station or fire station
Cap off=Fire a weapon
D & D=Drunk & Disorderly
Eyeball=Subject in sight
Eyes=Binoculars
Footbeat=Officer on foot patrol
Friendly=Police informant
Hook up= To place handcuffs on a person
Horn=Radio
Jackrabbit=Run from the police
Main man=Primary suspect
One on the ground=Officer in foot pursuit
Player=Suspected criminal

[vbgecko]

These are some of the terms and phrases the police here use

Cop groupies = Badge chasers

Suicides = "He/she 'zipped' themself"

Having to patrol the trailer park = "I'll be back, gotta go round the outside"

Firefighters = Hose draggers

Junky or suspicious vehicle = warrant box

[resqr1]

10-69 - People having sex.
10-69 Ocean - Oral sex.

[99TAC]

EMT, NOT LEO

Cop Chasers: Holster Sniffers, Whackers, Blow Nuts
Ambulance: Bus, Van, Truck
Our Wheelchair Van: Jitney
Crazy Person: 302
Rookies: J.A.F.O.s (Just a Fvcking Observer)
giving CPR: Bagging them (comes from using a Bag Valve to ventilate)
Traffic stop: "Out with a mover"

Used by one officer when he calls in service on a foot patrol detail at the local Ice Rink on Friday nights: "10-8 Pizza Patrol"

[Scubapro]

resqr1,
you must have alot of sex goin' on down there to have its own code!

[korey]

NOT A COP

Ambulance-Bus

[vadep]

I'm still laughin at FIDO, thats definitely gonna get re-used around here....

Cruiser... gold star taxi
Crazy person... 10-96
The jail... The Hotel Rappahannock (our jail is the Rappahannoock Regional)
Going hands on... Shrek-ing or the 'ol mag lite shampoo
OC Spray... red pepper perfume
Rookies... FNGs
Volunteer fire fighters... jolly vollies
brass or admin.... white shirts

[resqr1]

Scuba,
We used to. Not so much anymore. Oh, the stories I could tell from back in the day. Some good, some downright disgusting.

[Stump]

Jail - County Bed & Breakfast
Property Checks - Hugging a house
Cruiser - Love Machine (as in "Gonna spread some lovin' in the hood in the Love Machine)
Recruits - Babies, half a man
Rookies - Junior
Hookers - prostitooties, the new breakfast cereal

"We just talk" - "I am banging him nightly with no real commitment and I don't know his last name"
"Baby Daddy" - This is my child's father.