| There are many police officer terms that a law | | | | 5. Compstat: A method of tracking criminal activity |
| enforcement officer will need to use on a daily basis | | | | and subsequent enforcement. |
| to do their job and communicate with their fellow | | | | 6. Condition: A problem or concern in need of police |
| officers and law enforcement professionals. Some | | | | attention. |
| may also refer to police officer terms as jargon, | | | | 7. DA: District Attorney |
| because only those in the law enforcement field can | | | | 8. DV: Domestic Violence |
| understand someone speaking with a great deal of | | | | 9. DOB: Date Of Birth |
| these terms. There is a very large body of | | | | 10. DOA: Dead on Arrival |
| acronyms, abbreviations, codes and slang used by | | | | 11. EC: Emergency Contact |
| law enforcement personnel to provide quick and | | | | 12. FD: Fire Department |
| concise descriptions of people, places, property and | | | | 13. NAT: Necessary Action Taken |
| situations. Law enforcement officers must learn a | | | | 14. Puke: A pejorative for an inmate of the county |
| huge list of general police officer terms in order to | | | | jail or state prison. |
| pass examinations, so they will be ready for both | | | | 15. PA: Prosecuting Attorney |
| spoken and written communication in the field. | | | | 16. PC: Probable Cause (Reasonable Suspicion for |
| There are many police officer terms, and it would be | | | | arrest or stop) |
| ludicrous to attempt to list them all in one simple | | | | 17. PD: Police Department |
| article. There are slang terms, numerical and | | | | 18. RO: Registered Owner |
| alphanumerical codes, subject descriptions, code | | | | 19. RP: Reporting Person or Party |
| violations, initials and descriptive terms. The following | | | | 20. SO: Sheriff's Office |
| are perhaps the top 25 terms every police officer | | | | 21. SA: State's Attorney |
| should know to do their job on a daily basis: | | | | 22. SNEU: Street Narcotics Enforcement Unit |
| | | | 23. Skell: An unsavory character, often used by New |
| 1. APB: All Points Bulletin | | | | York City Police Officers. |
| 2. APC: All Points County | | | | 24. Skell Gel: An antibacterial lotion used by officers |
| 3. CJ: County Jail | | | | after contact with "skells." |
| 4. Civies: A term used to describe non-uniform | | | | 25. Wood Shampoo: Using less than lethal force to |
| clothes used in undercover operations. | | | | gain voluntary compliance. |