Police Glossary

12 definitions relating to the police and to the police technology

 

1) exhibit :

a document or other object produced in a court as evidence

2) hostage:

a person seized or held as security for the fulfillment of a condition.

3) inmate:

a person confined to an institution such as a prison or hospital.

4) moving violation:

Any violation of the law committed by the driver of a vehicle while it is in motion.

5) radar:

a system for detecting the presence, direction, distance, and speed of aircraft, ships, and other objects, by sending out pulses of high-frequency electromagnetic waves that are reflected off the object back to the source

6) bulletproof vest:

equipment primarily intended to protect the thorax, abdomen and back against the firing of firearms by absorbing impact

7) criminal code:

a criminal code is a document which compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law. Typically a criminal code will contain offences which are recognised in the jurisdiction, penalties which might be imposed for these offences and some general provisions.

8) alibi:

A form of defense used in criminal procedure wherein the accused attempts to prove that he or she was in some other place at the time the alleged offense was committed.

9) coroner:

Investigating judge charged in suspicious deaths.

10) baton:

A club of less than arm's length made of wood, rubber, plastic or metal carried for forced compliance and self-defense by law-enforcement officers, correctional staff, security-industry employees and (less often) military personnel.

11)Delinquent:
           A person under the age of 18 who has been adjudicated for an act that would be a crime                      if committed by an adult, and who requires guidance treatment, and rehabilitation.
12)Intimidation: 
           To threaten another in order to influence his behavior. The threat may include physical harm,              restraint, confinement, or accusations of crime (even if true).