Known in common parlance as a “grass” or “snitch” who may eventually come to a violent end. Alternatively known in court as “an informant”. They spent several minutes interviewing staff at TK Maxx before being told over the radio they were in the wrong place.ĬHIS – Covert Human Intelligence Source. One officer admitted that in their early days on the job they were told to attend an incident at a “TK at Royal Parade”. These are officers who work closely with victims of serious crimes, such as the family of murder victims, or tragic deaths such as fatal road collisions. They were then renamed the TSG – Territorial Support Group.įLO – Family Liaison Officer. They were heavily criticised following their policing of an Anti-Nazi League demonstration where a demonstrator was struck with a baton and died. The Metropolitan Police had a similar team called the SPG – Special Patrol Group. In Devon and Cornwall they are now called the FSG – Force Support Group. PSU - Police Support Unit is a team of officers trained in public order and are used in major incidents, support other officers and bashing in doors with the Big Red Key (see later). TWOC – Taking Without Owner's Consent (“Ere, bey, have you been done for twokking cars again?”) Misper – a Missing Person (“Sarge, is Lord Lucan still a misper?”)
Because ‘accident’ implies there's nobody to blame. RTC – Road Traffic Collision, which used to be RTA (Road Traffic Accident) until, as any Hot Fuzz film fan knows, vocab guidelines state police no longer refer to such incidents as ‘accidents’, they’re now collisions.
LOS – Lost or Stolen (“The car’s LOS, Sarge…”)ĬRO – Criminal Records Office or Criminal Record (“Sarge, he’s got a CRO) Pizza delivery boy faces 18 years in jail for 'spitting on customer's food while taking selfie' The official terms
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