Police Terminology

Question 1

WAGON/WAGON

Answer 1

police paddy wagon

Question 2

XHUSB

Answer 2

ex-husband

Question 3

TRAFFIC BOX KEY

Answer 3

key used to open signal control box

Question 4

DISPATCH AN ANIMAL

Answer 4

to shoot an animal

Question 5

TILL TAP

Answer 5

grab money from register

Question 6

THREE WHEELER

Answer 6

police three-wheeled motorcycle

Question 7

THIRTY-SIX

Answer 7

field interrogation (form 36)

Question 8

TECH

Answer 8

radio / computer technician

Question 9

STRIPPED

Answer 9

stripped vehicle

Question 10

S.O. / M.C.S.O.

Answer 10

Mauricio’s County Sheriff’s Office

Question 11

SMASH & GRAB

Answer 11

broken window, items grabbed, ran away

Question 12

SLIM JIM

Answer 12

device used to open a locked vehicle

Question 13

SILENT

Answer 13

silent alarm

Question 14

SGT

Answer 14

Sergeant

Question 15

SEIZURE

Answer 15

impounded a vehicle; subject having convulsions

Question 16

S/E/C

Answer 16

southeast corner

Question 17

R.P.

Answer 17

responsible party

Question 18

ROLLOVER

Answer 18

accident, overturned vehicle

Question 19

RINGER

Answer 19

audible alarm

Question 20

RESTRAINTS

Answer 20

leather straps used to restrain prisoners

Question 21

P.O.

Answer 21

probation officer

Question 22

PLE

Answer 22

purple

Question 23

P.C.

Answer 23

probable cause

Question 24

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Answer 24

additional charges filed on a subject already in custody

Question 25

O.V.

Answer 25

on view, officer witnessed an incident

Question 26

ONE ROLL

Answer 26

fingerprints

Question 27

ONE ON ONE

Answer 27

suspect / witness ID

Question 28

ONE FROM LIST

Answer 28

contract wrecker (926)

Question 29

OD

Answer 29

overdose

Question 30

NUMBER 9’s

Answer 30

citations

Question 31

NUMBER 1 SITUATION

Answer 31

probable cause for arrest

Question 32

MOTOR

Answer 32

solo motor unit

Question 33

MHP

Answer 33

mobile home park

Question 34

MERZ

Answer 34

Mercedes Benz

Question 35

MEDICS

Answer 35

paramedics

Question 36

M.D.C.

Answer 36

mobile digital computer (police car computer)

Question 37

MARQUIS

Answer 37

test for narcotics

Question 38

MAINLINE

Answer 38

freeway / highway (not an access road running parallel to it)

Question 39

LADDER

Answer 39

fire department ladder truck

Question 40

JUMPER

Answer 40

person attempting suicide by jumping

Question 41

JUMPED ON

Answer 41

assaulted

Question 42

J.P.

Answer 42

Justice of the Peace

Question 43

J.C.C.

Answer 43

Juvenile Corrections Center

Question 44

ICE, CRYSTAL

Answer 44

smokable methamphetamine

Question 45

HSE

Answer 45

house

Question 46

HOOK

Answer 46

wrecker

Question 47

HOBBLES

Answer 47

nylon rope used for legs and hand restraint

Question 48

H.G.N.

Answer 48

horizontal gaze nystagmus (alcohol / drug detecting test)

Question 49

HIT

Answer 49

subject or item wanted

Question 50

HOND

Answer 50

Honda

Question 51

GRN

Answer 51

green

Question 52

GOT THE EYE

Answer 52

in view (on a code 5)

Question 53

G.I.B.

Answer 53

General Investigations Bureau

Question 54

G.C.I. / B.A.

Answer 54

test to determine blood alcohol content

Question 55

GAS WASH / WASHDOWN

Answer 55

fire department needed to wash gas down

Question 56

FUGITIVE

Answer 56

a wanted person

Question 57

FRONT DESK

Answer 57

information desk at main station

Question 58

FOOT PURSUIT

Answer 58

officer running after a subject

Question 59

F.O.J.

Answer 59

from other jurisdiction

Question 60

FLIR

Answer 60

device used by aircraft to detect heat sources (Forward Looking InfraRed)

Question 61

FILE STOP

Answer 61

notation in police record; ‘File Stops’ are confirmed by the Strategic and Information Bureau

Question 62

F.I.

Answer 62

field interrogation (Form 36 card)

Question 63

F.B.I.

Answer 63

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Question 64

F.A.A.

Answer 64

Federal Aviation Administration

Question 65

E.T.A.

Answer 65

estimated time of arrival

Question 66

E.R.

Answer 66

emergency room

Question 67

EQUIPMENT

Answer 67

police vehicle

Question 68

E.O.C.

Answer 68

Emergency Operations Center

Question 69

DRIVE BY

Answer 69

shots fired from a moving vehicle

Question 70

D.P.S.

Answer 70

Department of Public Safety

Question 71

D.O.A.

Answer 71

dead on arrival

Question 72

D.O.B.

Answer 72

date of birth

Question 73

D.O.C.

Answer 73

Department of Corrections

Question 74

DIX

Answer 74

detective(s)

Question 75

D.E.B.

Answer 75

Drug Enforcement Bureau

Question 76

CRACK, ROCK

Answer 76

smokable cocaine

Question 77

C.L.D.

Answer 77

citation in lieu of detention

Question 78

COMP

Answer 78

complainant

Question 79

C.O.

Answer 79

civilian observer

Question 80

C.C.W.

Answer 80

carrying concealed weapon

Question 81

BUSTED

Answer 81

arrested

Question 82

BREAKING UP

Answer 82

radio transmissions are not being received clearly

Question 83

BOOKING

Answer 83

booking prisoner into jail

Question 84

BIKERS

Answer 84

motorcycle riders

Question 85

BIKE

Answer 85

motorcycle

Question 86

BHND

Answer 86

behind

Question 87

BEEN MADE / BURNED

Answer 87

undercover officer’s ID is known

Question 88

BONDOUT

Answer 88

prisoner posting bail and is to be released

Question 89

BEER RUN

Answer 89

shoplifting beer

Question 90

BYFRND

Answer 90

boyfriend

Question 91

BAILED OUT

Answer 91

subject jumped out of car and ran

Question 92

A.T.F.E.

Answer 92

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, And Explosives

Question 93

A.S.A.P.

Answer 93

as soon as possible

Question 94

A.P.S.

Answer 94

Arizona Public Service

Question 95

3511

Answer 95

a vehicle impounded for mandatory 30 days due to lack of insurance, proof of registration / title, or the driver not having a valid driver’s license