My field of study is Police Technology and I want to become a cop. This field of study consist of learning strategies to solve problems in our society and help the people who need our help. My glossary will help you understand words we often use when we are talking about police stuff.
adjourn
verb
Break off (a meeting, legal case, or game) with the intention of resuming it later.
Example: The trial was adjourned to a later date
fr: ajourner
arrest
noun
Seize (someone) by legal authority and take into custody.
Example: The police arrested him for possession of marijuana.
fr: arrestation
back-up
noun
Help or support.
Example: We need back-up right now!
fr: renfort
barricade
noun
An improvised barrier erected across a street or other thoroughfare to prevent or delay the movement of opposing forces.
Example: The police officers built a barricade to protect themselves from the opponents.
fr: barricade
cell
noun
A small room in which a prisoner is locked up or in which a monk or nun sleeps.
Example: The suspect has been but in a cell at the police station.
fr: cellule
coroner
noun
A usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes.
Example: The coroner found out that the victim died of a heart attack.
fr: coroner
corroborate
verb
Confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding).
Example: This neighbour have corroborated the claim that the girl was at her home that night.
fr: corroborer
custody
noun
Imprisonment.
Example: He was taken into custody on charges of sexual assault.
fr: emprisonnement
delinquent
noun
Typically, a young person or that person's behavior, showing or characterized by a tendency to commit crime, particularly minor crime.
Example: This young delinquent was committing crimes in town.
fr: délinquant
detective
noun
A police officer who investigates crimes and catches criminals.
Example: The detective is going to ask you a few questions.
fr: détective
exonerate
verb
Especially, of an official body absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing, especially after due consideration of the case.
Example: They should exonerate these people from this crime.
fr: disculper
gun
noun
A weapon incorporating a metal tube from which bullets, shells, or other missiles are propelled by explosive force, typically making a characteristic loud, sharp noise.
Example: I shot someone to defend myself with a gun.
fr: arme à feu
investigation
noun
A thorough search for facts, especially those that are hidden or need to be sorted out in a complex situation.
Example: There is an investigation going for the little girl who is missing.
fr: enquête
laceration
noun
A deep cut or tear in skin or flesh.
Example: She has a big laceration on her right arm.
fr: lacération
murder
noun
The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.
Example: She has planned her murder for months.
fr: meurtre
prosecution
noun
The institution and conducting of legal proceedings against someone in respect of a criminal charge.
Example: He was prosecuted for sexual assault.
fr: poursuite
sequester
verb
Isolate or hide away.
Example: A man sequestered his daughter in his house.
fr: séquestrer
surveillance
noun
Close observation, especially of a suspected spy or criminal.
Example: The officer asked his colleagues to do surveillance at the Vimont Park.
fr: surveillance
suspect
noun
To imagine (one) to be guilty or culpable on slight evidence or without proof suspect him of giving false information.
Example: The person we caught on camera might be the suspect.
fr: suspect
warrant
noun
Legal document that allows someone to do something, especially one that is signed by a judge or magistrate and gives the police permission to arrest someone or search their house.
Example: I have a warrant to enter the house on Hollywood Boulevard.
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