Hi, my name is Joey and I'm 19 years old. I have been studying Police Technology for 3 years now. This glossary will be useful for people who want to apply in this program. It contains the words commonly used by police forces. My glossary contains 20 different words with features and resources like images and pronunciation audio files. I used the words and definitions that I found in my Actively Engaged Online book. Go ahead and read my words to learn more about the police profession.
arrest
verb
To seize and hold under the authority of law.
Example: The policeman arrests the criminal.
fr: arrêter
bulletproof vest
noun
Equipment primarily intended to protect the thorax, abdomen and back against the firing of firearms by absorbing impact.
Example: The police officer wears his bulletproof vest for protection.
fr: veste pare-balles
Canadian Criminal Code
noun
A law that codifies most criminal offences and procedures in Canada.
Example: The lawyer searched in the Canadian Criminal Code for the sentence of a murder.
fr: Code criminel canadien
criminal
noun
A person charged with and convicted of a crime.
Example: The policeman arrested the criminal.
fr: criminel
drug
noun
An illegal chemical substance that changes the state of a normal person.
Example: Police special squads are trying to stop the drug traffic.
fr: drogue
evidence
noun
The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief about a crime is true or valid.
Example: The judge wants to see the evidence that the police brought.
fr: preuve
gun
noun
A weapon incorporating a metal tube from which bullets, shells, or other missiles are propelled by explosive force.
Example: A gun is part of the police officer's equipment.
fr: arme à feu
gunshot wound
noun
A form of physical trauma sustained from the discharge of arms or munitions.
Example: The victim has a gunshot wound.
fr: blessure par balle
handcuffs
noun
A pair of lockable linked metal rings for securing a prisoner's wrists.
Example: The criminal can't move his hands because of the handcuffs.
fr: menottes
hostage
noun
A person seized or held as security for the fulfillment of a condition.
Example: The criminal holds one hostage in the liquor store.
fr: otage
investigator
noun
A person who carries out a formal inquiry or investigation.
Example: The investigator interrogates the criminal.
fr: enquêteur
jail
noun
A place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime.
Example: The criminal is in jail.
fr: prison
murder
noun
The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.
Example: The police is investigating on a murder.
fr: meurtre
nightstick
noun
A police officer's club or billy.
Example: The police officer holds his nightstick, ready to defend himself.
fr: matraque
pepper spray
noun
A chemical compound that irritates the eyes to cause tears, pain, and temporary blindness.
Example: The policeman sprays his pepper spray to control the criminal.
fr: poivre de cayenne
police raid
noun
A visit by the police, immigration officers or other officials, hoping to use the element of surprise to arrest targets.
Example: Police officers are preparing a police raid.
fr: descente de police
police uniform
noun
A set of clothing that police officers must wear while on duty.
Example: The policeman wears his police uniform while working.
fr: uniforme de police
radar
noun
A system for detecting the speed of vehicles, by sending out pulses of high-frequency electromagnetic waves that are reflected back to the source.
Example: The policeman uses his radar to capture vehicles speed.
fr: cinémomètre
robbery
noun
The action of robbing a person or place.
Example: Police officers are arresting a person who did a robbery.
fr: vol
trial
noun
A formal examination of evidence before a judge, and typically before a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings.
Example: Journalists wait for the trial's verdict.
