An individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area.
Example: The ERT is on route to deal with the active shooter.
fr: tireur actif
alibi
noun
A form of defense used in criminal procedure where the accused attempts to prove that he or she was in some other place at the time the crime was committed.
Example: His alibi doesn't check out.
fr: alibi
arrest
verb
To seize and hold under the authority of the law.
Example: Arrest that man.
fr: arrêter
badge
noun
A distinctive emblem worn as a mark of office, membership, achievement, or licensed employment.
Example: That is a detective badge.
fr: badge
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
phrase
Canada's primary national intelligence service responsible for collecting, analyzing, reporting and disseminating intelligence on threats to Canada's national security.
Example: The Canadian Security Intelligence Service is at the front to protect Canadians.
fr: Service Canadien du Renseignement de Sécurité
charge
verb
Accuse someone of an offense under the law.
Example: I charge you with first degree manslaughter.
fr: charger
community policing
phrase
The system of allocating police officers to particular areas so that they become familiar with the local inhabitants.
Example: You will start community policing on Monday.
fr: police de proximité
coroner
noun
An official who investigates violent, sudden, or suspicious deaths.
Example: We will see the coroner for the cause of death.
fr: coroner
corruption
noun
Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.
Example: Some officials have been found guilty of corruption.
fr: corruption
court
noun
A tribunal presided over by a judge, judges, or a magistrate in civil and criminal cases.
Example: Sorry, I can't come I have to go to court.
fr: tribunal
crime scene
phrase
The location where a crime took place, and comprises the area from which most of the physical evidence is retrieved by law enforcement personne, crime scene investigators or in rare circumstances, forensic scientists.
Example: The crime scene is covered in blood.
fr: scène de crime
criminal code
phrase
A document which compiles all of a particular jurisdiction's law.
Example: This is the criminal code for the province of Quebec.
fr: code criminel
crowd control
phrase
A public security practice where large crowds are managed to prevent riots.
Example: Crowd control is effective against an enraged crowd.
fr: contrôle des foules
delinquency
noun
Minor crime committed by young people.
Example: Delinquency is on the rise for the younger generations.
fr: délinquance
evidence
noun
The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief about a crime is true or valid.
Example: The evidences are stacked against you.
fr: preuve
hideout
noun
A hiding place, especially one used by someone who has broken the law.
Example: We are about to raid the hideout of the Hells Angles.
fr: cachette
Miranda warning
phrase
A warning given by the police to criminal suspects in police custody, informing them of their right to silence.
Example: Have you read them their Miranda warning?
fr: avertissement Miranda
plea of guilty
phrase
A statement by an alleged offender that they have committed the offence with which they are charged.
Example: The offender has given a plea of guilty.
fr: plaidoyer de culpabilité
warrant
noun
A document issued by a legal or government official authorizing the police or some other body to make an arrest, search premises, or carry out some other action relating to the administration of justice.
Example: We have a warrant to search the premises.