Police Technology Glossary
Police Technology Glossary
20 terms
In my future career I want to be a policeman. This glossary could be useful for others in this field because it contains the definition of important term for this field of study.
- accused
- A person or persons charged with a crime.
- alibi
- A form of defense used in criminal procedure wherein the accused attempts to prove that he or she was in some other place at the time the alleged offense was committed.
- arrest
- To seize and hold under the authority of law.
- badge
- A distinctive emblem worn as a mark of office, membership, achievement, or licensed employment.
- bulletproof vest
- A vest capable of resisting the impact of a bullet.
- Canadian Criminal Code
- A law that codifies most criminal offences and procedures in Canada.
- clue
- A sign showing the probable existence of something that is found on a crime scene and is related to crime.
- community policing
- The system of allocating police officers to particular areas so that they become familiar with the local inhabitants.
- declaration
- An explicit, formal announcement, either oral or written.
- firearm
- A rifle, pistol, or other portable gun.
- hooliganism
- Willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others.
- investigation
- The work of inquiring into something complex and systematically.
- law
- The system of rules that a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
- motive
- A reason which urges somebody to commit this crime.
- offence
- A violation of a law.
- police
- The civil force of a national or local government, responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of public order.
- policeman
- A member of a police force.
- radar
- A system for detecting the speed of vehicles, by sending out pulses of high-frequency electromagnetic waves that are reflected back to the source.
- robbery
- The action of robbing a person or place.
- victim
- a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action.