Police Technology related-words glossary
Police Technology related-words glossary
8 Police technology terms
This glossary contains the words related to the police technology that can be use on the job.
- Arrest someone
- Verb and noun
- To seize someone by legal authority and take them into custody.
- Example: The police arrested someone for committing the crime of selling drugs.
- fr: Arrêter quelqu'un
- Assault
- Noun
- To make a physical attack on someone.
- Example: He pleaded guilty of assault to the police officer.
- fr: Voie de fait
- Breathalyzer
- Noun
- A device use by a police officer to measure the amount of alcohol in a driver's breath.
- Example: The driver blows air in the breathalyzer.
- fr: Alcootest, éthylomètre
- Criminal record
- Noun
- A list of a person previous criminal convictions.
- Example: This men have a heavy criminal record.
- fr: Casier judiciaire
- Felony
- Noun
- A crime, typically one involving violence, regarded as more serious than a misdemeanor and usually punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or by death.
- Example: Murder is a serious felony.
- fr: Crime
- Fingerprints
- Noun
- An impression or mark made on a surface by a person's fingertip used for identifying individuals from the unique pattern of the whorls and lines.
- Example: The investigator discovered fingerprints on the doorknob.
- fr: Empreintes digitales
- Grand larceny
- Noun
- Theft of personal property having value above a legally specified amount.
- Example: This women just committed a grand larceny at the grocery store.
- fr: Vol qualifié
- Guilty
- Adjective
- Culpable or responsible for a specified felony.
- Example: The accused is declared guilty of sexual assault.
- fr: Coupable