This glossary is for the everybody that want to know more about what police is. My name is Hugo and I study Police Technology at College Ahuntsic. I do this glossary to help people know about police and maybe help people appreciate more the police by knowing it a little better. Being a police officer is a dream for, if I can share my passion with people and maybe inspire the futur generation to like the police or maybe become one, it will make me happy.
alibi
noun
a claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, especially a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place.
"she has an alibi for the whole of yesterday evening"
Example: But Marie is quickly ticked off the list of suspects, when her alibi proves convincing to the police.
en: alibi
Canadian Criminal Code
noun
The Criminal Code is a federal law that includes definitions of most of the criminal offences that the Parliament of Canada has enacted.
Example: The police referred to the Canadian Criminal Code to find the offence committed by the criminal.
en: Code criminel canadien
crime scene
noun
the place where an offense has been committed and forensic evidence may be gathered.
Example: He established that without a sample from the crime scene a match could not be made.
en: scène de crime
criminal
noun
a person who has committed a crime
Example: Moreover, to a certain extent, Sikes could be associated with the drug dealer and abusive boyfriend of Liam's mother in Sweet Sixteen since he is also a criminal who abuses of Nancy.
en: criminel
custody
noun
the protective care or guardianship of someone or something.
"the property was placed in the custody of a trustee"
Example: All three were related to Ashraf Said, a suspect in the Khan Al-Khalili bazaar blast who died in police Custody.
en: Arrestation
detective
noun
a person, especially a police officer, whose occupation is to investigate and solve crimes.
Example: A common factor of crime and thrillers is to create a serial with a detective or a main character.
en: détective
Drug
noun
a medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body.
Example: The police find drugs in the bag of the suspect.
en: médicament
emergency vehicle lighting
noun
visual warning lights fitted to a vehicle to convey the urgency of a journey when moving, to provide additional warning of a hazard when stationary, or to signal another driver to stop.
Example: The police car put on is emergency vehicle lighting after receive a call.
en: éclairage de secours pour véhicule
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: The police find a gun on the crime scene.
en: pistolet
handcuffs
noun
a pair of lockable linked metal rings for securing a prisoner's wrists.
Example: The police officer handcuffs the criminal after he arrests him.
en: menottes
hit-and-run
adjective
denoting or relating to a swift attack followed by immediate withdrawal.
Example: the driver did a hit-and-run after hitting a car.
en: délit de fuite
investigation
noun
the action of investigating something or someone; formal or systematic examination or research.
Example: he is under investigation for receiving illicit funds
en: enquête
jail
noun
a place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime.
Example: The children were also repeatedly told that Ms Michaels was in jail because she had "done bad things" and were encouraged to keep her in jail by the police
en: prison
law
noun
the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
Example: they were taken to court for breaking the law
en: loi
Montreal City Police Department
noun
The second largest municipal police force in Canada
Example: This police officer works for the Montreal City Police Department.
en: Service de police de la ville de Montréal
murder
noun
the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.
Example: He delves into her private life and her history, trying to prove that she had a connection with the murder.
en: meurtre
Police
noun
The civil force of a national or local government, responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of public order.
Example: In conjunction with this are the numerous telescreens, microphones, the patrol Police and perhaps most fear-worthy, the thought Police, those that can read an individual's most inner thoughts.
en: police
policeman
noun
a member of a police force.
Example: The patrol car taking Emma home had been crashed into by a black VW Beetle, leaving one policeman seriously injured, and Emma nowhere to be seen.
en: policier/ière
suspect
noun
have an idea or impression of the existence, presence, or truth of (something) without certain proof.
Example: Due to the above circumstances as well as the fact, that the three examples used to prove the transition and as Gardiner claims in his work, the three of them are suspect.
en: suspect
victim
noun
a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action.
Example: Contributory negligence will only succeed if the victims conduct negligently contributed to the losses for which damages are to be awarded.
