My name is Justin Ravary and I study in Police Technology at Ahuntsic college. By doing this glossary, my goal is to help people just like me with basic word from my field of study.
active shooter
noun
An active shooter is the perpetrator of an ongoing mass shooting. The term is primarily used to characterize shooters who are targeting victims indiscriminately and at a large scale, who oftentimes, will either commit suicide or intend to be killed by police.
Example: Police said the nature of the call was changed to an active shooter call as officers were on the way.
en: tireur actif
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.
Example: But Marie is quickly ticked off the list of suspects, when her ALIBI proves convincing to the police.
en: alibi
arrest
noun
Seize (someone) by legal authority and take into custody.
Example: Under Packer's due process model, the suspect is entitled to answer questions after ARREST, but is under no obligation to do so. Having already been required to establish a prima facie case before ARREST, the police are heavily discouraged from using coercive means to secure a confession.
en: arrêter
autopsy
noun
A postmortem examination to discover the cause of death or the extent of disease.
Example: Dr hopes dies of bronchopneumonia so that an AUTOPSY will not be mandatory.
en: autopsie
bulletproof vest
noun
A bulletproof vest, also known as a ballistic vest or a bullet-resistant vest, is an item of body armour that helps absorb the impact and reduce or stop penetration to the torso by firearm-fired projectiles and fragmentation from explosions.
Example: A bulletproof vest minimized the injuries, Colonel Bivens said.
en: gilet pare-balles
coroner
noun
An official who investigates violent, sudden, or suspicious deaths.
Example: For example, a CORONER's decision not to resume inquests into the deaths caused by a sinking ship was quashed due to his description of the bereaved parent's as "unhinged" and "mentally unwell" .
en: coroner
court
noun
A tribunal presided over by a judge, judges, or a magistrate in civil and criminal cases.
Example: Nonetheless, 'the most detailed information we have about ordinary marriages comes from the histories of marriages that went seriously wrong and ended up in COURT'.
en: tribunal
criminal
noun
A person who has committed a crime.
Example: What adds to the difficulty is to catch the CRIMINAL, it may that the CRIMINAL is in another country. Its not easy task to find the CRIMINAL as from which part in the world that CRIMINAL is doing cyber terrorism.
en: criminel
drug
noun
A medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body.
Example: Streptomycin is the DRUG of choice for adults and should be administered at 7.5-15mg kg intramuscularly twice daily for ten days 7 .
en: drogue
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: Yousri's sister shot the other woman dead before turning the GUN on herself.
en: pistolet
gunshot wound
noun
A gunshot wound is a penetrating injury caused by a projectile shot from a gun. Damage may include bleeding, bone fractures, organ damage, wound infection, and loss of the ability to move part of the body.
Example: Frantically, he searches the tiny church, and finds Emma, slumped in a chair in the Vestry, with a GUNSHOT WOUND to her head, and her wedding ring finger missing.
en: blessure par balle
handcuffs
noun
A pair of lockable linked metal rings for securing a prisoner's wrists.
Example: Losing control, Jack knocks Sarah unconscious, HANDCUFFS her, and calls for help.
en: menottes
inmate
noun
A person confined to an institution such as a prison or hospital.
Example: She’s been listed as an inmate at the Clermont County Jail since June 19.
en: détenue
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 (State Vs Michaels, 1994), and would have also heard numerous stories about their teacher.
en: prison
knife
noun
An instrument composed of a blade fixed into a handle, used for cutting or as a weapon.
Example: The sediment cut from the vertical sides of the sample with a large Swiss army KNIFE.
en: couteau
lawyer
noun
A person who practices or studies law; an attorney or a counselor.
Example: Fiona is a LAWYER with specialist knowledge of accidents at work and a member of a firm of consultants that advises construction companies on Health and Safety issues.
en: avocat
pepper spray
noun
A substance made from a chemical found in peppers that causes temporary blindness and pain to the nose, throat, and skin when it is sprayed on someone. The police used pepper spray to bring the suspect under control.
Example: Police responded in riot gear and used pepper spray to try to clear the crowd.
en: spray au poivre
police uniform
noun
A special set of clothes which some people, for example soldiers or the police, wear to work in.
Example: An airport official said the attacker was dressed in a police uniform.
en: uniforme de police
radar
noun
A system for detecting the presence, direction, distance, and speed of aircraft, ships, and other objects, by sending out pulses of high-frequency electromagnetic waves that are reflected off the object back to the source.
Example: Ocasio-Justiniano has been on police’s radar in the past, too, court records show.
en: radar
terrorist
noun
A person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
Example: To which legal category does the TERRORIST correspond? The category of 'terrorists' can be defined negatively according to two sets of conditions that they do not meet. It is important to note that each category applied to the TERRORIST act falls automatically into the imprecision. It is a common opinion that terrorists aim at attacking civilians and civil targets.
