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A Little Cop Lingo for Civilians

The Hairbag's Guide to NYPD lingo on 'The Job'
BY John Lauinger — Sunday, February 28th, 2010 ‘The New York Daily News’

NYPD cops may wear blue, but their street-hardened lingo is far more colorful.
"Slap the bracelets on that perp!" one cop may bark at a partner amid the adrenaline-fueled rush of making a collar.
Anyone who has watched a little "Law & Order" or a crime movie or two knows "bracelets" are handcuffs and "perp" is short for perpetrator of a crime.

But most cop lingo rarely makes it beyond the stationhouse (The House) or squad car (RMP). Ever been to "The Farm?" Hopefully not - that means rehab.
Borne of solidarity and fraternity, the gritty dialect spoken by those who keep the city safe is one of the defining characteristics of life in the NYPD - a gig officers refer to as simply "The Job."

"It is part of the lifeblood of the department because the department relies on communication," said Mike Bosak, a retired sergeant and an unofficial department historian.
Cop-speak is a point of pride among officers, a key element of NYPD style and, as is particularly true of numeric "radio codes," a way for cops to communicate so civilians won't understand.
For outsiders, "a lot of it goes over your head or you don't pick up the nuances or in-between meanings," Bosak said, "but guys on 'The Job' pick up on it right away and understand."

The radio command "10-4," meaning "acknowledged," has established itself in the vocabularies of many civilians. Others, not so much - like "10-98" (back on patrol), "10-30" (robbery in progress) and the urgent "10-13" (officer needs assistance).
Then there's the favorite, "I'm going 63." It's short for "10-63" - a meal break. "That's the most popular - they gotta eat well," a retired officer said.
There is no shortage of sarcastic lines, such as "bag of s---" - what a detective might mutter in reference to the hopeless case he or she has just drawn.
And then there are put-downs aimed at outcasts. A cop who is afraid to go on patrol is derided as a "housemouse," for example.
Most professions develop jargon, so it's not unusual that cops would do so, especially given the rigors of a job where one can be both loved and hated, said Jim Curran, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
Curran, a former city cop, said he doesn't think cop speak is rooted in a conscious desire to be different. "It's just a gut-level thing that emerges in an isolated in-group," he said. "They are on their own version of the Galapagos Islands."
But cop lingo is very localized, and a word that means one thing within the NYPD can have a vastly different meaning elsewhere, said Tom Reppetto, a retired detective commander with the Chicago Police Department and an author.
"One day I was out in L.A. and I heard a cop say, 'Yeah, I stopped him and I shook him down,'" Reppetto recalled.
"What he meant was: 'I stopped the guy and checked him for weapons,'" he explained with a laugh, since in New York and Chicago, shaking down a perp means asking for a bribe.
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Glossary of some NYPD lingo

53: Car accident

10-63, 63: Lunch

62P: Personal break aka 10-62PP

98: Done, Leave, Assignment finished

124 Room: Clerical Office

Back in the bag: An officer who is demoted from a plainclothes to uniform detail

Bag OF S---: A miserable, no-chance-of-being-solved case

Bounced: Removed from a unit

Bus: Ambulance

Bracelets: Handcuffs

Cheese Eater: Informant usually meant as police officer informing on other officers

Choir practice: A drinking party

Cocktails: Manhattan detectives are fond of this term for getting drinks

Dee Wee: Driving While Intoxicated

Detail: Special assignment. Can be for a day like a parade, or a special unit like Street crime

DOA: dead person (literally, dead on arrival)

EDP: crazy person (literally, emotionally disturbed person)

The Farm: Rehab

Field Associate:Undercover Internal Affairs Officer

Flopped: Bounced out of a detail

Fly: to move from one command or detail to another

Gentleman: What cops call a stand-up boss. Top commanders, however, sometimes think this means the boss is a pushover who doles out too much OT

Hairbag: An old-timer who who knows a lot or more likely a rookie who thinks he knows everything

The House: Stationhouse

Hook: Mentor, senior officer who uses influence for officer

Housemouse: A cop who is afraid to leave the station house and go on patrol; a sissy

It is what it is: A euphemism for a screw-up with political overtones

In the wind: At large, said of a suspect

The Job: Working at the NYPD

Job: A radio run or assignment

Loo: Friendly term for a lieutenant

Mope: Criminal

On the arm: Provided with no cost such as a coffee from a store

Perp: Perpetrator of a crime

Puzzle Palace: A derogatory term for NYPD headquarters in lower Manhattan

Rat: Internal Affairs Officer

Rat Squad: Internal Affairs Bureau

RMP: A squad car (literally, radio motor patrol)

Road Soda: A Beer for the road

Sarge or Boss: Sergeant

Skel: Criminal

Snitch: Informant

The Squad: Beat cop’s term for a precinct detective squad

Taking a Hit: Penalty for breach of discipline, usually means lost vacation days

The job is on the level: Sarcastic phrase meaning the job is unfair

If you are interested in an NYPD forum that uses lingo, jargon, etc try NYPD Rants

Maybe the Democrats (and a few Republicans) should read some Jefferson???

"It has been said the greatest volume of sheer brainpower in one place occurred when Jefferson dined alone....." John Kennedy


When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe. -Thomas Jefferson

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. - Thomas Jefferson

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world. - Thomas Jefferson

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.- Thomas Jefferson

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.- Thomas Jefferson

No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. - Thomas Jefferson

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. - Thomas Jefferson

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. - Thomas Jefferson

To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. - Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson said in 1802
'I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered..'

Or maybe reading this


'If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.' -Mark Twain

REDACTED WHITE HOUSE

The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) responded to a Freedom of information request by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in which the Chamber asked for the release of documents relating to agency records on global warming.See the full story here

Jack Nicholson is playing the part of White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs

CONGRATS LAS VEGAS,#1

7 cities with the worst B.O. in America

Las Vegas rolls the dice and becomes the #1 stinking location in the US. According to MSNBC, a well respected journalistic site, the gambling capital of the US is also the city most in need of deodorant. They say,
A scorching, dry summer heat makes it one of the sweatiest cities in the U.S., according to the Old Spice Top 20 All-Time Sweatiest Cities. Pack-a-day puffing residents (nearly one-quarter of the people smoke) also make for a smelly population.
Rounding out the list are
2.Houston
3.Phoenix
4.Chicago
5.New Orleans
6.San Antonio
7.Yuma

Man Eats 10000 Euros. LOL

EXPENSIVE MEAL

An airline passenger ate a winning scratch off lottery ticket worth 10000 Euros, after he was told he could not claim the money immediately.
The unnamed man was flying from Poland(No jokes please) when he won 10,000 euros with the scratch off ticket.Crew on board the flight confirmed he had won the prize but told the passenger he would have to collect the jackpot directly from the company that runs the competition.
Airline spokesman said the man then became frustrated and started to eat his winning ticket, ruling out any chance he had of claiming the prize money which will now be donated to charity.

You Decide. 2 Views of Healthcare

Senator Coburn

President Obama has one wacky segue
from Olympics to Health Care.

Rumor Has it That Spanky Got Back on the Train With Santa.

Santa Came to Staunton on Dec 05, 2009
He was here from 11:00 am to 01:00 pm.

Santa,aka Larry

Spark It Up is reporting that Spanky left the Building
It is rumored by two Marine Officers that "Spanky"
of Spank the Donkey fame boarded the train at 1PM with Santa.
There was a later sighting in Greenville, Virginia.

Chris

If you go to Spanky's website you get a Go Daddy Ad.
I was talking to SWACgirl yesterday, and said that Chris aka Spanky, hadn't posted in over 2 months.
I am thinking that maybe he ran off with Danica

Danica Patrick

ZoNation on the Pillars of Being Conservative.

Finns Didn't Show Up For 1st Period, US Wins 6-1

6 Goals in first period ! ! !

Barely two minutes into the game, Finnish goalie Miikka Kiprusoff was staring at the ceiling in disbelief.
It turns out he was just getting started.
Ryan Malone raced into Finland’s zone, picked off Kiprusoff’s ill-advised pass and scored into an empty net. The U.S. rout was on.
Read the full story here and here

The Four-Minute Guide to the Seven-Hour Summit

H/T Heritage Foundation

Does Abercrombie & Fitch have IDIOTS as Managers??

A 19-year-old woman says she lost her job at Abercrombie & Fitch after refusing to remove her Muslim head scarf, a traditional Muslim hijab.

When she was hired she said she agreed to wear either a white, navy or gray-colored scarf. For the next six months, Khan worked without incident in the store's stock room, a job that required she occasionally go out on to the floor to replenish the supply of clothing.

She said that all was good until a district manager visited to the store. She then received a call from Human Resources and was booted.
Well if the story is true, A&F is DUMB. A&F is going to lose in court. And A&F should be avoided.
When both sides of the story come out, we will see. If the girl is legit, then A&F will probably fade away because they hire IDIOTS as District managers.
I wouldn't shop in a place that wouldn't hire me.

Looks Like Delahunt Blew it With Amy Bishop.

Investigators have discovered that a newspaper on the floor of Amy Bishop's home when she killed her brother described a story that was very similar to what she said that did that day. AP is reporting that the newspaper contained an article about someone killing a relative with a shotgun and stealing a getaway car from a dealership.

Bishop told police in 1986 that she accidentally fired the shotgun in her bedroom, then went downstairs to ask her brother for help unloading the gun. She said that after the gun accidentally went off again, hitting her brother.OH YEAH, she fired it 2 times accidentally.
The police or then District Attorney Delahunt didn't question Bishop or her family for 11 days after the shooting.

"Be Good or Be Gone"

McSorley's Old Ale House

A fine Irish LadRichie,pictured below, is one of the funniest guys in NY.
Has a joke for everything. This mild mannered man is one of the most decorated police officers in NYC. If you go to McSorley's, look on the wall behind the vestibule. It would be on the opposite side of the door seen in this pic.

12 Darks Please

iitywybad
Do you know what it means?

See Wiki post here
See more pics here

The Government Option

One arm of the local government said, “We’re going to do some new streetlighting. These cast poles will look super in our town.”

Another government office said, “This is a historic building. The storefronts and the awnings need to stay where they are.”

Here is the government option.....


And just for fun....

Shouldn't Obama be embarrassed by his lack of knowledge???

The brilliant young man didn't know the difference between collision and comprehensive insurance? A College Grad, and he didn't know what coverage he had on his car ! ! !
He was stunned to learn that there are different types of insurance policies. Do you think if he was bright enough to know the difference, he would have opted to pay for comprehensive insurance on an "old clunker"?

I bet in the 57th state, it is totally different than the recognized 50 states of the United States.

Steven Crowder on the "New" World Trade Center

Latest Newsbusted

USA vs.Finland at Noon

The USA Men's Hockey Team
is playing today at noon.

They are playing Finland.

The Finnish team has names you will recognize if you are a NHL fan.
BACKSTROM Niklas
JOKINEN Olli
KOIVU Saku
HAGMAN Niklas
KIPRUSOFF Miikka
KOIVU Mikko

First 4 Booted From Idol. No Real Surprises.

Well maybe 1.
Mullet Man beat Out the 70's show.

Allison Ireheta kicked ass in her song.
Kris Allen was brilliant.

The first four "American Idol" are Janell Wheeler, Ashley Rodriguez, Joe Munoz and Tyler Grady.
Wheeler messed up a few times. So did Ashley Rodriguez. No one knew Munoz and that was a shame. Tyler Grady was too quirky, but I think better than Mullet Man, Alex Lambert.

President Obama, It is not a prop. It is Your Bill ! ! !

Prez Smacks Down VA Congressman

Does President Obama want to hide the size of his Obamacare Bill from the American people?

Is Harry Reid a BIG FAT LIAR ????

Sen.Harkin says health insurers are like segregationists?

He comes up with a specious argument on insurance.
Insurance is "segregated" by "health".
Funny, I thought it was done by actuarial tables, risk, costs, etc.

Rep.Paul Ryan Lays Out The Facts.

Rep.Slaughter is so right.

We don't believe her.
What did she do before her sister died?
The Congresswoman doesn't mention the woman's age, but there are many sources for free dental care. There are many programs available for poor people for dental care.
I hope that the Representative directed this woman properly.
NYU Dental School has low cost dental care. Medicare, Medicaid would most likely cover this woman, depending upon her age.

Heritage Foundation agrees with me.

Lamar Alexander said that if you took all the profits from insurance companies it would only cover 2 days worth of the costs of health care.
What he could have added if he had more time, was that if you take away the profits of a business, it will have no incentive to produce, and no ability to invest and expand.
This is important because many of the provisions of the Senate health care bill aim to curb profit in the health care industry, rather than introduce more competition.
The Heritage Foundation has a play by play here

Still another "I Won" Moment.

Another "I Won" moment from the President. Shuts off McCain.

Congressman Wiener reprimanded on the floor of the house.

The Congressman from Brooklyn hasn't a clue ! ! !
The existence of a government program stifles competition. The government does not have to show a profit. They don't have to streamline. They don't have to provide the best service. If they go "over budget", they just raise taxes. The true cost of government health care will never be placed on a balance sheet.
Advertising will be under the budget of the Ad Council.
Personnel numbers are fungible.
Efficiency is not a concern.
Fraud and waste in Medicare is rampant
If a private firm had the level of incompetence that the government has, there would be a whole lot of people in jail.
There is no mention of tort reform. Will you be able to sue the government as easily as your insurance company and doctor? If so, who pays? The taxpayer.

H/T Real Revo

Bacon Bashing Love.

Tim Love went off the deep end ! ! !

Over at the Daily Beast he wrote.....

With its salty-smoky-sweet crispiness, bacon ranks up there with chocolate as a great populist ingredient. A piece of chocolate-covered bacon may, in fact, have been the greatest thing I've ever tasted.Still, as both a fan of all things meat and a restaurateur, I have to speak truth to power: The bacon craze has gone too far.

Bacon Paradise

He says... Bacon, you've always been there for us and will always be there, but it's high time we all stepped beyond the comfort zones of familiar trends and showcase something different.

Latest From Naked Emporer. Dem Hypocrisy.

Harry Reid Displays his Hypocrisy
As Well As President Obama, Hillary, Schumer,etc
on "Nuclear Option" aka "Reconciliation

ELIMINATE EVIL INSURANCE COMPANIES ! ! !

And it will do NOTHING ! ! !

According to the most recent Fortune 500 rankings and Fishersville Mike, health insurers' profits are just 2.2 percent of revenues. Medical facilities have higher profits (2.4 percent). Profits from medical products and equipment (16.3 percent) and from pharmaceuticals (19.3 percent) are seven-to-eight times as high. The combined annual profits of health insurers who cracked the Fortune 1000 list are less than $9 billion, or less than one half of one percent of the $2.5 trillion that America spends each year on health care. So President Obama could eliminate insurers' profits altogether (a possible goal), and more than 99.5 percent of our health costs would remain.

Well Nothing.......
except decrease innovation and invention.

USA USA USA

USA Hockey Beats the Swiss
Advance to Medal Round

Zach Parise scored twice in the third period as the top-seeded U.S. men's hockey team advanced to the Olympic semifinals with a gut-wrenching 2-0 victory over Switzerland on Wednesday.

High School Lap Dancing???

Senator Sanders compares people who question Global Warming to Nazi's

“It reminds me in some ways of the debate taking place in this country and around the world in the late 1930s,” said Senator Bernie Sanders, perhaps the most liberal member of the Senate, during a Senate hearing Tuesday. “During that period of Nazism and fascism’s growth-a real danger to the United States and democratic countries around the world- there were people in this country and in the British parliament who said ‘don’t worry! Hitler’s not real! It’ll disappear!”

Well he might look like he is old enough to have heard those speeches, but....
He was not born until 1941.

Sorry Bernie, but the people who question the Global Warming issue are just dubious of making huge changes on an unproven theory. Every mistake in the IPCC treatise, every call for tricks, every lost piece of datum, all brings into question the veracity of the idea of Global Warming.
How can anyone support taxing all of us for something that may not exist? It is suicidal.

Latest Newsbusted

Olberman gets Answered by Dallas

Olympians Dating, A Shock,LOL

Are U.S. figure skater Evan Lysacek

and U.S. gymnast Nastia Liukin dating??

Nastia LiukinNastia Liukin
Nastia Liukin
Evan Lysacek
Nastia Liukin

Is it just a show of independence? Or is he a wolf in sheep's clothing?

Brown to Vote for Senate Jobs Bill
Freshman Republican Sen. Scott Brown (R., Mass.) is to vote with the Democratic majority and support a crucial procedural motion on a $15 billion piece of legislation aimed at spurring job creation, an aide to the senator said Monday.

The move by Mr. Brown to break with most of his party's members in his first ever vote in the Senate is a significant development.

He will SEVERELY UPSET all the people who supported him. His issues as a State Senator seemed to put him in the Conservative Column. He definitely ran a conservative campaign.

He has stated that he wanted to decrease tax burdens. Sen. Brown has fought to lower taxes, specifically by cosponsoring a Republican caucus to repeal the harmful corporate tax increase of 2008 and also cosponsored another measure to extend investment tax credits to all industries in Massachusetts.

Life explained to you....haha

On the first day, God created the dog and said:

'Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past.. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years.'

The dog said: 'That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?'

So God agreed.


On the second day, God created the monkey and said:

'Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you a twenty-year life span..'

The monkey said: 'Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the Dog did?'

And God agreed.


On the third day, God created the cow and said:

'You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer's family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years.'

The cow said: 'That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years.. How about twenty and I'll give back the other forty?'

And God agreed again.

On the fourth day, God created humans and said:

'Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years.'

But the human said: 'Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?'

'Okay,' said God, 'You asked for it.'

So that is why for our first twenty years we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. For the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family.... For the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren.. And for the last ten years we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.

Life has now been explained to you.

There is no need to thank me for this valuable information. I'm doing it as a public service.

Why Washington is Frozen explained over at The Journey

Bob has a view on DC
The latest issue of TIME carries the cover headline "Why Washington is Frozen." Of course TIME still does not quite get the fact that that is how the Founding Fathers designed things to work

This video is going viral after being renamed

Two Obama Voters On An Escalator
is the new name,according to Breitbart

I think it is unfair to place the blame on President Obama. The US has been becoming a nanny state for many years. The people are becoming more accustomed to the government and others doing more and more for the people.
I was shoveling the road in front of my driveway and I was asked,"Why are you doing that?" I said because the plows won't get it all. I want to have a smooth ride out of my driveway. I continued, if everyone that was able to, did it, then we would have cleared roads quicker. We wouldn't have to wait for the government in order to get back to normal.
When I was younger, I lived next to a bus stop. My dad and myself would shovel the snow enough for people to get off bus comfortably. It was a little extra work for us, but it made life better and safer for bus riders. If we waited for the government to do it, it usually gets done, but there would have been a lot of bus riders with slush covered legs first.

Want to see a total BS Photo-Op???

According to St.Louis Today

(U.S. Rep. Russ) Carnahan’s first stop was at the St. Louis Police Academy, where he visited with a class of 31 recruits funded by the Recovery and Reinvestment Act. While he was there, Carnahan tested his own acuity with a firearm — stopping the paper suspect dead in its tracks. Using what appears to be a 9mm pistol, Carnahan landed three shots squarely in the center of the target, two of which were pretty close — if not right on — the bullseye.

The photo is labeled Carnahan shoots while St. Louis Police Chief Dan Isom, far right, watches
If this chief allowed the Congressman to shoot like that, he should be relieved of his command. Where is the eye protection? Where is the ear protection?
How could they let a photographer stand down range with a live firing line?

Or is it even a real gun? It is not a great pic, but it looks like the barrel has an orange tip? But I can not confirm that.