Blue Slang. Words from the policing profession. Every job has a - TopicsExpress

Blue Slang. Words from the policing profession. Every job has a language all its own. Work jargon is a shorthand; it helps people in that world communicate easier and faster. Some of it is numerical, some comes from long ago and the very origins of the job, and some is based on common language used today. Police work uses a lot of numbers: 10 and 11 codes; Penal, Municipal, Motor Vehicle, Drug, Health and Safety, and Welfare and Institutions codes. A lot of talk used by cops is numerical in nature, either for officer safety reasons or for speed, in the field and over the radio. Some of it still used today sounds like it came from a 1940 gangster movie; other words are right out of urbandictionary. Most of these words are universal: cops around the country use them to describe themselves and their situations, just as much as the criminals they meet. Certain words and phrases become useful for both sides. Some of these have a west coast origin, some come from down south (and a few from Texas, which are both accurate and homespun), and some from the east coast. Most are recognizable to cops from Alaska to Florida, Maine to California. Many current and former police officers, sheriff’s deputies, highway patrol officers, and state police contributed to this list and there are lots of great stories that accompany some of the phrases. continue to... psychologytoday/blog/the-act-violence/201307/blue-slang seguici su Scena Criminis