In an emergency, call Triple Zero "000" for attendance by police, fire or ambulance. For police assistance where there is no immediate danger or to report non-urgent crime call 131 444.
But one of the most popular slang terms for the local police today is “popo”. The word has its origins in 1980s southern California, where T-shirts bearing “PO” (“police officer”) worn by cops on bicycles would, with officers riding in pairs, spell out “POPO”.
The bear den, like most bear slangs in the trucker terms, the word bear is referring to police officers.
idiom. US slang. : to touch someone in an unwanted and unexpected sexual way. Some guy on the bus tried to cop a feel!
Renaming the force "PoPo" -- which is slang for police -- got mixed reactions, and some felt it was racist. Implying the community should "watch out for the PoPo" was a move some deemed insensitive in light of the controversy over police shootings, CBS Detroit reports.
12 is a slang term for police or any law enforcement officials of uncertain origin. Possible sources include the police radio code "10-12" and the 1968 TV show Adam-12, which followed two Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers and their patrol car, "1-Adam-12."
Five-O, an American slang term for law enforcement. Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series), an American television police drama airing from 1968 to 1980.
What does 10-4 mean? Roger that! 10-4 is a way of saying “message received” in radio communications. It's also used as a way to “you got it.”
Noun. po-po (countable and uncountable, plural po-pos) (colloquial, somewhat derogatory, countable) Synonym of police officer. quotations ▼ (colloquial, somewhat derogatory, uncountable) Synonym of police.
Popo (ミスター・ポポ, Misutā Popo) is a fictional character from the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama. Within the series, he is a genie who serves as the assistant to Earth's guardian deity and the caretaker of their residence, which is located high above the sky.
popo m (plural popos) (childish) poo; poop.
Australian Federal Police
The AFP was created in 1979, having been the result of an amalgamation of the now-defunct Commonwealth Police and Australian Capital Territory Police Force.
In Britain today all policemen are commonly referred to as 'Bobbies'! Originally though, they were known as 'Peelers' in reference to one Sir Robert Peel (1788 – 1850).
1810 - 1850
Initially in rural areas, Police were appointed by the local Justices of the Peace and became known as Bench Police or "benchers."
Piccolo is initially assumed to, like his parent, be a member of the Demon Clan (魔族, Mazoku), however, midway through the series it is learned that they are actually members of the alien race called Namekians (ナメック星人, Namekku-seijin).
The race is first introduced in the series in the Namek Saga of Dragon Ball Z. The species have been referred to as the Frost Demons and Friezas colloquially and as Lineage of Evil. In Dragon Ball Fusions, they are considered part of the Alien race.
bobo m (plural bobos) a stupid or naive person; a fool.
interjection. a strong often trilled p-sound; often read as ˈpō used to express contempt.
10-12 Visitors are present (be discrete). 10-13 Advise weather and road conditions. 10-14 Citizen holding suspect. 10-15 Prisoner in custody.
10-7. Out of service. 10-50. Auto accident — no injury. 10-8.
The phrase essentially means, “What is your location?” or “Identify your position,” but is a corrupted phrase from the original “10-20” used by law enforcement to verbally encode their radio transmissions so that non-police listeners would not easily discover police operations, as well as to communicate quicker and ...