British Coppers

The British police forces, since there's not one national one, are the oldest such organised ones in the world. Officially they are now "police services" rather than "forces". The first modern police force was London Town's Metropolitan Police was founded by Sir Robert Peel in 1829. Peel has the Met's training centre at Hendon (featured in Hot Fuzz) named after him and his name is the source of two of the British English terms for police officers. These are the now-defunct "peelers" (except in Northern Ireland, where it is still used) and the slightly less defunct "bobbies". The boys and girls in black: The British police are known for their distinctive helmets. Pictured above, they are properly called 'custodian helmets'. They are good for, among other things, covering up a naked man's offensive bits and give rise to the derogatory term "tithead". These are worn by male constables and sergeants on foot patrol. Other male officers wear a peaked cap, while women wear a bowler hat. Some services (including Scotland's) have replaced the custodian helmet altogether, but they are still seen on ceremonial occasions such as Remembrance Day parades. The classic blue serge uniforms of old, being classic fanservice if worn by a female, have also gone from everyday use. Nowadays, police uniforms are black. Until the 2000s, officers wore a white shirt with a black tie with women wearing either the tie or a black/white chequered cravat. Senior officers continue to wear white shirts and ties/cravats, but most forces have moved the rank-and-file officers to wearing black t-shirts with a stab vest 防弹背心. Officers who are out on the beat will very often wear a yellow hi-vis jacket over this. Another widespread symbol of policing is 'Sillitoe tartan' - a pattern of black and white chequers. The pattern appears on the hatbands and sometimes other places on an officer's uniform, as well as other police-related places such as logos and decorations. It is named after a former police chief who introduced it in Glasgow in the 1930s to make officers easily identifiable. The Sillitoe tartan also inspired the police car 'Battenberg' livery, with square panels of hi-vis blue and yellow.

British uniformed police use the following ranks, in rising order of authority/seniority:

    Police Constable (PC): a.k.a. "bobby". Rank-and-file police officer, like the American rank of Officer. Not a detective. Normally in uniform, sometimes in plainclothes; CID (the detectives) may refer to them as either "uniforms" or the less common "woodentops" (in reference to the iconic helmets worn by beat officers).
    Police Sergeant (Sgt or PS): The corporal of the police services. Sergeants fill a number of roles, usually as a kind of "group manager" for the constables. The first step up the greasy pole of promotion. A common position to find a uniform Sergeant in would be at the charge desk in the cell area of a police station (usually referred to as the "desk sergeant", even if others of the same rank are also desk-bound). Usually, a television Police Procedural will depict (at least) one of the uniform Sergeants as the kindly old "seen it all before"见过一切 copper who the younger officers see as a kind of father figure. Roughly equivalent to the American rank of the same name.
    Police Inspector (Insp): The manager of 3-5 uniform teams that work the same shift, and the highest rank that has to do shift work 值班. Mostly a desk bound position, although a Uniform Inspector can still regularly be called out to any kind of major incident. Roughly equivalent to the American rank of Lieutenant.
    Chief Inspector (Ch Insp): An 'operations manager' of a police station. Indeed, many uniform Chief Inspectors will have the subtitle "Chief Inspector of Operations", followed by the station at which they're based. The Chief Inspector is an entirely desk bound job. His/her duties seldom involve actually going out on the street, and most usually involve endless meetings with community groups. Roughly equivalent to the American rank of Captain.
    Superintendent (Supt): The overall boss of a large police station, a "super" is mostly an administrator; they may also direct the tactical response to a major incident. Superintendents and higher officers have a few special powers such as allowing a suspect to be detained beyond the usual 24-hour time limit. Most American police forces are too small to have an equivalent, but it would be Major or Inspector in most that do.
    Chief Superintendent (Ch Supt): In most forces, the commander for the highest geographic subdivision of the force's territory. These used to be called 'Divisions' but these days are more often called 'Basic Command Units'. In the Met, they are instead in charge of a borough. A "Chief Super" will often be a long serving officer whose days on the beat are far behind them. Many officers who reach this position are not far from retirement.

Uniformed Police Chiefs include: Officers of these ranks are informally called the 'chief officers', though only the commissioners and chief constables are actual chiefs of a police force.

    Commander (CMDR): A rank that exists only in the Met and City of London forces and has the same insignia as an Assistant Chief Constable. In the latter it is fully equivalent to an ACC. In the Met, it is an extra level of command between the chief supers and the Commissioner's assistants. If you meet a Commander in fiction it will probably be on the way out of a brothel and they stand a good chance of being a corrupt sexual deviant and will probably end up dead in a very messy way. Commander Gideon is an outstanding exception. You may also hear references to "Borough Commanders" who are, confusingly enough, Chief Superintendents.
    Commissioner: The overall chief of the Met and City of London forces. Because of the Met's size and extra responsibilities, its Commissioner is the highest profile police officer in the country, and the appointment of a new Commissioner attracts much media coverage. Not to be confused with the elected position of Police and Crime Commissioner, who is independent from the service they're attached to and manages how their funds are spent. The Met Commissioner has a deputy, assistants and deputy assistants. The City of London police has one Assistant Commissioner. The Met's Assistant Commissioners wear the same insignia as a provincial Chief Constable and have as high a media profile. The Assistant Commissioner for Special Operations is the UK's most senior counter-terrorism cop.
  Chief Constable: In all other forces they replace the titles of Commissioner. Other than that there is no real difference. Chief Constables have a deputy and at least one assistant. Police Scotland is the only one to have multiple deputies. Often, the Chief Constable will mediate between their police force, governments, media and public, while their deputy handles the day-to-day running of the force.

Detectives (from the 'Criminal Investigation Department', or CID) use a similar system, but with different connotations in fiction:

    Detective Constable (DC): roughly equivalent to the American rank of Detective. Bottom of the totem pole: that's why DC "Dangerous" Davies is so pathetic—he's experienced and quite competent, but has never been promoted above DC.
    Detective Sergeant (DS): as with their uniformed counterparts, responsible for a group of DCs.
    Detective Inspector (DI): an experienced and seasoned detective. May have DCs reporting to him/her as well as DSs. Sometimes used as a rank for fictional detectives, DIs lead investigations into serious crimes, but not a crime as serious as murder.
    Detective Chief Inspector (DCI): the highest-ranked detective in the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of a large town police station, or else in charge of a specialist unit at the force HQ. The most common rank for fictional detectives, as this is the lowest rank of officer who can lead a murder investigation. However, the real life job is less 'hands-on' than it is in fiction. For example, the jobs of examining the scene and interviewing suspects are usually done by experienced DCs, with the DCI running it from behind the scenes.
    Detective Superintendent (DSupt or DSU): Mostly an administrator but may also lead a serious crime's investigation. A force will typically have one who manages the performance of the local CIDs and others who manage the specialist units that are based at force HQ. These units are called in to deal with serious crimes or those that require specialised detectives.
    Detective Chief Superintendent (DCS): The highest detective rank, answerable to the uniformed chiefs. Most regional forces have just one DCS, as the overall boss of their detective branch.

Note that unlike American police forces, these ranks avoid sharing the names of military ranks (apart from Sergeant). This dates to when Peel named the ranks in the Metropolitan Police, and he wanted to console people's fears that they would be a paramilitary. In decades past, female police officers had "W" prepended to their rank, e.g. WPC Annie Cartwright (Life On Mars). This is no longer the case, although the media doesn't always get the hint.

The British bobby (male or female) and their CID partners have had several stereotypes over the years:

    Evening All
    Modern Bobby
    Old-Fashioned Copper: A British police officer who entered the force before the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. There is something of a spectrum within this trope, with the unifying theme being a hankering ( A hankering for something is a desire or longing for it. From time to time we all get a hankering for something a little different. [+ for/after] ) for direct policing methods unhampered ( hamper verb 限制, 束缚手脚, 绑住手脚 hinder, handicap, hold up, prevent. If someone or something hampers you, they make it difficult for you to do what you are trying to do. to prevent something from happening or progressing normally The search was hampered 阻碍 by heavy snowfall. The bad weather hampered rescue operations. I was hampered by a lack of information. noun. I. A hamper is a basket containing food of various kinds that is given to people as a present. ...a luxury food hamper. II. A hamper is a large basket with a lid, used especially for carrying food in. a special container used for carrying the food and the things that you need for a picnic. ...a picnic hamper/basket.) by such niceties as paperwork and the rights of suspects. Or, come to that (come to that (or if it comes to that) 说起来的话, 论起来的话 in fact (said to introduce an additional point). "I owe you a fiver, don't I?" "Yes, and come to that, you never paid me back the other money I lent you." "there isn't a clock on the mantelpiece—come to that, there isn't a mantelpiece!"), the feelings of victims. At the one extreme are those with a tendency to favour "old fashioned" methods of policing, which usually involve beating up suspects, fabricating confessions (a process known as "verballing" ( verbal noun. I. (plural) slang abuse or invective (insulting language or swearing) new forms of on-field verbals 口头侮辱. II. (plural) slang a criminal's admission of guilt on arrest. verb. (of the police) to implicate (someone) in a crime by quoting alleged admission of guilt in court. )) and planting evidence. Being corrupt, misogynist, racist etc. is optional. Basically, the British version of the Cowboy Cop. At the other end 另一种极端 is the Dixon of Dock Green trope, an even more old-fashioned police officer from the days when (at least on television) policemen wouldn't even think about doing the illegal or corrupt, but were permitted to use much more force (both physical and psychological) than is perceived to be acceptable today. Such an Old-Fashioned Copper will likely be The Cape (or one of them) of the franchise — with such a deeply-ingrained sense of fair play, there are few other possibilities for such a person. But he may also take thinly disguised glee in the bad guys getting their comeuppance [ˌkʌmˈʌpəns]. Nor would he be above giving (say) a ten-year-old a "clip round the ear", sure in the knowledge that if the child's parents found out they would face much worse. British cop shows found many intermediates between these extremes and often had characters representing different versions within the same show.
    Politics Obsessed Superior:
    Smith of the Yard: Most detectives in fiction barely get recognition. Gil Grissom, Jack Malone and Sam Spade could happily walk into a bookshop in their respective cities, seduce the owner and leave without being recognized. Not so for Smiths of the Yard. They are very well-known. The newspapers follow their activities. When there is a major crime and they are involved, the papers will say, "Smith of the Yard is on the case". If they're not and the crimes are particularly diabolical, the papers will call for their involvement. And needless to say, he (Almost) Always Gets His Man. In Real Life, the Yard is Scotland Yard, headquarters for the Metropolitan Police of Greater London. The Yard has become synonymous with police to the extent that any police version of the Nations of the World Montage will feature a shot of the New Scotland Yard sign.

Police Powers: An interesting side note is that while there is a perception that officers who graduate from uniform to CID detective have undergone a 'promotion', this is not strictly true - becoming a detective is a specialisation, not a promotion. Uniform officers actually have greater powers 有更大的权利 in the United Kingdom in the sense that police have to be wearing uniform to use certain powers (e.g. making a traffic stop). The person in charge of the cells will be a uniform officer (normally a sergeant), while the detectives go about collecting evidence and interviewing suspects. This is a marked difference to the American style of policing: in the UK, a move from uniform Constable to Detective Constable is more of a sideways step 平调 ( I. in a direction to the left or right, not forwards or backwards: The fence is leaning sideways. If you would move sideways to the left, I can get everyone in the picture. II. If you look at something sideways, you do not look at it directly. ) than any kind of promotion, while the American model sees "earning your detective badge" as being a step up 升职. Still, the perception persists that detectives are somehow "better" than uniform because the responsibilities of their work are usually more varied, and they are seen as exercising their brains while their uniform counterparts are seen as the dumb muscle. Until fairly recently, there was a rule in the police service known as "tenure". This rule basically stipulated that if a detective has been serving in the CID for a decade without them making any progress up the ranks then they would be put back into uniform as a means to make sure they aren't getting complacent 不思进取, 怡然自得, 太舒服了([kəmˈpleɪs(ə)nt] too confident and relaxed because you think you can deal with something easily, even though this may not be true. These results are good, but we cannot afford to be complacent.). More than one detective actually chose to resign rather than face the (supposedly) humiliating move back into uniform division. No Guns Please, We're British Police Officers: Most British police officers do not carry guns. This dates back to the founding of the first Police force in Victorian London: citizens were strongly opposed to the idea of lawmen patrolling the streets, so they were designed to be as PR-friendly as possible. The Police themselves, the Police Federation (the Union for rank and file officers) and the general public are all strongly against the routine arming of police officers in modern times. For the police, the reasons for this are twofold: a) it enables officers to get a lot more hands-on in taking down a suspect, rather than resorting to pepper-spray or a taser, because they don't have to worry about the perp trying to grab their gun and b) if the police were armed, they would have to train officers in how to use them. This would mean laying off everyone who failed to qualify, or accepting Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy levels of skill at arms. As "ordinary" British criminals generally do not carry firearms either this is not a major limitation. Most officers instead carry a baton. This is often called a truncheon, though this term specifically refers to the traditional 14-inch wooden baton. These days, a 21-inch collapsible baton is more common. That said, police forces do have units of armed officers who can respond to a scene if guns are needed. These include CO19 (formerly SO19, until it got moved in the MPS structure) for the Metropolitan Police, and are generally referred to simply as the Armed Response Unit by regional forces. These officers are regularly issued semi-automatic weapons for special duties and are authorised to shoot armed suspects without prior warning in special circumstances. A semiautomatic-only version of the famous Heckler & Koch MP5 was the most common shoulder-arm until relatively recently, but 5.56mm carbines such as the H&K G36 or Steyr AUG have begun to displace the aging 'Hockler'. Minimum qualifications for membership of these units are comparable to that of a SWAT team in a major US city. Interestingly, despite the significantly smaller quantity of firearms in circulation in the United Kingdom and unlike some US forces, a ballistic vest is part of every British police officer's uniform and taking it off while on duty can be a disciplinary offence if they're currently compulsory (for instance after a firearms incident, or gang violence is expected, or by default in most parts of London). This is because it's also an anti-stab vest. Additionally, unlike the rest of the United Kingdom, where officers only carry guns for certain duties, police officers in Northern Ireland are always armed when out on duty. For obvious reasons. Police Forces Or Services: The British police force that is by far the most often portrayed in fiction is the Metropolitan Police Service ("the Met" or "Scotland Yard"). It polices almost all of Greater London, apart from the tiny central area that is policed by the City of London Police. In fiction the Met tends to be horribly corrupt and sometimes being worse criminals than the people they arrest and has poor relationships with the other forces (in the past, at least, this was very much Truth in Television, but it is still a popular fiction trope). The English and Welsh police are divided up into regional constabularies. Most of the remaining constabularies cover either a metropolitan area, a county or a couple of counties. The Scottish police used to be the same, but they were combined into a single force called Police Scotland in 2013. Northern Ireland also has a single force, the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

There are some other forces though:

    British Transport Police: deal with policing on the rail network.
    Ministry of Defence Police: a civilian force, who protect MOD sites, such as ports like HMNB Clyde, home of the British nuclear deterrent (a place, for obvious reasons, that people break into a lot). All officers are armed when on duty.
    The Royal Military Police, the Royal Navy's Regulating Branch, and the RAF Police have all been folded under the same banner as Service Police with the introduction of the 2009 Armed Forces Act; although keeping the same names they now have a common set of regulations. As their names suggest, they are each a military police for a different section of the armed forces
    The Civil Nuclear Constabulary: If it's nuclear and not a weapon (which are the problem of the MOD police) then this lot are responsible for protecting it. Unlike pretty much all other police in the UK, these guys are heavily armed, regular patrol issue including G36 assault rifles, Glock sidearms, tasers, ASP batons, CS spray and 30mm Autocannons.note

Units
 Special Branch: "Special Branch" was a label customarily used to identify units responsible for matters of national security in British and Commonwealth police forces, and work in close concert with MI-5, who do not have any powers of arrest or detention. The Metropolitan Police Special Branch was merged with the Anti-Terrorism Branch of the Metropolitan Police to form a new department called Counter Terrorism Command. The Special Branch has been derided as the "Political Police", as they are given the politically sensitive cases. People tend to think that can include doing the bidding of the party in power in legally questionable ways. In reality, this translates to infiltrating far-left and far-right groups, regardless of whether or not the groups in question are lawbreakers. They have also been criticized for suggesting illegal protest actions and sleeping with the people they're supposed to be protecting, then leaving without the consequences. The Special Branch should not be confused with Special Constables, who are part-time volunteers.
Other notable or well-known units:

    Special Constabulary: Special constables are part-time volunteers, who are expected to work at least one shift per 1-2 weeks. There are some variations in how police services organise their special constabulary. Most often, they give their specials a separate command structure with equivalent ranks (Special Constable, Special Sergeant, etc.), but different rank insignia. The highest-ranked special in the force is the "Chief Officer", who is also a special constable.
    Flying Squad: A elite detective unit in the Met who target robberies. So named because unlike most officers, they travel freely across division/borough boundaries. The only place where detectives carry guns, their most daring work involves disrupting heists in progress. Made famous in The Sweeney.
    Operation Trident ( 三叉戟 [ˈtraɪd(ə)nt] a weapon made of three sharp points on a long pole, used in the past. ): The Met's gang crime unit.
    Public Order Unit: Specialist riot policing units.
    Neighbourhood Policing Team: Known by several names, these are small teams of officers and PCSOs (see below) who carry out community policing in local neighbourhoods. They sometimes respond to emergencies, but are more likely to be involved in endless community meetings and preventative work.
    Joint Units: Police forces can merge certain departments. Traffic policing units have frequently been merged, as their officers tend to operate over a much wider area. Joint units have become increasingly used as a means to save money.

Officer numbers
Uniformed officers traditionally haven't worn name badges, but instead have worn ID numbers on their epaulettes. These are known as "collar numbers", as they used to be worn on the collar. There have been recent scandals where uniformed officers have removed these epaulettes before expected public disorder situations. In the Met, it's generally two or three numbers, followed by one or two letters representing your borough or command unit - so an officer from Havering (KD) might be 719KD. (Met epaulettes display this upside down, with the command unit code above the numbers.) Provincial forces tend to have just numbers on their epaulettes. Only Constables and Sergeants have these ID numbers on their epaulettes. More senior officers will instead have a rank insignia on their epaulettes. Times are always changing, however, and since the 2000s some forces have required public-facing officers to wear name badges. In case anyone is interested, the reason they traditionally don't wear nametags is because officers with unusual or embarrassing names (Pratt, Dick, etc) would be subject to ridicule by antisocial types.

 Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs): A creation of the Blair government, PCSOs (you might hear the name "Blunkett's Bobbies", after David Blunkett, the then Home Secretary) are uniformed civilians with blue epaulettes and limited powers (basically to detain you until an actual constable arrives). They were felt by some to be a cheap way to either boost police numbers, or, in more recent years, to maintain them. Despite being some of the most visible members of the police force, their appearances in fiction have been very little, but usually mocked mercilessly. One term, employed by Private Eye among others, is 'plastic police'. 

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If she'd reported Malhotra, three coppers wouldn't be in the morgue right now. No, this UCO, she's crossed the line. Powell stonewalled ( to refuse to give information. If you say that someone stonewalls, you disapprove of them because they delay giving a clear answer or making a clear decision, often because there is something that they want to hide or avoid doing. The administration is just stonewalling in an attempt to hide their political embarrassment. He did his best this week to stonewall questions and to block even the most modest proposals. After 18 days of stonewalling, he at last came out and faced the issue. The President was criticized for stonewalling legitimate questions.) us. Let's see if Malhotra's more forthcoming. 3. UCO - undercover operative 卧底: A method used by law enforcement and intelligence agencies. They wear civilian clothes that fit in to avoid detection or identification as a law enforcement officer. CHIS - covert human intelligence source. A person who establishes or maintains a personal or other relationship with another person for the covert purpose of facilitating anything that: A. covertly uses such a relationship to obtain information or to provide access to any information to another person; or B. covertly discloses information obtained by the use of such a relationship or as a consequence of the existence of such a relationship. 4. The OCG (Orgnised Crime Group) didn't look into a crystal ball 不是瞎猜的, 是有根据的 ( crystal ball If you say that someone, especially an expert, looks into a crystal ball, you mean that they are trying to predict the future. Crystal balls are traditionally used by fortune-tellers. Looking into the crystal ball, it's safe to say that interest rates will rise next year. Local economists have looked into their crystal balls and seen something rather nasty. Remember that these are only guidelines: I don't have a crystal ball. ). The hijack required inside information. Anyone spared immediately becomes a person of interest. And I'm not telling you anything you don't already know, Sarge. The lorry driver got away without so much as a scratch. We've learned he didn't get told the itinerary till a few minutes before you all set off, and there's no activity on his phone. I never said a word to anyone outside the chain of command about ED-905. 5. The convoy was transporting drugs from Eastfield Depot to the incineration ( incinerate [ɪnˈsɪnəˌreɪt] to burn something completely. ) facility. The firearms and balaclavas all fit with the established OCG activity. The transport contained heroin with a street value of ten million. Now the drugs themselves were code number ED-905, originally seized about 18 months ago. So the chances are the OCG that paid for it in the first place wanted it back, or maybe a rival OCG did. Either way, ED-905's back in the hands of organised crime. 5. Management of Police Information exists for a reason. When you encountered the MOPI Notice, you set off an electronic tripwire(I. a piece of wire that is attached to something such as a gun or a camera and operates it when someone touches or pulls the wire. II. a hidden piece of wire that is stretched just above the ground so that someone will fall over it. ). I was prepared to overlook that. And then when your office requested a meeting, I thought it best to consult with Superintendent Hastings. They are my best team. They'll get to the root of anything. The root being what, sir? Access to certain case files has been restricted due to their sensitivity. I'm not at liberty to disclose the details, not even to Superintendent Hastings. He's here to assure you that there is nothing unlawful going on. AC-12 have stumbled on an extremely sensitive undercover operation. Is there a UCO embedded in 打入内部, 安插眼线 the OCG that carried out the heroin hijack? As a former UCO yourself, DI Fleming, you know I can't confirm or deny. I'm a bit baffled here because I've no idea what this place is or what you do. I've been brought in from an outside force to lead on a specific operation, authorised at the highest level, and we've done a good job of keeping it hidden. Till now. Three police officers were killed in that hijack. I can assure you our UCO has not been authorised to encourage, enable or commit criminal offences. Nonetheless, you might want to extract your officer and submit some evidence against the murderers. Our operation's at a critical stage. Best served by 最好是 leaving our asset in place. Ma'am, did your UCO provide intelligence that facilitated arrests following the betting shop robbery? As I said, AC-12 have stumbled on an undercover operation. And now I need you all to stumble away. 6. What the hell are you playing at 你是想干什么, not keeping me informed? Sir, it's my job as DI to take on responsibility. I wanted to know we were definitely onto something before I came knocking at your door. Sir, an undercover officer involved in the hijack had a duty to warn their Covert Ops Manager officers were in danger. Same goes for identifying the betting-shop robber. Maybe she couldn't make contact without breaking cover 泄露 (blow one's cover 暴露身份). She? You think the UCO's the nominal, the one that saved Cafferty's life? Makes sense, sir. She couldn't stop the hijack but the best she could do was limit the loss of life. 7. Sarge, re the nominal (I. You use nominal to indicate that someone or something is supposed to have a particular identity or status, but in reality does not have it. As he was still not allowed to run a company, his partner became its nominal head. I was brought up a nominal Christian. The Sultan was still nominally the Chief of Staff. ...South Africa's nominally independent homeland of Transkei. Nominally she is the king's prisoner. II. A nominal price or sum of money 象征性的费用 is very small in comparison with the real cost or value of the thing that is being bought or sold. Transportation can be provided for a nominal sum.a nominal fee/charge/cost. I am prepared to sell my shares at a nominal price. All the ferries carry bicycles free or for a nominal charge. III. In economics, the nominal value, rate, or level of something is the one expressed in terms of current prices or figures, without taking into account general changes in prices that take place over time. the nominal amount or value of something is its official amount or value and not the real one. shares with a nominal value of £1,000. Inflation would be lower and so nominal rates would be rather more attractive in real terms. In 1990 personal incomes grew a nominal 6.8 per cent. nominal damages a very small, symbolic amount of money given as compensation to someone who has won a legal case but did not suffer significant loss or damage As a result, the claimants were only awarded nominal damages. Rated voltage 标称范围 is the voltage that the manufacturer specifies for a device or a piece of equipment to operate within. If you look on your phone charger it probably says something to the effect of "Input: 100–250 VAC". That's the rated voltage for that particular phone charger. Nominal voltage 标称电压 is the generic operating parameters for a given electrical system. For instance, the nominal voltage where you are might be 120 V (or 250 V, etc.) This is not to be confused with the actual or measured voltage which might measure 119 V (or 117 V, 122 V, 115 V, etc.) depending on location, design of the system, load imposed on the system, time of day, etc. Average voltage is the mean voltage over time. It could be an integer of dubious value or it could have some worth. Take the case of an unfortunate individual who is electrocuted by grabbing onto a live conductor. He may have never had any measurable electricity induced into his body prior to that unfortunate incident, but that instantaneous shock in the last seconds of life still killed him. In this case, the average voltage over his life is meaningless. On the other hand, if I am operating a solar array I care about the average voltage generated per hour (or per minute) in calculating the efficacy of my system.), I think I might've got something. Oh, sorry, Maneet. A betting shop robbery three months ago. Armed men wearing dark balaclavas. A female accomplice diverted staff by claiming her baby had stopped breathing. The baby turned out to be a doll. Is there a description of the nominal? 8. Any leads you can give us tracing this woman, Vihaan, that would allow us to show the court you've assisted our inquiry. Shorten my sentence, yeah? More like shorten my life expectancy. Vihaan, this is an urgent investigation seeking hardened criminals. Three police officers murdered in cold blood. We need to find these criminals and put them behind bars. If you know names and you aren't giving them to us, this is only going to get worse for you, Vihaan. We're throwing you a lifeline 给你一线生机 here, mate. I know what you're up to. Don't act like I don't. 9. Sorry, Sarge, have you got a minute? Yeah. We've been checking out officers that were aware of transport ED-905. As per instructions, I've been searching for officers with any kind of disciplinary record. Vihaan Malhotra. Civilian Administrator. He's one of the staff involved in organising the processing and disposal of controlled substances. Repeated minor disciplinary offences, mainly for poor time keeping 不守时 and irregularities with expenses 费用不对账, 对不上账. So, what's the problem? His name came up early on. I showed the file to Maneet. I'm not sure why she didn't think it was worth investigating. She knows what she's doing. Sorry. You're right. 10. They're on the move, John, but they've upped security 加强了安保. How much? Four escort vehicles, 12 AFOs. We're outnumbered. Maybe we should call it off. No. We'll just have to cope. 11. It's called Operation Pear Tree. Our brief was to embed 安插, 植入 an undercover officer within an organised crime group. Now we're getting somewhere. So here's a simple question. Are you in contact with your UCO or aren't you? Now listen, Alison. I didn't float up the Lagan on a bubble ( It basically means I'm not naive or green enough to believe that load of all nonsense. The Lagan is a river that flows through Belfast and the phrase, rather oddly, means I didn't arrive here sealed off from the rest of the world (in a bubble) so I do have some common sense and smarts. I'll admit it's an odd idiom that doesn’t really make sense if you've never heard it before but it's roughly the same as: I didn't come down in the last shower, or I'm not as green as I'm cabbage looking. ). 12. And Ulster actor Adrian Dunbar - who plays top cop Ted Hastings - even dropped in a Belfastism as he grilled 拷问, 逼问, 追问 a colleague over( pump someone for something 套情报, 逼问情报, 逼问信息, 套取信息 Inf. to try to get information about something out of someone. The representative of the other company pumped Harry for information, but he refused to say anything. Are you trying to pump me for company secrets? Sheldon: Sorry, badgering me ( badger [ˈbædʒə(r)] 逼问, 穷追不舍, 问个不停 to try to make someone do something by asking them many times. They keep badgering me to take them to the show. ) won't work. What you should have said is, It's pointless to keep this a secret because Penny will tell us. put through the wringer (run through the wringer, put through the mangle) 严刑拷问, 刑讯逼供, 经历考验, 审讯逼问 (idiomatic) To interrogate or scrutinize closely; to subject to some trial or ordeal. They really put each candidate through the wringer before choosing one to hire. to make someone have a very difficult or unpleasant experience. Usage notes: In the past, a wringer was a machine used for pressing water out of clothes. They really put me through the wringer in my interview. pry something out of someone 逼问出, 撬开嘴 to get information from someone with a lot of effort or difficulty. We managed to pry the secret code out of him.  But Mr Sattler pressed the point 追问, 硬逼, 逼迫, 紧逼, 进逼, 逼问( push the point to keep trying to make someone accept your opinion in a way that they think is annoying. She decided not to push the point any further, could see he had switched off. If the customer pushes the point, he fights back. press: to try to make someone accept something such as an opinion or a claim. press a point: She gave no answer, so I didn't press the point. press a claim: The young Duke of Normandy continued to press his claim to the English throne. press a case: He was in Washington today to press the case for reforming tax laws. press/ drive/ ram home make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something; "drive home a point or an argument"; "I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas". press something home = press home something I. to push something completely into its correct place. II. to repeat or explain something carefully so that you are certain someone understands it completely. The mayor's office is expected to press home its opposition to the budget proposals. press home your advantage 把优势发挥到极致 to make full use of an advantage that you have over someone. ). "You can confirm that he's not?" he asked.  Don't sweat it! (American, informal) 不用担心, 别着急 something that you say in order to tell someone not to worry. Don't sweat it! We've got plenty of time to get there before the show starts. sweat I. to produce liquid on the surface of your skin when you are hot, nervous, or sick. She could feel the palms of her hands sweating. sweat profusely (=sweat a lot): The actors sweated profusely under the spotlights. II. to feel very nervous or worried Don't tell him straightaway – let him sweat 着会儿急, 着急, 紧张, 冒汗 for a while. a. informal to worry too much about something in particular. There's no need to sweat all the details. sweat the small stuff to worry about trivial things Are you a micromanager or a master of strategy who doesn't sweat the small stuff? III. The secret police sweated the suspected spy for hours. The police sweated the information out of the suspect. in a cold sweat/in a sweat 一身冷汗 If someone is in a cold sweat or in a sweat, they feel frightened or embarrassed. The very thought brought me out in a cold sweat. sweat it out If someone sweats it out, they remain in a difficult situation until it improves or ends, because they cannot do anything about it. We know it is going to be tough and we're prepared to sweat it out. no sweat If a person says no sweat when you ask them about something or ask them to do something, they mean that it is not a problem or that it can be done quickly or easily. 'Many thanks.'—'No sweat. Anything else?'. = no problem [informal], it's nothing, you're welcome, it's a pleasure. to sweat blood If you say that someone sweats blood trying to do something, you are emphasizing that they try very hard to do it. I had to sweat blood for an M.A. blood, sweat, and tears If you refer to something as involving blood, sweat, and tears, you mean that it is a very hard thing to do and requires a lot of effort. Why do apparently sane people go through all the blood, sweat, tears and heartache involved in getting a PhD? ) what she knew about an undercover operation. "I didn't float up the Lagan in a bubble: are you or aren't you?" Dunbar asked as the female officer quailed ([kweɪl] to be very afraid, often so afraid that your body shakes slightly. ) before him. 13. We crossed you, Jane, but it weren't my idea. My family. They're safe. No-one's planning to finish the job on you 回来干掉你. I'm here to talk business 谈公事. No. No. I've done my bit. Lovely husband. Lovely kids. Their safety was your first thought, but there's other ways that you could lose them, Jane as we both know. 14. Is he bent? Far as I can remember, couldn't be straighter 腐败掉了 ( clean ). You did the right thing, lads. We already fell for it once with Maneet. We're not the mugs they think we are. 15. I'm just glad me and Mark are making a go of things again and I can be a proper mum 好好当一个妈妈, 当一个称职的妈妈, 当一个好妈妈. 16. Sorry, the hospital's rubbish at notifying people. He's checking. I just need to carry out an assessment to make sure everything's in place with her mobility, dressings, medication, etc. That's fine. Jane's still in a bit of pain. It'd be good if you could see her. Standing by. Maybe I should try again tomorrow. It's all good. 17. All I'm saying is he's anti-corruption, same as us. Should we consider the lengths he might be forced to - to maintain his cover? Sure. For about two seconds. Long way north. I'm surprised it hasn't given you a nosebleed ( give someone a bloody nose (idiomatic) To defeat or frustrate someone, but without doing any permanent damage.). I didn't get no biscuits in ( risk it to get the biscuit not to get anything without taking a chance. In other words: no risk, no reward. I won't make it to the finish, I don't wanna even try. Look on the bright side dawg, let's risk it to get the biscuit. it's no biscuit No problem, that could be a problem, that will take some time. it's no biscuit, (that shouldn't be a problem to solve your football management issues). that (really) takes the biscuit/cake UK informal (US that takes the cake) You say that something or someone (really) takes the biscuit when it or they have done something that you find extremely annoying or surprising: And you say she's opening your letters now? Oh, that really takes the biscuit!). 18.  I've been an undercover officer myself, so I do understand the stresses your husband's under. We need to form a picture of his current state of mind. I can't help you. I haven't heard from him. Don't expect to neither. Why do you say that? Ask her. She was undercover. Perfect job for a selfish arsehole that don't give a toss about his own family. John's done undercover operations before. What's different about this one, do you think? I'll tell you what's different. Nothing. He gets to run around like he's single again, and I'm left with a house to run and two kids to bring up. You've come hoping I can help you find him? I don't want to find him. 19. Operation Pear Tree files show that DS Corbett has been out of contact with his COM and Cover Officer for nearly three months. In that time, he's believed to have actively participated in criminal offences, namely the hijack of Seized Goods Transport ED905, the murder of three AFOs, the attempted murder of a fourth and possibly even the death of Maneet Bindra. This is an image of the vehicle used to abduct Maneet, captured by a member of the public who witnessed the incident. Now, using ANPR, we've been able to track the vehicle heading towards Edge Park, but the trail 踪迹, 轨迹 ran out, leaving us unable to determine the vehicle's destination. But from the same set of images, we were able to capture a clear image of one of Maneet's abductors. Recognition software gives a 90% likelihood 可能性 the subject is Lee Banks, a career criminal with numerous convictions for violence. One of Banks's known associates is Robert Denmoor. Forensic evidence linked Denmoor to OCG interference into Operation Trapdoor, led by DCI Roz Huntley in 2017. You'll all recall that Denmoor was shot dead in this building by the gaffer. What all this means is there's a proven association between Corbett's OCG and the network of corrupt officers we've been investigating all these years. And is there anything in the files that might suggest why Corbett's gone rogue? We've been looking specifically at the time leading up to the point where Corbett ceased contact with his COM. The entries have been redacted from the files. 19. Superintendent Hastings? DCI Mark Moffatt. Well, retired DCI. Sorry to ambush 堵截, 堵住, 堵你, 冷不防的来访 you like this. You're not an easy man to find. Oh, yeah, Roz Huntley's Fed Rep. Listen, mate, it's been a long day. Yeah. Let me just spit it out and then you can tell me to sling my hook ( leave; go away. ). Since retiring, I've joined a mate's property development business, and one of our new projects is in the Republic of Ireland, the Kettle Bell Complex. I'd rather not discuss that. We've taken over redevelopment, and our terms of business include compensating the original investors. I've got the right man? You were one of the unlucky ones? Yeah. Maybe I can take you for a drink? Yeah, wait there. I'll be right back. 20. Tatleen, the, er the Red Notice that we served on Maneet Bindra, has it been actioned yet? No, sir. Her Fed Rep launched an appeal and we were just Yes. Yes. Rescind 收回, 撤销, 撤回 ( [rɪˈsɪnd] to state officially that something such as a law or an agreement has ended and no longer has legal authority. ) it. I shall talk to DCC Wise and remind her that Maneet Bindra was still a serving AC-12 officer at the time of her murder. She died in the line of duty. 21. So where's DS John Corbett in all this? Nowhere. He's still a mystery. Was it really necessary to leave her body down at the harbour? Could have just dumped it in the landfill. The police would have been none the wiser. Now here's what I don't understand. We've netted gear worth ten million quid, we've put a rival unit out of business and no bastard's even picked up the phone. Now, we've got a good thing going on here with this unit, Lise. With a bit more support from above, we could do some serious business. The boys have fallen for all this cos you've got brains. But you're what? Less than a year in. I've earned my place 挣来的地位. I follow orders. That's the way you do business. In case you haven't noticed, Lise, we don't do a nine to five, and we don't work in some shitty little office waiting for some idiot boss to tell you what to do, hoping you get thrown a crumb 给点好处 every now and again. I've had my fill of that ( have/get (one's) fill (of something) 够了, 挣够了, 满足了 To have, consume, or experience as much (of something) as one desires or is able to. Often used in the present perfect tense ("have had one's fill"). Make sure you have your fill of cake—we made plenty for everyone! I've had my fill of people giving me advice about my love life. Janet: "Would you like any more of this curry?" Mark: "No, thank you, I've had my fill."). Money, power, respect, that's what I'm in this for. And I reckon you are, too. 22. We've seized automatic rifles from the police. They've already been processed through ballistics, so if they're used, they'll just be traced straight back to the police lab, nowhere else. We're tooled up 万事俱备, 工具齐备, ready for a raid. 23. You were John Corbett's covert-ops manager (COM) 接头人. I was. Communications between yourself and Corbett dried up about three months ago. Why was that? John does things his own way. He wasn't too happy how the operation was being led. What specifically was he unhappy about? Why you asking? It's all in the files. That's the point, Ma'am, it isn't. Maybe we shouldn't be having this conversation. Inspector, this is a lawful inquiry, it's your duty to cooperate. Why were you reassigned? Powell's version 用...的话说, 照...的意思, ...的说法, I'd mismanaged John. Failed to keep him onside. This is your chance to put the record straight. John thought Pear Tree was showing signs of mission drift 背离主旨, 偏离目标. I agreed with him. Drifting how? Our brief was to identify high-level links between organised crime and corrupt police officers. Instead, Powell was pushing us in the direction of low-level targets. What was discussed in your last communications with Corbett? John planned to climb up through the ranks of the OCG. He's a bright bloke, a natural leader. He reckoned that was the only way of making contact with the highest echelon ( [ˈeʃəˌlɑn] I. one of the levels of status or authority in an organization, or the people in that level. upper/lower echelons: the upper echelons of power. II. an arrangement of soldiers, ships, or aircraft in which each one is slightly to the right or left of the one in front. ) of corrupt officers. And then Powell vetoed the plan? That's when John threw his toys and we lost contact. Right. So, was there ever any intel from Corbett on high-ranking, corrupt officers? He believed he was on to the top man. Who? It was just a codename. Didn't even think it was real. 24. You tried to make contact with the OCG. The boys ID'd you. They reckon you're as straight as an arrow. I am. Yeah, me, too. I'm doing me job. I'm investigating high-level connections between organised crime and corrupt police officers. These stunts, they've just been to get attention. And I've finally got access to the top man. H? I dunno yet. Contact's via a computer link. No voice, just text. But if I can get hold of that computer, we stand a chance of tracing him. Why are you telling me all this? I'm carrying all this on me own here, mate. I need support. I get nothing off Powell. She's so scared about what I'll find out. She just wants me chasing small fry. Small fry like Malhotra? Keeping that to yourself, got three coppers killed! Look, if I'd given up Malhotra, the OCG would've known straight off the bat they had a rat 内奸. I'm after the big fish. Then come back in, work with us. Look, don't you get it? That's what they want! If I come in, they'll charge me or pension me off before I get a chance to crack the case. What they want? Who's they? The people who don't want the truth coming out. They give you a job and then the first thing they do is cut your balls off. You've got people killed. Coppers among 'em. I've got to keep me cover! I'm embedded with hardened criminals. How else do you expect me to convince them I'm one of their own? You've crossed a line. You've gone rogue! Yeah, that's what they want you to believe! They again! Who's they?! Powell! The chiefs! Your boss! Hastings? Open your eyes, mate. Hastings shot dead one of the OCG. A dozen AFOs had weapons on him. You seriously telling me they couldn't have brought him in for questioning? And Hastings, he doesn't get reprimanded. The chief gives him a pat on the back! What the hell's going on there?! Look, listen to me, mate, I'm just trying to get to the truth. The top brass, they don't want me to succeed. But there's a bent copper running organised crime, I'm sure of it. Pull me in and he'll slip through the net 漏网之鱼. Steve, if you're as straight as they say you are, lad, you'll help me. Help you how? Investigate the intel I pass to you. You killed Maneet and three AFOs! Not me, mate. They got themselves killed. You could have stopped it! The AFOs in the last hijack, they were all straight. Fellas like you and me, just trying to get the job done. But the first lot, Cafferty's team, they were all bent! We checked out Cafferty, she was clean! Everything I've said's the God's honest truth, and I'll prove it. But that depends if you've got the guts to listen. Or are you just another lapdog for Hastings and the rest of them? Thanks for coming. I was worried that you mightn't. Looking you in the eye, least I could do. 24. I trust Cafferty as far as I could throw her, but this is to flush her out. If you smell a rat, do anything necessary. Anything? Fill your boots (fill one's boots 多多益善, 尽管拿, 随便拿 to take or do as much of something as one wants. to take as much as you want of something: The information service is available to all and really useful - fill your boots. Stock analysts implored clients to fill their boots, arguing there would possibly never be a cheaper buying opportunity. ). 25. So, how come the police knew he was there in the first place?! Maybe they still had their suspicions about Cafferty. They must have kept surveillance 监视 on the house. Bollocks! No, we've got a rat. Get out there and find out who's grassed (grass verb. If you say that one person grasses on another, the first person tells the police or other authorities about something criminal or wrong which the second person has done. [British, informal, disapproval] His sister wants him to grass on the members of his own gang. He was repeatedly attacked by other inmates, who accused him of grassing. How many of them are going to grass up their own kids to the police? noun. 通风报信的人. 内线. A grass is someone who tells the police or other authorities about criminal activities that they know about. [British, informal, disapproval])! 26. Hey! That's not a word we throw around 老那么说. This unit used to be run by Tommy Hunter. Before your time 在你之前. Tommy got immunity, witness protection, the works. We still got to him. That's what happens to a rat. I'm alone. Don't worry, mate, I know how to make sure of that. Did it all work out how I told you? Look, don't take the piss, mate, it did, didn't it?! I'd never get an honest copper killed, mate. The bent ones, they deserve it. They're vermin ( [ˈvɜrmɪn] I. small animals or insects that cause damage or disease. II. offensive extremely annoying, unpleasant, or dangerous people. ), the lot of them. Right to the top. Maneet wasn't bent, she was trying to do the right thing. I'm doing the right thing! I'm doing more right than anyone! Look, if it wasn't for me, they'd all go free, H included! Think, mate. Maneet didn't reach out to you or anyone else. She never told you what she was up to. And why was that? Because Hastings forced her out, and you lot backed him! Look, she's dead just as much because of you! Now, put it right, mate. Yeah? Do this for her. We'll go after the bent bastards, whatever it takes. But once you're in, there's no turning back. 27.  I never would've guessed we'd get so much out of watching Cafferty. Yeah. I've been developing a CHIS 发展一个内线, 线人 who hears things about the OCG. I wasn't sure if it was going to pan out or not. Someone I should know about? No. Low level. Definitely not something to bother a DI about. Hm. Just the way I like it. 28. God knows how they got them. They were going to show my husband. Everyone in my phone contacts, the parents at my kids' school. And to stop them distributing the photos? They wanted information on police operations. Little things at first and then it got bigger. Bigger as in the Transport of Seized Goods ED-905? Yes. So, how did that work, then? They already knew about the shipment from another source, a civilian administrator who organised the transport. And then they put pressure on me to rearrange the work schedules so that it would be my team responsible for escorting the transport lorry. Yeah, which got three innocent members of your team killed. They weren't innocent. What, they were in on it, too? Kevin and Ray were on the take 收受贿赂, 拿钱. Carl had a taste for prostitutes. We thought we were just going to get minor injuries. Tied up and The OCG crossed us ( cross I. 反对. 拒绝. to oppose someone, or to disagree with them. If you cross someone who is likely to get angry, you oppose them or refuse to do what they want. If you ever cross him, forget it, you're finished. No one ever dared cross him. go against someone, insult someone. To defy, challenge, or frustrate one. Don't cross that guy if you want a job in publishing—he's a celebrated editor. Stephen has crossed me up so many times I just can't trust him anymore. 惹恼. People are afraid to cross Phil because he has a violent temper. cross that bridge when I come to it. II. [transitive] biology 杂交. to combine one breed of animal with another, or to mix one type of plant with another, in order to produce an animal or plant that is genetically different from both parents. cross something with something: a domestic dog crossed with a wolf. III. to go from one side of something such as a road or river to the other. She wanted to be sure the children had crossed the road safely. Wait until there is no traffic and it's safe to cross. a. to go from one side of something such as a room or enclosed area to the other. A tall woman was crossing the room toward me. cross to: He crossed to the window and closed the curtains. b. to go from one side of a border or line that separates places to the other. It was dark when we crossed the French border. cross into: Refugees had been crossing into Albania all day. IV. If someone or something crosses a limit or boundary, for example the limit of acceptable behaviour, they go beyond it. I normally never write into magazines but Mr Stubbs has finally crossed the line. Candidates must get 5 per cent of the vote to continue. Many will fail to cross that threshold. V. If an expression crosses someone's face, it appears briefly on their face. Berg tilts his head and a mischievous look crosses his face. A faint smile crossed his lips. noun. If you describe something as a cross that someone has to bear, you mean it is a problem or disadvantage which they have to deal with or bear. Two young men perishing in such circumstances is a hard cross to bear for each family. II. 介于两者之间. 杂种. 杂交. Something that is a cross between two things is neither one thing nor the other, but a mixture of both. 'Ha!' It was a cross between a laugh and a bark. It was a lovely dog. It was a cross between a collie and a golden retriever. III. In some team sports such as football and hockey, a cross is the passing of the ball from the side of the field to a player in the centre, usually in front of the goal. He hit an accurate cross to Groves. to cross your mind If you say that an idea or possibility never crossed your mind, you mean that you did not think of it. It had never crossed his mind that there might be a problem. The possibility of failure did cross my mind. people's paths cross = cross sb's path If you cross someone's path or if your paths cross, you meet them by chance. It was highly unlikely that their paths would cross again. ). They obviously didn't trust us to keep quiet during the investigation that was bound to follow. While I was off sick, I was still talking to other AFOs. Everyone was rattled after ED-905, so there was a lot of talk. I found out about the transport and the OCG sent someone masquerading as a nurse to blackmail me into revealing the details. They didn't just have the affair to threaten me with, they had the fact I'd been complicit 从犯 in the first hijack.