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Vocabulary: Police forces - English lesson
In Europe just as in North America, Police Forces have very different missions and equipements.
The police force | A uniformed policeman |
A plain-clothes policeman | A police inspector |
A superintendent (GB) A police captain (US) | The police station (GB) A precinct (US) |
A police patrol | The detective police |
The murder squad | The Vice/ Narcotics squad |
The traffic police | A private detective/ investigator (PI) |
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A "bobby"/ a constable | A lollipop woman/ man | A traffic warden |
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A dog-handler | Police gear | Motorcyclists |
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The mounted police | A truncheon | Police forces |
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A (police) shield | Tear gas | Water Cannon (Invariable plural) |
The anti-riot police | To be on duty |
To handcuff someone | A Black Maria (GB) A police/patrol wagon |
A helmet | A rubber bullet |
To enforce the law | To conduct an enquiry into |
To pick up a suspect | A search warrant |
A police raid | An identity check |
To shadow/ tail sb | To track/ hunt sb down |
To catch sb red-handed To catch sb in the act | To make an arrest |
To be under arrest | To be kept in custody |
To charge sb with ... | ... on a charge of |
A statement | To fingerprint sb |
A criminal record | No criminal record |
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To make an arrest | A search warrant | Fingerprints |
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Handcuffs | A Black Maria (GB) A police/patrol wagon (US) | To enforce the law |
Yes, I agree... There are many words to remember... but as they're quite varied, you can't mix them up...
Good luck to you, then...

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