Glossary

Useful Detective Terms

BEANSHOOTER
gun

BOP/SOCK
to punch or hit

DIP
pickpocket

GRAB AIR
to put your hands up in surrender

GRAND
£1000

GRASS/SNITCH/STOOL PIGEON
informant

HAMMER AND SAWS
police (rhyming slang for laws)

ICE
diamonds

JAM
trouble, as in "in a jam"

PEEPER/SNOOPER
detective

UP-AND-DOWN
a look (as in "to give something the up-and-down)

Rule 1: Be invisible
Rule 2: Expect the unexpected
Rule 3: Details matter
Rule 4: Body language
Rule 5: Stay calm
Rule 6: Undercover work
Rule 7: It's still a job
Glossary
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