1) I have shot an intruder
2) I have dispatched an assailant
3) I have liquidated a scumbag
4) Punk was feelin lucky, but he wasn't
5) An attacker has assumed room temperature
6) The corpse of a would-be assailant is on my floor, come and get it
7) Forget the ambulance, send a coroner
Or what else do you suggest?
2007-12-11 14:09:08 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
In all seriousness. Tell the dispatcher that someone was shot, then do not say another word, other than your name and DOB, until you speak to your lawyer.
2007-12-11 17:59:30 · answer #1 · answered by California Street Cop 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Book 'em Danno--into the morgue. Steve McGarrett
Uh ... just one more thing ... the suspect stopped answering questions around the same time he stopped breathing. Columbo.
I used the old Pump-'em-full-of-lead Trick. Maxwell Smart
He did the crime, but he won't do the time. Tony Barretta
He had a piece of string and paperclip--he could have killed me--so I blasted him. MacGyver
I don't remember what happened. I had another 'Nam flashback. I think Rick and T.C. had something to do with it. Thomas Magnum, P.I.
Really, Magnum. Jonathan Quayle Higgins
The gun was in the cookie jar where I keep it. I don‘t shoot it. I just point it. I think Angel Martin had something to do with it. Jim Rockford
He messed with my convertible. Joe Mannix
You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy, but on the other hand you can pump him full of lead. McCloud
Who loves ya, baby? I said, Who loves ya, baby? [Blam! Blam! Blam!] I think that oughtta do it. He's dead. Kojack
I had to. He STIRRED the martini. James Bond.
He called me a P____. Banacek
2007-12-15 07:16:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I prefer:
8) None of the above.
Kid, I suggest you put down the gun, and step away! You're scaring me!
If you've got to rehearse for this, you're going to wind up in prison.
bushido1 has it right: This "LINGO" is not COP lingo! Any cop around here would be booted out with that kind of mentality! I sincerely WISH you were joking, but I'm afraid you're all too serious.
2007-12-11 20:22:02 · answer #3 · answered by pike942 SFECU pray4revival FOI 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I suggest you make sure the intruder has a weapon in his hand. Depending upon the state in which you live, you could be liable for his injuries if you're not in mortal fear of your life when you shoot him.
That, or drag him an inch off your property and let the local pack of dogs have a go at him ;-).
2007-12-11 16:43:57 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i like number 4. and as a police dispatcher it would probably make me laugh my *** off and i wouldn't be able to get any more information. but as the lines are recorded it would probably be in your best interest to be as nice and calm as possible if they were to go back and listen to the tapes they may think you were carless and joking about the whole situation. but hopefully the situation will never come about. good luck.
2007-12-11 14:20:42 · answer #5 · answered by JEN 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm crackin up.
They're all good.
"Punk was feelin lucky, but he wasn't" is the one I'm using next time.
How about:
Compromised the perp with extreme prejudice.
Punk wouldn't freeze, so I iced him.
Punk has fallen and he can't get up.
Forget the handcuffs, just bring a bag and a shovel.
2007-12-11 15:39:00 · answer #6 · answered by nobodyhere 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
u sound like an extra from a dirty harry movie
and the 7th will probably get u arrested for something
2007-12-11 14:29:52 · answer #7 · answered by sammi 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I suggest you ask the intruder. If he's not dead, he probably knows how cops talk! LOL What a question!
2007-12-11 14:24:05 · answer #8 · answered by Joanie 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Plain English works for me, just stick to the truth. If you've got nothing to hide then don't try to dress it up.
2007-12-11 14:14:12 · answer #9 · answered by Mike S 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
None of the above. I've never heard a cop use any of the "lingo" that you list.
2007-12-11 14:16:29 · answer #10 · answered by bushido1971 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋