Police Equipment

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 0218 v.05

          Weapons

1. weapon / arm / armament |n| a device used with intent to inflict damage or harm to living beings, structures, or systems.
2. "These companies fuel demand for legal firearms, as they must purchase weapons for their agents."
3. "The primary destination of these weapons is bands specialised in robbing banks, armoured cars and land cargo transport (highway robbery)."
4. shotgun |n| a firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges.
5. pistol |n| a firearm that is held and fired with one hand.
6. stun gun |n| a weapon designed to disable a victim temporarily by delivering a nonlethal high-voltage electric shock.
7. baton / nightstick / truncheon |n| a short heavy stick which is sometimes used as a weapon by the police.
8. tear gas |n| a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them, used in dispersing crowds.

        Bracelets

1. bracelets |n| are two metal rings which are joined together and can be locked round someone's wrists, usually by the police during an arrest.
2. handcuffs 1 |n| a ring-shaped metal device that can be locked around a person's wrist, usually one of a pair connected by a short chain or linked bar; shackle.
3. handcuffs 2 |n| a pair of lockable linked metal rings for securing a prisoner's wrists.
4. "The police put handcuffs on the suspect."
   

         Body Protectors

1. bulletproof vest |n| a vest capable of resisting the impact of a bullet.
2. body armour |n| |UK| body armor |US| armour that protects the wearer's whole body.
3. "Police put on body armour before confronting the rioters."
4. helmet |n| a head covering of hard material, such as leather, metal, or plastic, worn by football players, firefighters, construction workers, motorcyclists, and others to protect the head.
5. shield |n| armor carried on the arm to intercept blows.

          Comunications

1. two way radio |n| a radio that can both transmit and receive (a transceiver), unlike a broadcast receiver which only receives content. A two-way radio (transceiver) allows the operator to have a conversation with other similar radios operating on the same radio frequency (channel). These are available in mobile, stationary base and hand-held portable configurations. Hand-held radios are often called walkie-talkies, handie-talkies, or just hand-helds.
2. cell magick |n| a cell phone tracker.
3. cell phone tracker |n| a device that can reverse or locate cell phone numbers.

          Monitoring and Surveillance

1. binoculars |n| an optical instrument with a lens for each eye, used for viewing distant objects.
2. bug |n| a hide little microphone.
3. DTMF mic / spy GSM microphone |n| a device that transmit sounds to a cell phone.
4. sound activated spy audio device |n| a michommphone that is activated by sound and is able to record or transmit the sound around.
5. squad car / cruiser |US| |n| a police patrol car.

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