I made sure the vital information was given out as simply as possible, without any of the accepted police jargon.

And, they said, he used police jargon as he described an investigation that had brought him to Rockland County from Florida.

Recruits must go through 16 weeks of training that includes instruction on how to write police reports, police jargon, citizen contact and first aid.

But the language in the paperwork provides, at the very least, a sharp summer contrast between the world of police jargon and the world of the street.

We've seen the mold he came from, though: he is the Sipowicz character, and the one most likely to spout police jargon.

Investigators say the caller was familiar with police jargon and seemed intent on identifying the site as a Nation of Islam mosque.

His voice was clear and cutting, his sentences short and void of the usual security or police jargon.

THE police jargon on the radio sounded ominous: "We have a clean line of sight and a good kill."

But the sweeps, as they are known in police jargon, have also nabbed large numbers of people who are wanted on warrants for other crimes.

Time flew; names, dates and locations in police jargon kept me awake.