BLUE BLOOD

By Edward Conlon

Riverhead Books
A member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
2004

A GLOSSARY OF TERMS

A
A/O              Arresting officer

B
 B&B              Buy and bust, an undercover sting operation to catch drug dealers in the act of selling
Bim              Buy and bust buy money

C
 Catch car        Picks up drug dealers based on information provided by the observation post (OP)
CB               Central booking
CI               Confidential informant
CO               Commanding officer
Collar           Arrest
Coop             To hide somewhere, sleep or hang out with other cops while on duty
C/V              Complaintant/victim

D
 Deck             Glassine envelope of heroin
DECS             Drug Enforcement Coordination System - a central registry of people and
                   places that are the subject of city, state and federal investigations
DO               Desk officer
The door         A clear path to promotion, often the result of a great collar

E
 EDP              Emotionally disturbed person
EOT              End of tour (DOA)

F
 First platoon    Midnight tour

G
 Ghost            Undercover cop that shadows the Uncle in a buy and bust operation
Grass-eater      A corrupt cop that takes what comes his way (also see "Meat-eater")

H
 HIDTA            High Intensity Drug Traffic Area - a joint NYPD/federal task force

I
 In the bag       In uniform

J
 JD               John Doe

K
 Kel              A one-way transmitter for undercover work
Kite             Drug sale, based on a civilian complaint

L
 Likely           Likely to die

M
 Man under        A transit cop term for a man run over by a train
Meat-eater       A corrupt cop that seeks out opportunities for graft or other illegal activities
                   (also see "Grass-eater")
Mission walk     A drug addict when looking to score
Money-suit       How a corrupt cop refers to his uniform
Moosh            A shove in the face
MOS              Member of the service, a cop

O
 OCCB             Organized Crime Control Bureau, "other cops can borrow"
OOO              Out of operation (broken)
OP               Observation post to observe drug dealers and street activity

P
 P                A drug buyer
PCO              Project community officer
Player           Drug dealer
P-van            Prisoner van

R
 Raised           A drug dealer who knows the cops are watching

S
 Scrip            Description
Set              Five days on the midnight tour
Set book         A book of mug shots
61               A complaint, describing the offense, perp and victim
Slab             Heat-sealed baggie of crack
SNEU             Street Narcotics Enforcement Unit
Spitback         Methadone consumed by a junkie at a clinic as required to prove he took it,
                   then spat back into the plastic bottle and sold. Gross.
Street set       Drug dealer team
Subject          A drug dealer in a buy and bust operation
Swing            Two or three days on the midnight tour

T
 Tinning          Showing your badge
TNT              Tactical Narcotics Team (disbanded in the mid-1980's) - a drug cop
T/P/O            Time and place of occurrence
Trap             A hidden compartment in a car for drugs or a weapon

U
 Unusual          A prominent citizen under arrest
Uncle            Undercover cop attempting to buy drugs as part of a buy and bust
USC/PRBM         US Currency/Prerecorded Buy Money

W
 The wire         The grapevine

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