List of Police-related Slang Terms - D

D

D (plural "D's")

(Australia) – An undercover police officer.Detective or Detectives

Danthay

Nepal, a cop with a baton (known locally as a "danda").

Demon

New Zealand, police detectives.

Dibble or The Dibble

Arises from the police officer in the Hanna-Barbera animated programme Top Cat. Most commonly used in Manchester.

Dicks

Slang for detectives. Apparently originally coined in Canada and brought south by rumrunners during Prohibition. The fictional comic strip character Dick Tracy was given the first name of "Dick" in token of its being a slang expression for "detective". Female detectives have been called Dickless Tracy's or DT's.

Divvy van

Australian Slang for Police vehicle used for transporting criminals. Named after the protective 'division' between the driver and the villains.

Do-do nutters or The Do-dos

Arises from the stereotype of police officers eating donuts.

Dogs

used in many European languages as an insulting term for police similar to pig in English.

DRC or The DRC

Dirty Rotten Cop(per).

Droid or Roham-droid

Hungarian slang for riot police, based on Star Wars (in Hungarian, rendőrség is police, rendőr is police officer, rohamrendőr is riot police officer, roham-droid is super battle droid in Star Wars).

Ducks and Geese

Cockney rhyming slang for police.

Doughnut Commando

Used by younger or physically fit officers to refer to older or out-of-shape colleagues.

Doughnut Patrol

Derived from the video game "Godfather 2".

Doughnut Shop

Because the stereotypical cop will be seen eating doughnuts.

Doughnut Squad

Derived from an episode of "The Sopranos". Tony Soprano is in talks with Ron Zellman and he refers to the police as "The Doughnut Squad".