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- Rashers
- British slang derived from pigs.
- Ratazanas (plural)
- Used in Portuguese language for police officers, meaning rats.
- Rati
- Argentinean slang term for police officers derived from "rata" (rat).
- RC's
- Short for RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police).
- Rennleitung
- Use in German language as slang term for the Autobahn highway police, roughly translates to "racing officials".
- Rent-A-Cop
- US, slang term for Security Guard or Campus Police officer.
- Rez Cop
- Derogatory, officer employed on or for an Indian Reservation/First Nations or Tribal Police.
- Rollers
- An American term believed to have originated in the San Francisco Bay Area. Also a connection for when police car lights are turned on because they roll in circles.
- Raddies
- UK
- Roussin
- French
- Rozzers
- From 'Robert', after Sir Robert Peel (1788–1850), commonly considered the father of modern policing, and who established the Metropolitan Police Force in London (1829). An amusing British term for the police. Used by James May (Top Gear) on his cut-price Police car. More commonly used in comedy TV and Film.
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