hobby bobby

hobby bobby
n.
A volunteer or part-time police constable, particularly in Britain.
Example Citations:
But like everyone else in Britain, London's Metropolitan Police Service is tightening its belt. Aspiring bobbies can still join the force — as long as they don't expect to get paid...The announcement has drawn ridicule from both commentators and opposition politicians. "Do we really want to be policed by hobby bobbies?" harrumphed one headline.
—Katharine Hamer, " Scotland Yard's budget woes create 'hobby bobbies': http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/europe/scotland-yards-budget-woes-create-hobby-bobbies/article1790968/," The Globe and Mail, November 9, 2010
Kent Police is looking for volunteer police officers — only days after it announced 500 of its paid officers could lose their jobs. The Special Constabulary in Kent is made up of 285 so-called "hobby bobbies" who police Kent for free and enjoy the same powers as normal police.
—" Police want volunteers after announcing job cuts: http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/news/Police-want-volunteers-announcing-job-cuts/article-2622279-detail/article.html," Kent and Sussex Courier, September 10, 2010
Earliest Citation:
The same tendencies were apparent to responses to my own questions in 1975/1976 and it is interesting to reflect upon the labels applied to those in police community relations work: 'hobby bobbies', 'chocolate bobbies', to which another might be added that has only recently come to my ears: 'immunity constable'.
—David Watts Pope, Norman L. Weiner, " Modern Policing: http://books.google.com/books?id=P8EOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA34&dq=%22hobby+bobbies," Routledge Kegan & Paul, October 1, 1981
Notes:
The use of the word bobby to refer to a British police constable, dates to at least 1844. The term is probably an allusion Sir Robert (so, "Bobby") Peel, who was the British Home Secretary when the Metropolitan Police Act was passed in 1828.
Related Words: Categories:

New words. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • hobby hobo — n. A part time hobo; a person who engages in hobo like behaviour (e.g., hopping freight trains) while on vacation from their full time job. Example Citations: When he decides to hit the rails in search of an authentic American experience,… …   New words

  • Bobby Baccalieri — Infobox character | name = Bobby Bacala real name = Robert Baccalieri, Jr. portrayer = Steve R. Schirripa creator = David Chase species = gender = Male first = Do Not Resuscitate (episode 2.02) last = The Blue Comet (episode 6.20) cause =… …   Wikipedia

  • Bobby Dean Hooks — Robert Hooks (* 18. April 1937 in Washington, D. C.) ist ein US amerikanischer Schauspieler. Der Absolvent der Temple University startete seine Schauspielkarriere am Theater als Bobby Dean Hooks, wo er 1962 sein Debüt am New Yorker Broadway in… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Bobby Blotzer — Infobox musical artist | Name = Bobby Blotzer Img capt = Img size = Landscape = yes Background = non vocal instrumentalist Birth name = Robert John Blotzer Alias = Born = Birth date and age|1958|10|22 Died = Origin = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S …   Wikipedia

  • Autograph hobby timeline — The following is a partial autograph hobby timeline:*1920s: The Big Five of sports, Red Grange, Bobby Jones, Bill Tilden, Jack Dempsey and Babe Ruth emerge. Dempsey and Ruth in particular are considered by autograph experts to have been great… …   Wikipedia

  • Jane Wayne syndrome — n. The tendency for some female rookie police officers to use excessive force to try to live up to preconceived tough guy images. Example Citation: But women are not immune from using excessive force. Ms. Fletcher identified a tendency by some… …   New words

  • Law and Order — avoision brain fingerprinting browsewrap click wrap copicide copyfighter copyfraud copyleft …   New words

  • People — 99er adultescent agritourist alpha earner alpha geek alpha girl alpha pup altruistic donor …   New words

  • copicide — n. A form of suicide in which a person gets fatally shot after intentionally provoking police officers. Example Citations: Carrie told a police negotiator she didn t have the nerve to shoot herself. Later, she d tell psychiatrist Gwen Levitt she… …   New words

  • de-policing — n. A law enforcement strategy in which police avoid accusations of racial profiling by ignoring traffic violations and other petty crimes committed by members of visible minorities. Also: depolicing. Example Citations: But as new leaders were… …   New words

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”