Bronx roll and Leg Bail

 jargon

• Hook and book: To arrest someone
• Hooks: Handcuffs
• Hooptee: Automobile (gang slang)
• Hot roller: Stolen car
• California stop: Failure to stop completely at a stop sign (See "Bronx roll")
• Christmastime: To activate the patrol vehicle's overhead lights
•  Bronx roll: Failure to stop completely at a stop sign (See "California stop")
• Brick: Handie-talkie portable radio
• Beaters: Hands
• Big key: Battering ram, used to break down doors during high-risk warrant service
•  Bag: East coast term for police uniform – plainclothes officers or detectives sent back to uniformed patrol are said to be "back in the bag"
• JDLR: Just don't look right; expression used by police officers while viewing a suspicious circumstance on a hunch
• Leg bail: To run from police on foot to avoid arrest
• Amateur night: New Year's Eve
• Ankle jerk: Foot patrol officer
• Roller: Police car
• Squirrel cage: Police headquarters
• Tweaker: Habitual user of methamphetamine
• Tinhorn: A petty criminal from out of town
• Road Soda: driving and drinking (beer). An alcoholic beverage (usually beer or perhaps malt liquor) consumed inside a moving vehicle. This beverage can be consumed by passenger, driver, or both.