Blue Light Special Slang term for someone being pulled over. 1960s and 1970s hippie slang for the police in Britain, referring to the blue uniforms. Bobby UK, derived from the Conservative British Home Secretary, Sir Robert Peel ("Bobby" being a nickname for "Robert"), the founder of the Metropolitan Police. Occurs in fixed phrases e.g. "bobby on the beat", "village bobby". Still used on UK Railways to describe signalmen and women, dating back to the earliest days of railway operations when a train driver was required to stop only at a policeman's order. Bœuf Quebec, ('ox'). Probably in opposition to the French term vache ('cow'), or for the usual featureless gaze of police officers colloquially called face de bœuf ('ox face'). Allows to call a police car an 'ox cart' (char à bœufs). Booked UK and US, usually after being arrested, to be taken to custody suite and held there in a cell. "They took me to the nick and they booked me." (Dizzie Rascal) Bofia a derogatory slang in Portugal used for police officers and law enforcement in general. Booze Bus Australian slang term referring to a police roadside random breath testing station, which are often specialized buses. Boy Dem UK slang term for one or more police officers. The Boys Term used by African-American communities in Baltimore. Boys in Blue In reference to the blue uniform. Brady Cops Police officers who have been dishonest are sometimes referred to as "Brady cops". Bronze Police slang term used in Mad Max originated in Australia but used in the UK. BTP Specialized use (mainly on UK railways) – abbreviation of "British Transport Police", the oldest and only fully UK national police force. Sometimes derogatorily known as "Sleepers" (US railroad "ties") but not due to their position in the track. Buck Rogers UK (London and south east) comic/derogatory reference to officer using speed trap gun. Bull Railroad police in the US, most prevalent in the first half of the 20th century. BulleGerman for 'bull'. Slang for police officer, often derogatory. Bullerei and the plural Bullen refer to the police as a whole. Buttons (The) US, 1940s, referring to the large brass buttons of the era. Byling Old Swedish slang for patrolling officers. The word means "peeler" in Swedish and it is rarely used nowadays. C Cana Slang term for police officers in Argentina ("walking stick"). Widely used against repressive police during December 2001