riots in Argentina, possibly because by then policemen used nightsticks against protesters. Candy cars Slang term for police cars in the UK as the is livery yellow and blue. (Ambulances are yellow and green, fire service yellow and red, and transport (motorway) yellow and black. Except for the black, all are reflective. The backs of all vehicles are red/yellow inverted chevrons—only red/yellow because the other colors are not legal on the back. Cheese In New Zealand, especially in the Auckland area police officers may be referred to as "The Cheese". Cherry Toppers, Cherry Tops, or Cherries Often used in reference to police cars which in some nations bear red lights on the top of the car. See Cherry top (slang). Chimps UK slang term for Community Support Officers, acronym for "Completely Hopeless in Most Policing Situations". CHiPS Used to refer to California Highway Patrol Officers. Chlupatej Czech slang term for police officer. Meaning of word is "hairy". Originated in the time of Austro-Hungarian Empire when officers wore helmets decorated with rabbit fur. Chota Central American slang term. City Kitties Slang term for police officers. Coxinha Slang term for police officers in São Paulo, Brazil, likely derived from the fact that most of them eat the snack during their work intervals. Clear Often shouted when police, FBI, or SWAT teams have swept the area and no criminal activity is present at the specific area of the criminal scene. Cogne French, roughly means "to beat up". It is used in Les Misérables among others. . Je crois à tout moment qu’un cogne me cintre en pogne ! — (Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, 1862, chap. III p.1261) Cop Shop US, UK, and Australia (and other Commonwealth English) slang for police station. Cop Shop was a long-running Australian television series. Cop, Coppa or Copper The term copper was the original word, used in Britain to mean "someone who captures". In British English, the term cop is recorded (Shorter Oxford Dictionary) in the sense of 'to capture' from 1704, derived from the Latin capere via the Old French caper. The OED suggests that "copper" is from "cop" in this sense, but adds that the derivation is uncertain. Many imaginative, but incorrect stories have come up over the years, including that cop refers to the police uniform's copper buttons, the police man's copper badge, or that it is an abbreviation for "constable on patrol", "constabulary of