polac

plural polacs · alternative POLAC

1. UKgovernmentA road-traffic accident that occurs due to presence of a police vehicle.

   Before getting out of his van, he sent out a Polac (police accident) bulletin on his radio.

   2001 February 12, John Sutherland, The Guardian

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   An accident involving a police car is known as a 'polac', and is investigated 'independently' by the area traffic department rather than by the division to which the driver belongs.

   1990, Robert Chesshyre, Force: Inside the Police, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN

   Two weeks in my opinion cant surely be enough.¶ Oh well, whatever saves money. (they way to stop Polacs is apparently to create an initial phase pursuit course (1 to 2 days)! mmmm I think perhaps the way might be to stop decreasing the length of the course and to give drivers some appropriate vehicles, but thats another thread!

   2007 January 2, magoo, “Standard Driving Test for Special Constables”, in Police Community, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2021, Roads Policing

plural POLACs

1. UKgovernmentAlternative letter-case form of polac.

   When you have an at fault POLAC on camera!

   2018 February 1, StopFightingTheDog, “That moment you have a POLAC . . . in the middle of the day in town . . . whilst being recorded for a television programme”, in Reddit, r/PoliceUK

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   I doubt that the organisation is going to be terribly concerned that you arrive at that call thirty seconds later than you would have done otherwise but can be pretty sure that they would have something to say had you smashed up your police car on the way there. I doubt also that CPS would be satisfied with the defence of '...It was my first night duty … and I was rather tired...' after your high profile POLAC gets splashed all over the national newspapers and television news.

   2019, Darren Moor, How To Survive Your Police Career, Troubador Publishing, →ISBN

   And it really brought it home to me when I was involved in my own POLAC (police accident) in March 2012.

   2015 January 14, Jessica Davies, “Pc moved into office role 'after telling bosses blue-flashing lights on police cars don't work'”, in The Telegraph

   First, a woman goes missing, and leaves her things and a mysterious note in her car. Now a POLAC with a DCI in the passenger seat.

   2015, Martin Edwards, The Dungeon House, Allison & Busby, →ISBN

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