rubber heels

noun

Police officers tasked with investigating corruption within the police force.

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Meanings

nounrubber heels pl (plural only)
  1. UKdatedinformalpluralplural onlyPolice officers tasked with investigating corruption within the police force.

    […] Going in to do the work of the Rubber Heels.' She asked what the Rubber Heels were, when they were at home. 'The Rubber Heels, heart, are the police investigation department. […]

    2003, John E. Gardner, The Streets of Town, page 14
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    […] their programme may actually have served to enhance the attractiveness and legitimacy of CIB work, a job much reviled in the heyday of The Sweeney when the 'rubber-heels' brigade of A10 were portrayed as yet another hurdle in the pursuit of villains and justice.

    2012, Frank Leishman, Paul Mason, Policing and the Media, page 147
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