Help Needed from my English friends!

[gs_wiley]

I come from a family of English police officers, but none of them have worked there in a very long time so I turn to you for the most up-to-date information

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[marasmine]

I think "pigs" or "filth" would be more likely than "coppers", but I will check with my 21-year-old Brat when he surfaces. You'd get away with "cops" because US terms are much more common than they used to be thanks to satellite TV and the internet.

And as far as I know PC is still in use, but "Constable" might be more modern. I'll see if Brat has any input on that as well.

Brat was working with a teenager from a local trouble-spot council estate a few months ago - but that would be East Anglian/London overspill slang.

[gs_wiley]

Thanks for the advice! I used "cops" in the original version (the character is supposed to have a general good regard for the police and SPOILER ALERT ends up with one, so pigs and filth and stuff like that sounded a bit harsh.)

[gs_wiley]

There's no specific location given other than southern England, so anything would do.

[marasmine]

The wisdom according to Brat is "cops" or "pigs" but definitely not "filth".

I've always been fond of "rozzers", but that would be dated unless picked up from an old TV show. Which might be a way around it.

[gs_wiley]

I'm glad to hear PC Whatever is still used. That's what I had in the original (my mum was even a WPC back in the day.)

[fullmoon_dreams]

Hi

Came here while trying to round up authors of Silver Publishing to invite everyone to the Facebook group for discussing the recent developments with the publisher. Please sent me an email at lmbrownauthor at gmail dot com for the link if you wish to join us.

Oh and in answer to your question, if you still need it, we still use PC....

and the youth generally do refer to the cops, or less savoury terms if they are drunk. :-)