Death Comes Knocking: Policing Roy Grace's Brighton

Slang and phrases

ABC — Assume Nothing, Believe No-one, Check Everything. The Senior Investigating Officer’s mantra for maintaining an open and enquiring mindset in investigations.

Copper’s Nose — a police officer’s instinct. The sixth sense which often guides an officer’s suspicions.

Golden Hour — the first hour after a crime has been committed or reported when the best chances of seizing evidence and/or identifying witnesses exist.

PC Rain — so called as a good downpour has a greater chance of clearing people, including drunks and criminals, off the street than any number of police officers can!

Q Word — short for ‘quiet’. Emergency services personnel never say the word ‘quiet’, as it invariably is a bad omen, causing chaos to reign!

Shit Magnet — Slang for a police officer who seems to attract trouble and around whom disaster invariably reigns.