Recently Mark Sullivan wrote:
"I had also assumed 'perpetrators' was universal, not just
northeast US,
due to its use on TV. Thanks for the nifty fact. (Do I
remember
correctly, was it James Doherty who pointed this out?)"
Yes, it was. He then went on to write:
"I was hoping someone could tell me the actuality of another
TV
cliche. Do real cops put their hand on the heads of
arrestees when
putting their hand-cuffed butts into police cars?"
Yes, they do. I can't speak for the whole country, but this
is the
way we were taught to do it at both my California-certified
police
academy in Alameda County and at the Federal Law Enforcement
Training
Center in Glynco, GA. It's to keep the arrestee from hurting
his head
as he enters the car. - Jim Doherty
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