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Dilantoplu Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Metro detail

Hi,

Someone in the LAPD answers the phone like Los Angeles Sheriffs Major Crimes Metro Detail. What is the metro detail part? Why would he answer the phone like that?

Thanks in advance.
  

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Hi, m etro short for Metropolitan. Metropolitan things are often related to the downtown area. detail The Chief of Police assigns ( or details) officers to work in what you might call different sections, different departments.

— Clive

  • Hi, m etro short for Metropolitan.
  • Metropolitan things are often related to the downtown area.
  • detail The Chief of Police assigns ( or details) officers to work in what you might call different sections, different departments.
  • Such groups are then termed 'details'.
  • eg Officer Tom works in the Robbery Investigation Detail.
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Hi,

metro short for Metropolitan. Metropolitan things are often related to the downtown area.

detail The Chief of Police assigns (or details) officers to work in what you might call different sections, different departments. Such groups are then termed 'detail
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Such a great explanation. Thanks a lot.
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