MikeB – With them, it’s no longer a need for a dictionary!

Phillip – Speaking of that, I am having a problem with the clicky thing with the cord at the end. You know, the thingamajig with the ball . . .

As far as people who aren’t law enforcement, the difference between robbery and burglary could be fuzzy. I know I had a problem with the difference between assault and battery for a long time, until an officer friend explained that assault could be just yelling at someone, but for battery you had to touch them. It’s considered “technical” language, and every field has it. I’m a computer technician, and it drives me nuts when people refer to the whole computer as a hard drive, or when they say “My modem’s not working” and you get there and find out it’s a monitor or printer issue.

I heard a good one; you might have heard it already. Now, with Google and Wikipedia, it is no longer acceptable to say “I don’t know.”

Here’s my bottle of Extra Strength Tylenol Wyatt. It’s especially good for those tough headaches you get from slamming your forehead against your desk.

As a side note, “robbed” sounds better than “burgled”. Burgled sounds like something that the dude in stripes at McDonalds would do to you to make you laugh.

DesertSage – Great answer!

BZ – All good stuff, except the PA Crimes Code doesn’t use “larceny.”

Kim – I realize that. I would never criticize someone for not knowing, but an officer is supposed to know the difference. Many in our department do not.

Never actually been robbed or burglarized, but a friend was.

459. Every person who enters any house, room, apartment, tenement, shop, warehouse, store, mill, barn, stable, outhouse or other building, tent, vessel, as defined in Section 21 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, floating home, as defined in subdivision (d) of
Section 18075.55 of the Health and Safety Code, railroad car, lockedor sealed cargo container, whether or not mounted on a vehicle, trailer coach, as defined in Section 635 of the Vehicle Code, any house car, as defined in Section 362 of the Vehicle Code, inhabited
camper, as defined in Section 243 of the Vehicle Code, vehicle as defined by the Vehicle Code, when the doors are locked, aircraft as defined by Section 21012 of the Public Utilities Code, or mine or any underground portion thereof, with intent to commit grand or petit larceny or any felony is guilty of burglary. As used in this chapter, “inhabited” means currently being used for dwelling purposes, whether occupied or not. A house, trailer, vessel designed for habitation, or portion of a building is currently being used for dwelling purposes if, at the time of the burglary, it was not occupied solely because a natural or other disaster caused the
occupants to leave the premises.

Used to drive me crazy too. “Your house didn’t get robbed!”

BZ

If you raise the voltage on the taser you get more potential to push more amperage into the bad guys body.