The Peterborough Police Service has made the media’s job a little more interesting over the holidays — by breaking out the thesaurus.
Every day, the police service sends out releases to local media on calls for service and arrests of suspects of crime. For the past week, Sergeant Scott Rogers has been adding some literary colour to the normally dry (and often depressing) releases with some unusual vocabulary choices.
Here are some examples from a few media releases over the holidays (yes, we admit we had to google a couple of these words).
- The same audacious male entered the store again and his movements in the store were monitored by staff. The male continued to exhibit impudent behaviour.
- A perspicacious employee researched store surveillance and saw the suspicious male steal a piece of jewelry from a display case.
- An astute loss prevention officer observed the crime.
- The subsequent investigation determined that the male was flummoxed by the darkness and his unfamiliar surroundings.
- Two sagacious officers on routine patrol observed a male known to have an outstanding warrant for his arrest.
Sergeant Rogers tells kawarthaNOW that he decided to do a “word of the day” in the releases over the holidays. He says he’s had a lot of positive responses, especially from officers who say they now look forward to reading the releases.
Here’s hoping the trend continues in 2017!
