Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: IAB caper

Ciao!
Sto traducendo un dialogo, e sono arenata! Chissà se qualcuno qui mi apre 
gli occhi?
La polizia ferma un tizio, sospettato di voler rapire una bambina.
Il tizio mostra un distintivo d'argento, l'agente ne mostra uno d'oro. Poi 
arriva il capitano.
Il dialogo è questo:
Tizio: Hey, you know what? Gold
shield doesn't mean I
answer to you, okay?
Capitano: You answer to me.
Tizio: It's an IAB caper, Captain.
Agente: What's today's color?
Tizio: Purple.
Agente: Wrong.
Non riesco in alcun modo a capire, nemmeno con google e con Acronymus 
finder, ne' con i dizionari, cosa sia questo IAB caper, e perchè l'agente 
gli chieda il "colore di oggi".
Chi risolve il mistero resterà per sempre nel mio cuor.
zazzyn

 Agente: Wrong.
Boh? 'caper' vuol dire tra l'altro reato, attività illecita, e IAB tante 
cose. Puoi darci un po' più di contesto? Tempo e luogo dell'azione?
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Anna 

 gli chieda il "colore di oggi".
A quanto pare, IAB = "Internal Affairs Bureau/Board".
Il "colore di oggi" sara' un qualche tipo di password / modo
per agenti di riconoscersi.
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 Tizio: It's an IAB caper, Captain
Può esserti utile?
NYPD – Internal Affairs Bureau (IAB)
The NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau (IAB) is charged by the Police Commissioner 
with the “institutional accountability, implementation and maintenance of 
the Department's anti-corruption programs” and has been appointed the 
investigator of complainants of serious misconduct and allegations of 
corruption.  The Bureau’s mission is to provide for “effective corruption 
control through analyzing allegations and trends, and conducting 
comprehensive investigations designed to ensure the highest standards of 
integrity.”
http://webdocs.nyccouncil.info/attachments/65877.htm?CFID=543145&CFTOKEN=56019948
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Ciao,
Anna 

 per agenti di riconoscersi.
Grazie! In effetti IAB c'era eccome, tra gli acronimi, ma mi sa che sto 
ancora dormendo!
:-D 

 standards of integrity."
Grazie mille!
zazzyn 

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In New York City, ordinary police officers ("Patrolmen") carry badges
which are silver in color.
Detectives carry badges which are gold in color.
An IAB officer may carry a silver badge and be of a lesser rank than a
detective, but his job often requires him to take charge of an
investigation where he may be in conflict with a detective.
Joe from Massachusetts

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Other higher-ranking police officers also carry gold-colored badges,
and some of the badges are even solid gold, indicative of a very high
rank.
Joe from Massachusetts

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The reference to the color purple may be a reference to the Purple
Shield Medal, inspired by the miliary Purple Heart medal, which is
awarded to officers who have been wounded in the line of duty, but it
is hard to tell from the context.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/chfpers/purple-shield.html
Joe from Massachusetts

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I think the "tizio" is just trying to say that the crime under
investigation is under the jurisdiction of the IAB, because the crime
either involves police officers directly, or police officers
responding to the crime acted in an illegal manner. Again, context is
lacking.
Joe from Massachusetts

 investigation where he may be in conflict with a detective.
Thank you very much! It makes sense! :-)
zazzyn 

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My cousin's son is a member of the NYPD, and he now carries a gold
shield.
Badge and shield are often used interchangeably, but the police
themselves prefer to use the word "shield", for some reason.
The police badge is shaped like a shield, explaining the origin of the
use of "shield".
I think the convention of patrolmen's shields being silver-colored and
detectives' shields being gold-colored applies to most police
departments in the US.
Joe from Massachusetts