Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term
PD
They describe why people confess crimes they didn't commit:
"So they arrest people late in the day.
Then they bring them in, and everybody's gone home and now you're mine for the night.
And tomorrow *******the PD's***** will show up,
and you even see it in these cases, how the pressure increases as the night goes on.
And it's so typical that you look at the signatureand it says 7:30 am."
Now what are PD's ?
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Charles Davis
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JW Narins
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Aug 5, 2015 15:32: Charles Davis Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (1): Edith Kelly
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police detective
I think it must mean "police detectives"; PD can stand for that. It makes sense, because the arrested person would be held overnight in the custody of uniformed officers and then the next day the detectives would turn up to interrogate them.
"What is the percentage of women detectives in the United States?
By detectives, do you mean private investigators? Or police detectives? And if PDs, do you mean state police, county sheriffs, or local law enforcement?
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090730102304A...
"Appointed on August 5th, 1913, Clement was the only woman in the class of almost 100 new police detectives and would remain so for many years after. [...]
Her superior, a man named Chief McWeeny, eventually became so fed up with her successful presence there, and the eventual addition of new female PDs, that he resigned. However, many of those on the force and around Chicago crime scenes recognized the value of female PDs who could go undercover and infiltrate otherwise difficult to bust crime scenes.
http://all-that-is-interesting.com/alice-clement#DooC8Qi1Hls...
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Another possibility is "public defenders", but again that doesn't fit the context. It's clear that they're talking about what makes people confess after a night in the cells. Clearly the fact that the PDs will turn up tomorrow is being presented as one of the factors that increases the pressure on arrested persons, leading to false confessions. These PDs must be people they somehow fear. So I think they must be police officers, not defense lawyers. And the uniformed officers, who work nights, are already there; it's the detectives that will turn up the next day.
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JW Narins
: Yes, I buy that.
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Thanks very much!
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Edith Kelly
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Thanks, Edith!
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Jack Doughty
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Thanks, Jack!
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B D Finch
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Thanks, Barbara!
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Sheri P
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Thanks, Sheri!
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TonyTK
: But "public defenders", which would explain the "even". Apart from which, I'm not sure a detective would arrest you, stick you in the cells for the night, and say "I'll be back in the morning to question you" ... Where's Andy Sipowicz when we need him?
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Thanks! I think we're to understand that uniformed officers made the arrest, not detectives. (And actually delaying the interrogation, within legal limits, is not uncommon: let the prisoner stew in the cells for the night, worrying about what's coming.)
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Tina Vonhof (X)
: From the context it looks to me like the arresting officers have been questioning the suspect all night and by morning they are so tired they sign a confession..
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Thanks, Tina! That's quite possible, yes... and if they don't confess then the detectives have a go the next day while the others rest. I think I might confess.
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private detective
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Charles Davis
: Why would private detectives be showing up, and why should that prospect lead to confessions in the early morning?
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