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"Band-aid Buggy" / "Body Box" / "Blood Box" / "Bone Box" / "Meat Wagon" – Ambulance.

"Baboon Butt" – a Kenworth T2000 tractor, because of the grille styling.

"Anteater" – a Kenworth T600/T660 tractor, because of the long sloping tilt up hood.

"Aircraft Carrier" – Truck carrying a disassembled aircraft, helicopter or a small plane.

"Mermaid" weighbridge operator for state transport authorities.

"Hairdryer" Stationary Highway Patrol LIDAR/Radar set up.

"Dog Box" General Duties caged truck/ paddy wagon.

"Camera Car" Highway Patrol Police Car in reference to the onboard video camera set up.

Strobe bars are now used on highway patrol vehicles in all states and territories in Australia, but some regional/country police divisions still use twin blue rotating lights positioned directly above front seat positions, hence the CB slang "Double Bubble".

"Double Bubble" marked Highway Patrol Police Car.

"Flash for Cash" – Speed Camera (Australia).

"Candy Car" – Highway Patrol Police Car usually with high-visibility Police decals (Australia).

"Snake In the Grass" – police car radar usually hidden amongst tall cat tails.

"Smokey on Four Legs" – Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

A "smokey report" is what CB users say when they have information on a law officer, such as location or current activities.

"Sky Bear" / "Spy in the sky" – police helicopter.

"Radio Car" / "Super Trooper" - Either a marked or unmarked state trooper vehicle sporting additional antenna on the trunk or sides of the vehicle.

"Plain Brown Wrapper" – Unmarked police car (Often referred to by the car's actual color).

"Polar Bear" – an all-white highway patrol car.

Today, this can also refer to an automated speed camera.

"Picture-taker" / "Smokey taking pictures" / "Smokey bear is taking a picture" / "Kojak with a Kodak" – a law officer monitoring traffic with a radar gun.

"Paper Hanger" – police giving speeding ticket.

"Miss Piggy" – a pejorative term for a female law enforcement officer.

"Mama Bear" / "Honey bear" – a female law enforcement officer.

"Local Yokel" / "City Kitty" / "Town Clown" – a law officer with a city or township police force, seldom encountered on interstate highways.

"Leo" – short for Law Enforcement Officer.It was usually mounted on the center of the roof. It was basically a clear cylinder, like an upside down jar, with lights and a spinning mirror system inside. It looked somewhat like the round style of 'penny' gumball machines. "Gum ball machine" / "bubble gum machine" – refers to a popular style of rotating mirror light used by many state police and some other law enforcement agencies at the time, however the term can refer to any law enforcement vehicle."Kojak with a Kodak" - a police officer with a radar gun."Got Bit By A Bear" – Received A Ticket."Full-Grown" / "Full Grown Bear" – a state policeman/trooper."Disco Lights" – the flashing emergency lights of a law enforcement vehicle.Bear" – State department of transportation personnel, usually enforcing weight limits and safety rules ( brakes & tires). "County Mountie" – a Sheriff's deputy car."City Kitty" / "City Bear" – Refers to local law enforcement monitoring a particular stretch of interstate which runs through their jurisdiction."Checkpoint Charlie" – Old CB slang for a police checkpoint placed to look for drunk drivers, etc."Catch Car" – police car past radar set-up."Blue Light" / "Blue Light Special" – a law enforcement vehicle, especially with a stopped motorist."Blue Bear" a Michigan State Police Trooper."Bear With Ears" – a police officer listening to others on the CB."Bear Taking Pictures" – police with radar."Bear In the Grass" / "Smokey in the bush" – a speed trap.While state police often use fixed-wing airplanes to monitor highway traffic, "fly" refers specifically to a helicopter. "Bear In the Air" / "Fly in the sky" / "Spy in the sky" – a police aircraft."Jet Pilot" / "Jet Pilot" – vehicle speeding without CB.The term "plain white wrapper" is sometimes used, depending on the color of the vehicle. "Bear / Smokey in a plain brown wrapper" – a law officer in an unmarked police car."Bear Cave" / "Bear's Den" / "Bear's Lair" – a police station.

It also refers to their attitude toward most truckers in general. He wears a flat-brimmed forest ranger's hat very similar to the hat included in many highway patrol uniforms in the U.S. highways, as part of warnings not to cause wildfires. The terms "Smokey" & "Bear" are both direct references to Smokey Bear, a character image commonly seen along U.S. "Astronaut" – police plane or helicopter.Popular terms Law enforcement officers and their equipment 1.2 Trucks and other non-police vehicles.1.1 Law enforcement officers and their equipment.