9781422285121

Mission Prep

As long as people have been breaking the law, there have been police officers trying to stop them. In most cases, everyone knows who police officers are. You can spot them in a crowd. They wear uniforms and carry a badge and a gun. They drive in clearly marked police cars. However, many communities employ another kind of officer—a stealth squad of men and women pretending to be someone they’re not. They are undercover police, and their job is to worm their way into the world of crime to bring down lawbreakers of all types. Police departments all around the world use undercover officers to gain access to organized crime mobs, street gangs, radical political groups, and other organizations. They work to catch drug dealers, gun smugglers, CD or DVD bootleggers , or to break up stolen car rings.

Words to Understand aliases fake names bootleggers criminals that make or sell something illegally, such as CDs and DVDs corrupt having a willingness to act in a criminal way criminologist someone who studies crime and criminals stealth done secretly or undercover surveillance the process of watching someone or something, often from a concealed location transition a change from one form or process to another

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