rubber heels

English

Noun

rubber heels pl (plural only)

1. (UK, dated, informal) Police officers tasked with investigating corruption within the police force.
   • 2003, John E. Gardner, The Streets of Town, page 14:

     […] Going in to do the work of the Rubber Heels.'
     She asked what the Rubber Heels were, when they were at home.
     'The Rubber Heels, heart, are the police investigation department. […]

   • 2012, Frank Leishman, Paul Mason, Policing and the Media, page 147:

     […] their programme may actually have served to enhance the attractiveness and legitimacy of CIB work, a job much reviled in the heyday of The Sweeney when the 'rubber-heels' brigade of A10 were portrayed as yet another hurdle in the pursuit of villains and justice.