Undercover facts for kids
Being undercover means that a person is wearing normal clothing and is hiding their identity from people. It is often used by police officers when they are investigating crimes or criminals. It is done to gain trust and also possibly to gather evidence. It is not the same as a police officer who is wearing normal clothing (a plain-clothes officer) but who is not hiding their real name and that they are a police officer.
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Portrait of Eugène François Vidocq, pioneering criminologist and the founder of one of the first undercover police units in the early 19th century.
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Special Branch detectives on an undercover operation at the London Docks, 1911.
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