incident room

incident room
incident centre, incident office or incident room noun
A temporary establishment set up near the scene of a crime, disaster or unrest, etc by the police or army in order to collect information and monitor the situation
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Main Entry:incident

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incident room UK US noun [countable] [singular incident room plural incident rooms] british
a room in a police station used for collecting information about a particular crime or other incident
Thesaurus: police stationshyponym

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ˈincident room 7 [incident room] noun (BrE)
a room near where a serious crime has taken place where the police work to collect evidence and information

An incident room has been set up where the body was found.


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