(1) For example, battery under the common law was a general intent crime requiring the perp 's awareness that he is acting in a proscribed manner.(2) he steps into a pothole chasing a perp down a dark street(3) The investigators go to Albany and Atlanta to find their perp , run into endless roadblocks, combat fatigue, and must reconcile with the angry community.(4) The evidence will lead to the guilty, and any cop who decides who's the perp and then checks the evidence shouldn't have been a cop in the first place.(5) What's worse is that the perp will walk and go on to commit more crimes.(6) You know, they could be just playing it close to the vest and not tipping out - tipping off the person out there, the real perp , as to what the police really know.(7) If a perp fails to give way, a patrol car down the road makes the arrest.(8) She stole a police squad car with the perp who shot the chief of police.(9) With pinpoint accuracy, the two teed off and pegged the perp in the knee, downing him until police caught up.(10) A crime is committed early on, the perp is unknown, and the story ends approximately when the investigating officer, always a major character, discovers who did it.(11) The local show that assists police with their investigations has been on the scene for 100 episodes tonight, having helped solve over 500 crimes and seen 130 perps caught.(12) Its creations range from a robot that labors in nuclear facilities to a net that's used by police to trap fleeing perps .(13) He heard the perps denying the charges that were brought against them.(14) They want to believe that they'll get to run around in the dark and dirty streets and chase down perps with high-tech antenna triangulation.(15) Because the perps have generally kept their faces covered and worn gloves, substantial clues have been difficult to come by.(16) In places where the police spend more time interacting with people as people and not as perps , they are noticeably different.