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FOLDER – the container in which papers or materials
are kept in a filing cabinet is called a folder. Popular
materials used in making folders, are manila, Kraft,
plastic and pressboard. A miscellaneous folder is a
folder that contains has not accumulated is
sufficient volume being removed to its own
specially labeled folder known as an individual.

FOLDING TRIGGER – a trigger hinged so that it can
be folded forward close to the underside of the
frame.

FOLK DEVIL – as constructed by the mass media and
public officials, a public identity that comes to
embody a larger sense of threat and social
insecurity.

FOLLOW THROUGH – part of aiming and firing in
which the aim is maintained after the shot is fired

FOLLOWER – a metal platform in a clip or magazine
that pushes the cartridge upward to the proper
angle for feeding the chamber.

FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION – is the process of
gathering information after the generation of the
incident report and until the case is ready for
prosecution; undertaken for cases receiving a
supervisory disposition for further investigation.

FOOT POUND – the amount of work required to raise
one pound one foot high against the force of
gravity.

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