paddy wagon
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Policepaddy wagonˈpaddy ˌwagon noun [countable] American English informalSCP a police vehicle used to carry prisonersExamples from the Corpuspaddy wagon• It had been an honest mistake, though, the paddy wagon men believing he was dead or dying.Origin paddy wagon (1800-1900) Perhaps from Paddy “Irish person, (Irish) policeman” ((18-21 centuries)), from the male name Paddy, from Irish Gaelic Padraig “Patrick”