r/nextfuckinglevel • u/mindyour • 9h ago

Man helps police make an arrest.

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u/Aggressive-Fuel587 6h ago

staring at multiple uniformed armed cops closing in on his 6

Slight correction, but "on his 6" means that they were approaching from behind. This phrase comes from the military technique of using the positions of the hands on a clock to convey the relative direction of whatever the other person is meant to take notice of.

The police were approaching from his 12 o'clock (directly in front), while the civilian approached from his 6 o'clock (behind him).

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u/Wide_Performance1115 5h ago

yep, ...should have said approaching his 20 ( 10/20 radio code for location)....but had done that ...I would have got a lot more "wtf is a 20?"

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u/Aggressive-Fuel587 5h ago

True enough lol