Be on the lookout

Be on the look out.

At great personal sacrifice, but motivated by my selfless desire to serve humanity, I somehow got myself off the couch midway through a rerun of NCIS and staggered to the computer to seek an answer to the  No. 1 question plaguing mankind.

What the heck is a "BOLO?"

The foxy lady Zeva had used it one time too many and I had to know. Here, for all of you mired in worry over rising gasoline and food prices, riots and revolution in the Mideast, and a new report that half our dogs and cats are overweight, is the answer:

BOLO means "be on the lookout." This from a website where police officers rant. What had them concerned was the difference between a BOLO and an APB, which, come to think of it, has had me troubled for some time. Here, law-abiding citizens, is the answer:

APB means All Points Bulletin - It may be just an announcement of say a prison break or catastrophe of some kind or it may be a want on a suspect. It is when they want "all points" to hear the information. It is also used in place of a BOLO by some agencies.  

BOLO means Be On The Lookout - this is more traditional and to some, archaic, for when a specific persson or vehicle is wanted in conncention with a crime or perhaos a key witness. 

Clear as mud?

Yeah, but in clearing it up I missed an entire plot twist and I'm still wondering how they caught the bad guys. Maybe they tricked them and switched to an APB.