Shield

Shield, n.: Something to Hide Behind A shield is an object from behind which one strikes blatantly and maliciously before ‎retreating again behind it to withstand the worst of an assault while he comfortably—and in ‎relative safety—plots when next to strike. See Phalanx In terms to law enforcement, this ‎translates as a malignant entity that betrays local, state or federal laws at the community’s ‎expense, and then when retaliation rears up, hides behind the hard-earned reputation of his ‎comrades in order to let the majority of the blow be lessened on the character of his colleagues, ‎all the while, preserving his own. See Bitch‎