No humans involved, an informal classification assigned to a crime giving it low priority because its victim is regarded as having a low social status.
Origin
1930s 1970s; earliest use found in Joseph Wambaugh (b. 1937), novelist.
Definition of NHI in US English:
NHI
noun
British historical
National Health Insurance.
noun
US police slang
No humans involved, an informal classification assigned to a crime giving it low priority because its victim is regarded as having a low social status.
Origin
1930s<br>1970s; earliest use found in Joseph Wambaugh (b. 1937), novelist.