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I don't get it, I just feel like you don't know what 'con' is. It means fraud; using con-fidence to manipulate people. It's not a stand in for 'criminal' but a particular type of crime. Maybe it's funny that Picard would sometimes get to be a con artist artist, but that is not really... idk.. you missed though.
In US English at least, it's also a very common abbreviation for "convict" as in a convicted criminal. Although one would likely see more of those in a prison or being lead out of a courtroom, I'm sure a typical police station has plenty of repeat offenders.
I've never heard con as short for convict, but I also don't hang out with police very much. I don't think I would call it common usage though
Edit: I take this back slightly, I have heard of excons in place of exconvicts, but not 'cons' or con on its own.
A con is fairly common parlance for a career criminal. I'm surprised you've never heard it used that way.
Could be an abbreviation for "constable"?