Where did the term Cop ie. police come from?
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Back in the days of Al Capone. They referred to the badges the policemen wore. Bad guys called them copper. Thus the police were coppers.
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Police officers dress the same way everywhere in Mexico, sort of like the same as in the US with uniform color varying depending on the Police Group they belong to (Policia Judicial, Policia Federal, Transito Municipal, etc)
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nearly every agency will use different titles for various ranks. In general patrol officers will be called officers, troopers, constables or sheriffs. Supervisors may be called sergeants, lieutenants etc. In some departments detectives and inspectors are higher ranks then patrol officers.
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It means we place trust and confidence in police officers that we don't place in other people... just because they are police officers.  It means we expect them to behave in a trustworthy and capable manner, just because they are cops.  It has to do with the expectations we have of our uniformed officers... just because they wear the uniform.
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It's a legal term meaning you found a key piece of evidence.  I would guess it comes from an investigation where the police would find a gun that was still hot from being fired after a murder.
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BOOF\nWhole BOOF\nNothin But The BOOF\n\nSelf-Appointed Y-Police\n\nSashie Knows Too\n\nWell,,,,,,\n\nWe ALL Know\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/my/profile;_ylt=ApzqkqXFu743_6jhEq27wDoezKIX?show=0e72d78f83683aeea4cac80a2fedf525aa
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Police usually defined by a city cop, Chief of Police is an oppointed by the mayor.  Sheriffs are elected and are in charge of county law enforcement, usually are in charge of posting evictions
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MO is used for Modus Operandi, which is Latin for "Method of Operation". Originally from police slang for a criminal's way of operating. In this case, it means "That's how he does things."
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Police - depends upon the police department.  Generally, they go something like this:\n\nChief\nDeputy Chief\nColonel\nMajor\nCaptain\nLieutenant\nSergeant\nCorporal\nPatrolman or Patrol Officer, or Police Officer\n\nARMY:\nGeneral of the Army\nArmy Chief of Staff\nGeneral (4 stars)\nLieutenant General (3 stars)\nMajor General (2 stars)\nBrigadier General (1 star)\nColonel\nLieutenant Colonel\nMajor\nCaptain\nFirst Lieutenant\nSecond Lieutenant\nMaster Warrant Officer 5\nWarrant Officer 4\nWarrant Officer 3\nWarrant Officer 2\nWarrant Officer 1\nSergeant Major of the Army\nCommand Sergeant Major\nSergeant Major\nFirst Sergeant\nMaster Sergeant\nSergeant First Class\nStaff Sergeant\nSergeant\nCorporal\nSpecialist\nPrivate First Class\nPrivate\nPrivate (Recruit)\n\nAIR FORCE:\nGeneral of the Air Force\nAir Force Chief of Staff\nGeneral\nLieutenant General\nMajor General\nBrigadier General\nColonel\nLieutenant Colonel\nMajor\nCaptain\nFirst Lieutenant\nSecond Lieutenant\nThe Air Force does not current use Warrant Officer ranks\nChief Master Sergeant of the Air Force\nFirst Sergeant (Chief Master Sergeant)\nChief Master Sergeant\nFirst Sergeant (Senior Master Sergeant)\nSenior Master Sergeant\nFirst Sergeant (Master Sergeant)\nMaster Sergeant\nTechnical Sergeant\nStaff Sergeant\nSenior Airman\nAirman First Class\nAirman\nAirman Basic\n\nMARINES:\nCommandant of the Marine Corps\nGeneral\nLieutenant General\nMajor General\nBrigadier General\nColonel\nLieutenant Colonel\nMajor\nCaptain\nFirst Lieutenant\nSecond Lieutenant\nChief Warrant Officer 5\nChief Warrant Officer 4\nChief Warrant Officer 3\nChief Warrant Officer 2\nWarrant Officer\nSergeant Major of the Marine Corps\nSergeant Major\nMaster Gunnery Sergeant\nFirst Sergeant\nMaster Sergeant\nGunnery Sergeant\nStaff Sergeant\nSergeant\nCorporal\nLance Corporal\nPrivate First Class\nPrivate\n\nNAVY:\nFleet Admiral\nChief of Naval Operations\nCommandant of the Coast Guard\nAdmiral\nVice Admiral\nRear Admiral (upper half)\nRear Admiral (commodore)\nCaptain\nCommander\nLieutenant Commander\nLieutenant\nLieutenant Junior Grade\nEnsign\nMaster Warrant Officer\nWarrant Officer 4\nWarrant Officer 3\nWarrant Officer 2\nWarrant Officer 1\nMaster Chief Petty Officer of the Navy\nMaster Chief Petty Officer\nSenior Chief Petty Officer\nChief Petty Officer\nPetty Officer First Class\nPetty Officer Second Class\nPetty Officer Third Class\nSeaman\nSeaman Apprentice\nSeaman Recruit\n\nA rank of the same name is not necessarily the same rank level from one branch of service to another - for instance, a Navy Lieutenant is the same rank level as a Captain in the three other branches of the service.  See the chart referenced in the source link to compare.  Some of these ranks are only held by one individual at a time - for instance, there is only ever one Fleet Admiral, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Air Force Chief of Staff, etc.
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There is a certain  mentality that it takes to be a cop, and its not really a good one. People who become cops usually do it because in ordinary life they think thier above everyone else, so they look for a job to compliment thier mental pattern.
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Well 5-0 means police. It came from a show I'm sure old farts remember Hawaii 5-0. And 4-20 is the national day for smoking weed (pot, Mary J, Buddha, chronic,wacky weed, marijuana). some people claim it is because the California police use this code for an arrest. but apparently the term predates the California police usage. \nhmmmm another one. 411. information from the telephone. hmmm maybe i'm getting old to i can't think of anymore. I7ll check and get back to you.\n\n\nok here's some more\n 187\n1. murder. Derived from the police call sign.  \n\n 2 cents\n1. advice or opinion.  "Ain't nobody axed you fo yo 2 cents!"  \n\n 211\n1. The police call sign for a robbery.  \n\n 211 (two-eleven)\n1. a carjacking. Derived from the police call sign.  \n\n 411\n1. n. Information. Derived from the phone number for information.  "I need the 411."  \n\n 420\n1. see "four-twenty"  \n\n\n 8 ball\n1. (n) Malt Liquor or Old English 800, a popular alcoholic drink in the hood.  2. (n) In drug terms, an eighth of an ounce.
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Beat cops were called flatfoots.  Used to be far less cop cruisers and much more foot patrols. Walking 8+ hours in crappy shoes causes fallen arches, AKA flat foot, and thus, a cop was called a flatfoot because very often that's what he had!\n\nGumshoe was a rubber overshoe, made from gum rubber, prevalent in the late 19th century.  It was also a shoe heel material.  \n\n\nBoth are derogatory terms going back to the early 20th century. If you referred to a policeman as a flatfoot, you might have been asking for a taste of his billy stick.\n\nGumshoe has a bit more history.  It began as a saying that meant to sneak around by walking quietly -- to "gumshoe around." At first, robbers and burglars were called gumshoes, then later the term got stuck on cops.
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It comes from the early 1800s in London.  The term "pig" for a contemptable person was around a long time before that.  Particularly, the name refers to a certain group of Police called the Bow Street Runners that criminals referred to as China Street Pigs.
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Frankly, I've never heard that term and I've worked in both education and law enforcement.\n\nMy guess would be that somebody made that up to get across the idea that the kid's truancy and delinquency reach sociopathic levels.
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Those are the kind of cops that give all police officers a bad name.  It's very unprofessional to use four-letter words (it's one thing if you slip once in a while, but if every sentence out of your mouth is BLEEP this and BLEEP that and what the BLEEP, that's a different BLEEPin' story).
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DPS--Dept of Public Safety \na DPS officer is a State Trooper.
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Help us all out here: I've been a cop in California for 19 years, and I've never heard this phrase.  Where did you see it?