Why are american cops called "5.0"?
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It comes from an old TV cop show called "Hawaii Five-Oh", starting Jack Lord.  There never was a real state police force by that name, but it struck a cord in the public's imagination, and half the police forces in the country have that nickname at one time or another:  "\nDetroite 5-0", "Dallas 5-0", etc.  Even the police force at the college that I attended had that nickname.
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another simple answer. the law enforcement agencies are to busy breaking the laws "they are sworn and paid to uphold" for their own personal gains. the only thing they "serve and protect" is themseves. state and local law enforcement in reality are just ameans to fill misspent state and local coffers. if this isn't true then why do they bully people instead sreving and protecting. be unfortunate enough to breakdown on the road,chances are your license will be run and your car searched before they tell you that there is really nothing they can do for you. not so much they can't but don't want to because there nothing for them to gain by doing it. i live by and work on the interstate and local and out of town cops are by far the worst at obeying the posted speed limits. not just speeding,i have seen them fly by at speeds nearing 100+ talking on the phone or using laptops. no they werent in pursuit they were from other countys or states. remember "power corrupts" and they have and are given to much by openended personnal judgement call laws. as well as sanctioned racial,stereotype profiling. i could go on and on but i'll stop here.
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This is a very peculiar question but much to the point why do they have so much hate as well. The testosterones fly so high with them at times. But I think it becomes the catch 22 theory. the community is to blame as well, for many of them feel immune because they go through their lives playing innocent to blame and yet they are not, but they are the first persons to tell on some other neighbor. But lo and behold if they saw a person being mugged they would be to afraid to call because they dont want to get involved, so in turn the cops know this and they feel that the public just does not care about anyone but themselves. Seriously people have to interact in their own communities to keep them happy and safe or they will be subject to abuse from many areas. Police have a need to be a boss psychologically, and to enforce what they consider is law, (obviously if they go by the book, it should be the law they enforce) but many times they stretch it as well as the common citizen. It seems there has been a wedge put between the people and the law enforcement officials and I blame it all on the cliques that infiltrate our communities and run our local governments. The door only swings one way in these cases. The criteria and purpose to hire a police person is to make sure they are servants of the public who pays their salaries. But no most of them are hired by those at the top of the food chain and they only want obediant dogs to protect their jobs in politics against the people who would vote them out, or cause them to be fired. That is why there has always been corruption in policing and politics. They are like insects, the ants are the cops and the praying mantis are the politicians. They work hand in hand. Being a police person should only be a job, but unfortunately it becomes their whole being(life). That is too much to impose upon anyone they are bound to be phony and hated. Halloween is over they need to take the mask off, and no one is perfect. Try playing musical chairs with your local politicians and unseat them in their positions. Police your own areas, (police means " to clean")
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I can't find the exact figure - but the article linked to below suggests that the US has 20% more police officers per person than Canada. Canada has roughly 188 officers for every 100,000 canadians, so 20% extra would work out at 226 officers per 100,000 US citizens.\n\nHope this helps!
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Cops don't lie. Don't be rediculous!\n\nRead the article below for more information.
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I used to be the "arresting officer" and 'dude" or "man" were the more polite things people called me.\n\nTrust me, what you call a police officer does not affect him one way or another. He's heard it before.\n\nDon't misunderstand, some cops will use it as an excuse to jerk some guy's chain, but only because he wants to jerk chains, not because he cares what some drunk thinks.
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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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When the first police force began to patrol in the summer of 1845, they only badges on their civilian clothing. The badges were 8 pointed stars with the seal of the City at the center and were made of stamped copper. The newspapers of the time referred to the new force as the "Star Police" but people seeing the shiny copper shields began to call the new force "Coppers" which was later shortened to "Cops." \nThere is also a British police term; Constable On Patrol which may account for the term "cops" in England
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What a shame that black officers feel that they need an association to identify with.\n\nWhen I joined the police service in 1987 I learned quickly that there weren't black officers, or white ones, because we were all BLUE, and we were told that we faced potentially much worse attitude than people of any other colour.  For that reason we all needed to band together, some pepole, of all different colours, called it "closing ranks".
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i'm with you.\ni don't care too much for cops.\nhad bad experience with these clowns who think just because they got a gun and a badge they are above the law.\ni'm a law and order citizen but still have a disdain for cops.\ni go out of my way to avoid them; even if they need help.
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That is a tough one.. There are sought to be made explanations but.. sifting through all of them, I believe it is: Around the year 1700, the slang verb cop entered English usage, meaning "to get ahold of, catch, capture." By 1844, cop showed up in print, and soon thereafter the -er suffix was added, and a policeman became a copper, one who cops or catches and arrests criminals. Copper first appeared in print in 1846, the use of cop as a short form copper occured in 1859
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The anwsers to this question are both predictable and a joke!!\n\nLast time I checked it didn't take 50 bullets to stop a moving car.\nBesides the most obvious thing that all the "Pro cop" anwsers are completing ignoring is that this guy had no drugs in his possession and no weapon on his person...These cops were all in plain clothes and made no attempt to identify themselves to the guy driving...If a bunch of guys who I had no idea of who they were tried stopping me I may act in a similiar fashion (Probably not...But who knows!!)  \n\nNo the one guy anwsered this right...This guy was shot 50 times and killed because he was black and overzealous cops who'd never been in a situtation like that (as stated right from the NYPD) overreacted...It's a joke!! And the punch line is they'll all get away with it.... I hope N.Y. has an L.A. type riot on it's horizon!!
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Folks flee from police and get clean away every day.  It's no major accomplishment - usually just good judgement on the cop's part not to chase some idiot who'll probably get himself or someone else hurt in the chase.  It's really amazing that the cops, who are encumbered with heavy equipment, unfathomable rules of engagement, and an almost totally hostile operating environment, ever catch anyone at all - especially young, healthy, and nimble kids who know the terrain.  My personal favorite tactic is to arrest the friends of the guy who runs and make sure I load them up with charges so that they'll kick the crap out of the runner later.
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I feel they do to some extent.  I feel people have a misconception as to what a police officer does.  I work for a city through the parks department and working with the public I can sympathize with police because, quite frankly, there are a lot of dumb asses out there.  And although there is a lot of politics involved, I feel when it comes down to it the police do there jobs.
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You know, it's probably best for me not to vocalize on this subject but I'm going to take the plunge and do so.\n\nI have had the same problem so far in my life.  I find that the Police are very arrogant and misuse their authority.  I know policemen that break the law regularly: smoking pot, taking steroids, and blowing off illegal fireworks on the 4th.  Yet, turn around and give me a ticket for going 5 miles over the limit.\n\nTruly, someone needs to do some undercover type work and expose many of the corruptions in the police force.  They are in a position to abuse authority...and they do so, and don't get caught.  They don't seem to view the public the same as other people do.  They have exalted themselves, in some way, above the public.\n\nIn the average cop, you'll find a good portion of Arrogance.
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The POLICE are doing a job to protect us law abiding citizens from people who have no regard for the law or other people.  Only people who should be worried when talking to them are criminals or people with something to hide.
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Several expressions come from goverment organizations such as military, police, etc... that have to code everything for added complexity.  Just the way a 187 is the code for a murder in law enforcement.  There are many others that leak out into public, first through family members that have had to endure these coded expressions at home, then through friends socializing with out of the office buddies!  There are also codes like these used in everyday businesses.  saying " I need a 52" in certain stores means that you need someone with a mop!\n\nThere is also the old time phrases that have been modified as time goes on such as from the gold miners after the 1949 gold rush... known as the 49ers...Of course you can't forget the rating scales on the club scene... By the way I am a 10!!! plus or minus a few...\n\nHope this helps!