Quotes About Police

Yes, that night I rode in the backseat of a police car for the first time. To anyone who saw me, it looked like I'd just been arrested, when in fact, I'd just been rescued.

some being attended to by EMS teams. "Oh, Jesus," I whispered under my breath. I spotted medical techs in black windbreakers huddled over the body of a young girl by the front steps. A couple of plainclothesmen were nearby. One of them was my

IN A CONFERENCE ROOM on the twelfth floor of One Police Plaza, I met Detective Beth Peters face-to-face for the first time, by the coffee cups.

walked away, Jeanne Galletta heard him mutter something like "calm down" under his breath. Typical. Male cops tended to respond one way to a man's

It's hard to explain to people the incredible emotional burden officers carry after enduring these types of incidents, especially when children are involved.

Using words to de-escalate a situation is always ideal. No cop wants a physical altercation.

Was the missing girl reported to the police?" "I think so. All I know is what I was told. And I was told that Helga Schmidt went missing and was never heard from again.

It's OK," I said to them. "It's all right. I was actually dumb enough to want to be a cop.

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It feels as honest as the day is crummy that I begin this tale of total desperation and woe with me, my pukey sister, Georgia, and Leonardo the Silent sitting like rotting sardines in the back of a Hills Village Police Department cruiser.

She's one of two women in Homicide in San Francisco, so she probably is fairly good.

science teacher. "The police had me in custody, an innocent man, a victim of circumstances, and because they had no evidence at

Not a good thing for a cop. The sun was still coming up over the

There was a time when cops would hear a Level One come over the air, and it would be a holy-shit moment. These days it's so overused that the sense of urgency is gone.

of him clearing, or even being allowed to attempt, a compulsory police fitness test were practically nil. "They gave me a list of things I'm not allowed to eat," he said.

Unfortunately, in places like Ferguson, in New York City and in some communities across this nation, there is a disconnect between police agencies and the citizens they serve, predominately in communities of color.

Police officers know that each time they put on their uniform, they are taking on risks to protect others.

I have a former Baltimore City police officer's uniform and his robe and hood. He was the grand dragon, which means state leader. His day job, what paid his bills, he was a Baltimore City police officer, not an undercover officer in the Klan gathering intelligence, but a bona fide Klansmen on the Baltimore City police force.

We need to put undercover security armed people at the curbside of the terminal with the uniform of policemen. We need to protect the terminal. We need to protect the security checkpoint, the gate, the aircraft, the perimeter.

We can define the rules of police-citizen engagement, but everyday decisions will always be made by men and women in uniform, on the street, in the community, under extreme pressure, in a dangerous world where guns easily fall into the wrong hands.

A couple of my favourite cop movies are 'I Love a Man in Uniform' and 'The Long Goodbye.'

When I became a cadet, I immediately decided I wanted to be an undercover cop because I don't like uniforms.

Cops are everywhere in New York City. Cars drive by every few minutes. Uniforms stand nonchalantly at street corners.

There exists a cell of policemen within the Delhi Police which is accountable to no one but itself. Operating without uniforms, these are the dreaded encounters specialists of Delhi.