Quotes About Police

I was recently told about this new biography by Simon Roberts and as a fan of true gritty "behind the scenes" stories this book did not disappoint! It offers a unique and often humorous look at life in the HK Police from his first hand perspective. After reading Hong Kong Beat I am left with the feeling there may be more to come from Mr. Roberts...

Invariably, people encountered the police at the worst moments in their life. It made all the difference if the officer was viewed as someone who was there to help.

He followed the sound of her worried voice into the living room. She sat on the couch in the living room with Abby and Wiener in descending order of size. The image reminded him of Russian dolls. Like those dolls, the three of them wore blank looks. The policemen from the hospital, Officers Brady and Williams, stood a few feet from the couch, in front of the fireplace. "Oh, hi," Josh said.

I always seemed to fall in love with policemen.

Here at CBS, spring also means March Madness. I love the name March Madness. I'm glad the PC police haven't made us change March Madness to early spring psychosis.

Angela felt like a ghost, moving out of time. Yesterday, they had rushed down this hallway, screaming with laughter as they grabbed their favorite rooms. Now the doors were all cocked open from when the police had trampled through. There had been strangers in the house, strangers in the suitcases, strangers in the drawers and closets

I do not despair that some day we shall place politics upon a sound commercial basis, as they have already done in America and France, or leave them entirely in the hands of the police, as they do in Russia.

Maybe the cops have got him. The knowledge of what police do to black men rose wraithlike before my eyes.

Do not listen to her, Alaric said. She is going to tell you in some kind of code only the two of you will understand, because you are siblings, to call the police on your cell phone. But if you do that, I will kill you and dispose of your body in a place where no one will find it. The river, I think. Your doorman is so stupid, he won't notice if I leave this building carrying a body in a rolled-up carpet.

With everything else going wrong so far, he was sure the police would try to use his sweat as some sort of proof of guilt.

I'm watching you, Josh," she said. "So are the police. You can't hide anymore. You're going to have to keep looking over your shoulder, wherever you go now, because they will come for you soon, and when they do, I will be there to watch.

It is curious that Mill makes very little mention of the police as a danger to liberty. In our day they are its worst enemy...

There is practically no social life, partly because of the food shortage, partly because, when anybody is arrested, the police are apt to arrest everybody whom they find in his company, or who comes to visit him.

Cops in New York City don't have the best reputation. It's a fast-paced city, and they deal with a lot, and many people have seen lots of cops interact with the public utilizing what can be gently called 'not the best customer service.'

Stop-and-search has the potential to cause immense resentment and honesty to the police, with all the implications that has for generating distrust and ending co-operation from the public, if it is not used fairly.

When residents feel like they can talk to the police, officers can stop crime before it starts.

Initially, electronic music was anti-establishment, as punk rock and rock n' roll were. The music was shut down; the police were against the parties.

When police are shutting down cameras, it is a sign that they know the truth is not going to be kind to them.

I shy away from showing cruelty on the page. A lot of the violence in my books actually happens off stage. The police come on to the scene after the event has occurred.

Where I grew up - I grew up on the north side of Akron, lived in the projects. So those scared and lonely nights - that's every night. You hear a lot of police sirens, you hear a lot of gunfire. Things that you don't want your kids to hear growing up.

I promise you a police car on every sidewalk.

The police are paid by the public and carry a public trust, and they take an oath to protect us as citizens. The police have lost sight of that and must be reminded that we pay them to protect us, not to simply engage and cage us.

If a sanctuary city means that our police department does not enforce federal immigration laws, then we are one. But declaring yourself a 'sanctuary city' also signals to a lot of people that you are protecting hard-core criminals, which I don't, and I don't believe in.

Significant cuts to funding for the police, for the Crown Prosecution Service, for probation etc, have put the long-term viability of our criminal justice system in doubt.