I know a lot of current and former LEO's and none of them mind being called "cops"....a chill pill may be in order!!

Less concerned about cops and donuts, hopefully everyone is healthy and fine that were involved in the call.

Totally disagree! The term "cop" is derogatory. I hear it on the news a lot and it is very wrong. They deserve respect and should be called police officer or officer of the law. Remember when police officers were called pigs? They turned it around and it now stands for Pride, Integrity and Guts!

I always say Police Officer too. That's what my father told me to do. But I thought Cop was an acronym for Constable on Patrol and that sounds respectful. I don't know why the name cop sounds disrespectful.

To get back on topic, any info on what happened?

I agree. People should have more class than say derogatory remarks about others. I think that people that say bad things about others do so to make them feel better about themselves. Yes people deserve respect.

It's funny that you mention that; guarding the HC and guarding the opposing teams cheerleaders were two things I got to do during football season.

Thank you. Well said.

Our culture seems confused about this issue of R-E-S-P-E-C-T putting the horse before the cart. People do not get disrespected or diss'd nor do they deserve respect....rather one earns respect.

There are many police officers who have earned respect there are some who have not.

Clearly Hollywood, the media, some progressives have not painted a flattering picture of police officers. Look at what the media did with Ferguson I am surprised that police associations have filed a legal complaint against Hollywood and the media constant negative depiction of police

You have a lot of unwarranted confidence to say that the greater percentage of police officers are in a lot better shape than ANY of US. In fact, an FBI study released this year found that 80% of police officers are overweight.

Here are a few of them. When I was in the military, we culled the herd and booted the overweight folks to the curb after giving them ample opportunities to shape up. Why don't police forces do that? Could nepotism play a role?

Since this thread is titled police cars, remember this?

I went to snopes and this is what I learned:
"Instead, the police-specific use of "cop" made its way into the English language in far more languid fashion. "Cop" has long existed as a verb meaning "to take or seize," but it didn't begin to make the linguistic shifts necessary to turn it into a casual term for "police officer" until the mid-19th century. The first example of 'cop' taking the meaning "to arrest" appeared in 1844, and the word then swiftly moved from being solely a verb for "take into police custody" to also encompassing a noun referring to the one doing the detaining. By 1846, policemen were being described as "coppers," the '-er' ending having been appended to the "arrest" form of the verb, and by 1859 "coppers" were also being called "cops," the latter word a shortening of the former. "

That also explains why Edwin G Robinson used to say copper.

Boy did this stray off topic rather quickly. Thin skin can ruin things fast.

Anyone hear the one about a priest, a rabbi and a cop walk into a donut shop...?

[QUOTE=tomwed;975497]I went to snopes and this is what I learned:
"Instead, the police-specific use of "cop" made its way into the English language in far more languid fashion. "Cop" has long existed as a verb meaning "to take or seize," but it didn't begin to make the linguistic shifts necessary to turn it into a casual term for "police officer" until the mid-19th century. The first example of 'cop' taking the meaning "to arrest" appeared in 1844, and the word then swiftly moved from being solely a verb for "take into police custody" to also encompassing a noun referring to the one doing the detaining. By 1846, policemen were being described as "coppers," the '-er' ending having been appended to the "arrest" form of the verb, and by 1859 "coppers" were also being called "cops," the latter word a shortening of the former. "

I had always heard that "cop" was the shortened form of "constable on patrol".