does anyone know where / why police officers got the name, "cops? only real answers, no guesses please. thanks!
2006-08-26 09:27:35 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
English police officers used to wear copper badges...cop became short for copper
2006-08-26 09:29:54 · answer #1 · answered by sndprssr 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Police in New York wore a copper badge. First it was "coppers", then shortened to cops.
2006-08-27 00:34:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the "old days" police officers used to wear copper badges. it got shortened to cop
2006-08-26 12:56:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cop is short for Copper Badge
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Just like the word F.U.C.K. was used by police officers when they arrested hookers. meaning was (For unlawful carnal knowledge).
2006-08-26 13:26:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember hearing it came from Civil Officer Patrol or something like that.
2006-08-26 12:28:51 · answer #5 · answered by Mister2-15-2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Came from Britain where they referred to on-duty officers as "Constable on Patrol".
2006-08-26 10:13:39 · answer #6 · answered by elk312 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Old Chicago term. Shortened for the amount of cash it took to pay one of them off. Cop was short for copper and it was slang for the penny it took to make them look the other way. Thanks to inflation it's anywhere from fifty to a hundred now. Maybe we ought to call them "c-notes".
2006-08-26 09:31:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
citizens on patrol back in the 1800's
2006-08-30 00:40:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they used to wear copper badges. they got the term "coppers" and from coppers we get "cops"
2006-08-26 09:30:31 · answer #9 · answered by nicholas_dloniak 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
from copper robert hence bobby
2006-08-26 09:31:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋