Where did the SLANG/WORD;;;,"COP,{s}", originate from & when ???

Question

It used to be, "a BAD", word, when I was a child, Now, everybody uses it, even, "the POLICE" !!!

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Cop short for Copper, as Tenn said. Other names have been Flatfoot(from walking a beat all day), Dick(Guard or undercover detective )Gumshoe(Detective)Fuzz,Pigs,Heat,Po Po.
They may be called many things, but trying being respectfull, and just call them the Police. I'm sure they would appreciate it. I'm sure in an Emergency when they needed people suddenly remember the proper name. Good question though.

Answer 3

From Latin and Old French capere to capture. Short for copper “police officer”, itself from “cop” (“one who cops”, e.g. criminals).

Sometimes explained as deriving from copper buttons or badges of early NYPD uniforms, though this is often stated to be a folk etymology.

Answer 4

There are lots of different explanations, but the most prevalent - and the one I think makes the most sense - is that the word "cop" is an abbreviation for a British phrase, that phrase being "Constable On Patrol."

I don't think anyone really knows, though.

Answer 5

probably it sounded like cr*p and all the gangs used it to identify the police when they came.