been around quite a few cops lately, in non-incident settings
 

they always refer to themselves as peace officers.
always.

i've never really been around cops before, is this typical? i expected sheriff, police officer, deputy, etc.

american police is scary :2 cents:

I work alongside cops - never heard one refer to themselves as peace officers. But I've heard the reference sometimes used for lower-class, entry-level constables - usually not the upper ranks like sergeants or staff sergeants.

Stand back sir or I must fire my peace keeper...

shit! in 3rd world countries they dump you in water.

When you city has cops running around on dirt bikes, you know you're in a bad place.

Our local cops spend a third of our city's annual budget on wages - they can't afford dirt bikes.

Two of my best friends are cops and I know a lot of cops through them. I've never heard any of them refer to themselves as that. Typically they say either cop, officer or po po.

these guys are younger for cops, i think, late 20s early 30s it seems like. it occurred to me perhaps it's part of their training on account of how they'd say it, like "as a peace officer..", "the other peace officer over there can..." it struck me as interesting.

So you sat next to a few cops chatting at dunkin doughnuts and over heard them use "peace officer"?

This sounds like a vendizla 2.0.

You must hang around some weird cops.

My ex and his buddies referred to themselves as cops. I always figured they'd refer to themselves as police officers or even officers, but nope, just cops.

My girl calls herself and her coworkers babysitters. But she's shuffling around the ones who've already been caught and are awaiting trial.

dude we have the politest police you can meet...it is almost impossible to get shot...you really really really have to be shooting at them...they will never draw a weapon on you if you do not have one...

nothing like the US police...and we have the 2nd highest gun ownership per capita after the USA and like 100x less crime and murder ect...no gangs at all like the cripps or bloods or whatever...a "gang" here is like 3-4 dudes selling weed :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

we did not manage to fail like the USA despite 2 wars and decades of crippling sanctions...the USA is just better at us at some things :thumbsup

I think it's safe to say they're an odd bunch. lol

I don't hang around cops. I wouldn't hang out with cops

I've been working alongside them. You really think that [if] when I would hang out with cops as buddies one would refer to the other as "the peace officer over there"?



dumbfuck.