Different Names For Calling A Policeman?

rootsair · Mon Nov 27, 2006 3:44 am

We all know policemen have different names people call them such as cop. Let us know all the different ways you have of calling them. any language is acceptable.

Here is in French:

Policier
Flic
Poulet(chicken)
Kisder
Keuff
Schmit

halls120 · Mon Nov 27, 2006 3:59 am

Just a partial list in American english

Police
Cop
patrolman
Heat
John Law
Smokey
deputy
trooper
paddy

legoguy · Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:01 am

Peelers

Filler
Filler

skidmarks · Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:06 am

Filth
Rozzers
Plod
Pigs
Law
Nick (Police Station)

Probably some more but I can't think of them right at this moment. Big grin

Andy

Derico · Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:08 am

milicos (time specific)
yuta (lunfardo, BA slang)
rati (old lunfardo)
la cana (argentine slang)
cialopa (western slang)
filadera (countryside/gaucho slang)

HPLASOps · Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:10 am

Fuzz
PoPo

Filler

Noora · Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:15 am

poliisi
pollari
sinivuokko
kyttä
koppalakki
jepari
jeppe

SlamClick · Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:18 am

"Sir" works just fine.
otherwise...

Bear - The other half of "smokey the bear" because of the hats they wore.

Ah poo - AP or USAF Air Police

White mice - South vietnamese national police during the war

Chips - CHP; California Highway Patrol NEVER used until the really dumb TV show came along.

The Man - kind of US hippie era but it also included anyone in authority

County Mountie - County or local police as opposed to State police.

The Goon Squad - archaic Pacific Northwest for highway patrol portable scale cars. They gave out overload tickets to log trucks that could bankrupt gyppo loggers.

[Edited 2006-11-26 20:19:21]

Matt72033 · Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:34 am

the old bill
pigs
rozzers
filth
the fuzz

the riot vans are often reffered to as meat wagons

JAGflyer · Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:37 am

Da Fuzz

mmmmm artificial filler droooooooool

ryangooner · Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:41 am

Cozzers
Rozzers
Plod
Pigs
Law
5-0
Babylon
Old Bill
Fuzz
Scum
P.D
Bobbies
Black Rats (Traffic)
coppers
cops
filth
Flat foot
Tit heads
Boys in blue
Bizzies
Bottles and Stoppers (cockney-coppers)

[Edited 2006-11-26 20:44:58]

[Edited 2006-11-26 20:45:50]

jamesbuk · Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:51 am

How about...

Feds
Ive also heard "lights" or "The blue" being used sometimes.

Rgds --James--

KaiGywer · Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:01 am

Hmm, let's see

Pig
Bacon

:D

Had one drunk guy yell at us once....

"I love bacon!!! I love bacon!!!" Ok then Smile

skidmarks · Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:23 am

Quoting KaiGywer (Reply 13):

So excited you had to say it twice huh? duck

Andy

MD11Engineer · Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:35 am

In German:

If you want to be nice:
Schutzmann

Not nice (don't try these out unless you want to spend a night in the station and pay a hefty fine):
Bulle
Bullette (lit. a meatball, in Berlin for a female cop)
Polyp
Bullenschwein
Bullensau
Kleine gruene Maennchen (little green gnomes, due to their green uniform)

Jan

dan2002 · Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:10 am

Quoting MD11Engineer (Reply 15):
Not nice (don't try these out unless you want to spend a night in the station and pay a hefty fine):

die schweine?

Wink

SlamClick · Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:54 am

And of course, the blue meanies.

"Are you bluish? You don't look bluish."

MD11Engineer · Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:56 am

Quoting Dan2002 (Reply 16):
Quoting MD11Engineer (Reply 15):
Not nice (don't try these out unless you want to spend a night in the station and pay a hefty fine):

die schweine?

Yes! Oiiink!

I forgot: Weisse Maeuse = White mice = traffic police due to the white caps and overcoats they used to wear.

Jan

JGPH1A · Mon Nov 27, 2006 7:00 am

SoooooEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !! usually works

Oh, and it helps if you wave a donut.

[Edited 2006-11-26 23:01:47]

AGC525 · Mon Nov 27, 2006 7:03 am

5-0

filler
filler
filler

GQfluffy · Mon Nov 27, 2006 7:05 am

Can't believe anyone hasn't mentioned them yet...

Emmm Peees

PlymSpotter · Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:26 am

Policia
Guardia/ Guardia Civil
Garda
Bobby
Plod
Old Eagle Eyes (traffic cops)

I can think of a few more rude ones too.

Dan Smile

bristolflyer · Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:30 am

In French...

Gendarme.

Also - Ian. He's a friend of mine who's a policeman. Does this count?

damirc · Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:33 am

Cestni gverici ... (Street Guerrilas) - for their guerrilla tactics while catching the speeders ...
Smrkci (Smurfs) - they used to have a very blue uniform, but the name kind of stuck

Most of the policemen I know are quite ok people Smile

Only had one run-in with a bad smurf ...

D.

FlyingTexan · Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:50 am

Po-Lease Laawz

Signed,

Southern US Illiterates

YWG · Mon Nov 27, 2006 9:10 am

From our good friends...'Fiddy cent'
-The poe poe
-Five Oh
-Hater's

chachu201 · Mon Nov 27, 2006 9:25 am

Just plain old "coppers" will do fine normally. But if they're military cops, well, ALWAYS call them "Mod Plod".

Gabe

64947 · Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:04 am

In Russian:
Ìåíò (ment)
Ìóñîð (moosor, basically "trash")
Ñîîòðóäíèê ìèëèöèè (police officer)
Óâàæàåìûé ñîîòðóäíèê ìèëèöèè (respectable police officer - this is how you adress them if you really f*cked up and are trying to get on their good side!)
Ìèëèöèîíåð (police officer)
Ãàèøíèê (gaishnik - traffic police)

aussie18 · Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:34 am

Boys in Blue
Pigs
Copper
Cops
Police

prosa · Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:19 pm

How about "shooting an unarmed man to death on his wedding day"?

ANCFlyer · Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:30 pm

How about:

Officer

Detective

Chief

Sir

Investigator

Sergeant

Captain

Lieutenant

Patrolman

Rookie

These work for me . . . biggrin

FlyingTexan · Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:32 pm

Quoting PROSA (Reply 29):
"shooting an unarmed man to death on his wedding day"?

Hmm, yea. Saying you have a gun and running over police officers. Repeatedly. Such actions may put oneself in danger.

IAH777 · Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:40 pm

Quoting JGPH1A (Reply 18):
Oh, and it helps if you wave a donut.

Bet they'd have to arm wrestle you for it.

Rollers
Berry/Blueberry
Bear (State Trooper)
Full-Grown (State Trooper)
County Mountie (county sheriff)
Local Yokel (municipal police)
Black & White (State Trooper)
Law Dogs
Laws

ANCFlyer · Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:50 pm

Quoting PROSA (Reply 29):
How about "shooting an unarmed man to death on his wedding day"?

Life can be a real bitch if you threaten police officers in the line of duty . . . even more so if you actually run over a few officers in the line of duty . . . wedding day, baptism day, Bar Mitzvah notwithstanding . . . . his dumb luck picking his wedding day to be an asshole.

Care to PROVE how this was the Police Officer's fault??? Or would you care to tuck tail, apologize, and go away quietly???

baroque · Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:58 pm

Quoting Aussie18 (Reply 28):
Boys in Blue

You missed the

Wallopers

as our UK friends missed

The Sweeney

for the Flying Squad.

IAH777 · Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:59 pm

Quoting PROSA (Reply 29):
How about "shooting an unarmed man to death on his wedding day"?

How about getting your information from someone other than "Rev" Sharpton?

prosa · Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:34 pm

Quoting ANCFlyer (Reply 33):
Life can be a real bitch if you threaten police officers in the line of duty . . . even more so if you actually run over a few officers in the line of duty . . . wedding day, baptism day, Bar Mitzvah notwithstanding . . . . his dumb luck picking his wedding day to be an asshole.

Care to PROVE how this was the Police Officer's fault??? Or would you care to tuck tail, apologize, and go away quietly???

No police officers were run over. The car struck a minivan carrying undercover officers, backed up into a store window grating, and then went forward and struck the police minivan once more. It is debatable whether the shootings met NYPD guidelines for use of force.
It may turn out that the shootings were justified. But that is not a foregone conclusion.

walter747 · Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:44 pm

as the greaser's would say The Fuzz

FlyingTexan · Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:44 pm

Quoting PROSA (Reply 36):
No police officers were run over

Oh, according to the Associated Press, Police Officers were RAMMED

Quote:

The car, driven by Bell, was struck by 21 of the police bullets after the vehicle rammed an undercover officer and hit an unmarked NYPD minivan

skidmarks · Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:54 pm

I forgot the Military Police.

Army = Monkies
Air Force = Snowdrops Big grin

Andy

prosa · Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:56 pm

From the New York Times:
But Saturday’s shootings may have violated department rules, which largely prohibit officers from firing at vehicles. According to police guidelines, officers can fire only when they or another person is threatened by deadly physical force, but not if that force comes from a moving vehicle alone ... “The theory is that if the cops have time to set up a clean shot, they have time to get out of the way,” said Eugene O’Donnell, professor of police studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. “The cops shouldn’t be firing unless they have a clean line of fire. If they have the time to establish that shot they probably have time to get out of the way.”

ANCFlyer · Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:05 pm

Quoting PROSA (Reply 40):

We're getting this from some Professor of Police Sciences . . .

Ohhh,gotta love those guys that ain't out there doin' it . . .

Quoting PROSA (Reply 40):
The theory is that if the cops have time to set up a clean shot, they have time to get out of the way,” said Eugene O’Donnell, professor of police studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. “The cops shouldn’t be firing unless they have a clean line of fire. If they have the time to establish that shot they probably have time to get out of the way.”

Yeah, well, let me know the next time YOU or Eugene takes incoming, and I'll get back to you . . . . 'til then talktothehand

jetjack74 · Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:17 pm

Quoting ANCFlyer (Reply 30):
How about:

Officer

Detective

Chief

Sir

Investigator

Sergeant

Captain

Lieutenant

Patrolman

Rookie

These work for me . . .

Constable, or Detective Inspector

FlyingTexan · Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:33 pm

Quoting PROSA (Reply 40):
but not if that force comes from a moving vehicle alone

Lets look at a primary source here - the text of the actual NYPD policy on shooting at moving vehicles:

"Police officers shall not discharge their firearms at or from a moving vehicle unless deadly force is being used against the police officers or another person present"

(These are the types of PRIMARY sources I like to use because they are transparent and generally do not contain spin, I think the NYT is great at spin)

So this line, but not if that force comes from a moving vehicle alone as reported by the NY Times - where is that in the NYPD guideline. Pray do tell.

So, Fact v. NYT? Hmm.

Oh, and that guy from John Jay. Lol. Reminds me of a friend (who happens to be a College Professor who taught a semester at John Jay) - anyway this guy was the king of spin. He's a tenured professor somewhere else now. Once said to me "I can take a class full of undergrads and make them believe anything."

Wink

ShyFlyer · Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:33 pm

Quoting Jetjack74 (Reply 42):
Detective Inspector

Zats Chief Inspector!

Signed,

ME AVN FAN · Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:36 pm

In Zurich, people speak about "aen Dschugger" and the force can be named "Dschuggerei" . Rather harsh is when people talk about "aen Polyp" or if more "d'Polype". Some talk about "Schroter" and the "Schroterei" .
-

JGPH1A · Mon Nov 27, 2006 3:49 pm

Quoting IAH777 (Reply 32):
Bet they'd have to arm wrestle you for it.

Or just shoot me 97 times Wink

57AZ · Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:00 pm

Federales-Mexican Federal Police
Constable
Special Agent-Railroad Police
Shore Patrol-Navy
DPS-Arizona Highway Patrol (branch of the Department of Public Safety)
La Migra-Border Patrol
Tribal Police-responsible for law enforcement on "the res" (reservation)
Cop-haven't heard Copper around here for a long time. Along the same line, for years the Arizona Department of Public Safety painted it's marked units a Copper color as Copper is one of the state's most bountiful resources (and what police badges were made of for many years).

HAWK21M · Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:13 pm

Pandu.

regds
MEL

melpax · Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:43 pm

Connie (Constable)

Senior Connie

Cop Shop (Station)

Boys/Girls in Blue

Blue Heelers (country cops)

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