Tongue in cheek Quote by Joseph Wambaugh

“not unlike the unspoken shared knowledge that many cops have with one another, that there’s a darkness in the world, and that sometimes we…

— Tyler Dilts

“Lean in, invade that foot and a half that is all theirs, their own space. Lean back when you get what you want. It’s…

— Michael Connelly

“There were police everywhere, bustling back and forth, murmuring in the barely audible whisper used only by cops and children. There are more similarities…

— Seanan McGuire

“Crime Beat: Stories of Cops and Killers”

— List-Series

“Here am I, sweating my brains out to introduce a really sensational incident into your dull and disreputable little police investigation, and you refuse…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

“Once you develop a fear of the police, it stays with you for life.”

— Steven Magee

“I decided to become a policeman to speak for the dead. They have no one else, you see. Somewhere there’s always proof of what…

— Charles Todd

Joseph Wambaugh did not invent the police novel, but no one had seen anything like 'The New Centurions' when it was published in 1971.…

— Sarah Weinman

“The younger officer accompanying Waaler was learning something new every day. This afternoon, for example, he learned it was very stupid to rock on…

— Jo Nesbø

“The police, they're seemingly so frank, and they tell you nothing.”

— Agatha Christie

“The encounter did not leave behind with Chief Inspector Heat that satisfactory sense of superiority the members of the police force get from the…

— Joseph Conrad

“We got a clear night. You see something like that sky, no matter how long you’ve been the police, you just don’t understand why…

— Nora Roberts