Cop Quote by Mark Thomas

“The Constables and the Bow Street men from London — for, this happened in the days of the extinct red-waistcoated police — were about…

— Charles Dickens

Having lived in London since the 1980s, I would have come across, or my friends across, cops who were in the Metropolitan Police who…

— Adrian Dunbar

“63 Will the Next Dumb Criminal Sign In, Please? (England) A Taunton, Somerset, shop allowed a certain citizens’ group to leave a petition on…

— Daniel Butler

“For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression. Instead, citizens…

— David Grann

You have to have a fundamental change in the culture of policing, and who is the police person. How do they change? How do…

— Marian Wright Edelman

In Scotland, I was brought up to think of policemen as allies and to ask one for help when I needed it.

— Angus Deaton

Well I grew up in England, and I was in the London police.

— Tony Greig

In America, the policeman is a working-class hero. In England, the policeman is a working-class traitor.

— Martin Amis

I got to know a policeman up in Cumbria via Twitter and he said if you ever need to do any research then come…

— Jason Watkins

Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to…

— David Mamet

In Britain, everything is policed except crime.

— Mark Steyn

The police are very mean people sometimes.

— Vince Staples