Police Officer Quotes

• Let me be clear - no one is above the law. Not a politician, not a priest, not a criminal, not a police officer. We are all accountable for our actions.

  Antonio Villaraigosa

  Law, Police, Criminals

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• The police officer who puts their life on the line with no superpowers, no X-Ray vision, no super-strength, no ability to fly, and above all no invulnerability to bullets, reveals far greater virtue than Superman - who is only a mere superhero.

  Eliezer Yudkowsky

  Superhero, Police, Vision

  "Superhero Bias" by Eliezer Yudkowsky, lesswrong.com. December 1, 2007.

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• We don't need police officers who see themselves as warriors. We need police officers who see themselves as guardians and parts of the community. You can't police a community that you're not a part of.

  Bryan Stevenson

  Warrior, Community, Police

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• We need to support our police officers and make sure that community policing becomes something that becomes the standard across the country.

  Chris Christie

  Country, Support, Community

  "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos, abcnews.go.com. August 28, 2016.

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• The biggest qualification to be a good police officer is to have a high degree of emotional intelligence.

  Peter James

  Emotional, Police, Degrees

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

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• It is a lot harder now to be a police officer than what it used to be.

  Steven Seagal

  Police, Used, Harder

  "Steven Seagal returns to television with 'True Justice,' talks race and border wars". Interview with Hollie McKay, www.foxnews.com. March 30, 2012.

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• The mugger who is arrested is back on the street before the police officer, but the person mugged may not be back on the street for a long time, if ever.

  Mario Cuomo

  Long, Police, Muggers

  The New Republic, April 04, 1985.

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• Police officers are the best of us. And the men and women, white, African-American, Asian, Latino, Hispanic, they put their lives on the line every single day.

  Mike Pence

  Men, White, African American

  Source: www.politico.com

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• Law enforcement officers should use only the minimum force necessary in dealing with disorders when they arise. A human life-the life of a student, soldier, or police officer-is a precious thing, and the taking of a life can be justified only as a necessary and last resort.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Law, Police, Soldier

  Nixon, Richard M. (1971). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1970”, p.1117, Best Books on

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• If a police officer arrests a mime, does he need to tell him he has the right to remain silent.

  Jess Walter

  Police, Doe, Needs

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• When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe.

  Mary Frances Berry

  Jobs, Law, Police

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• Most good police officers are very open-minded. The bad ones are the ones who are close-minded.

  Peter James

  Police, Open Minded, Close Minded

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

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• To me, there's only 5 real jobs in America: Police Officers, Teachers, Firefighters, Doctors, and the Military Service.

  Charles Barkley

  Teacher, Jobs, Military

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• A police officer wears a uniform. They're sworn to uphold the law. They're public servants. And they should not be above the law.

  Marc Morial

  Law, Police, Uniforms

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• We need to rebuild bonds of trust between our police officers and our communities.

  Hillary Clinton

  Community, Police, Needs

  "Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Discuss Student Debt, Immigration, and More". Interview with Judith Ohikuare, www.cosmopolitan.com. October 11, 2016.

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• I really admire police officers, surgeons, or anyone who works in high stressed situations.

  Yasmin Paige

  Police, Stressed, Admire

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• The problem is that the atmosphere does not yet exist in which honest police officers can act without fear of ridicule or reprisal from fellow officers.

  Frank Serpico

  Police, Atmosphere, Doe

  "The Return of Frank Serpico". Frank Serpico's speech before the New York Knapp Commission on police corruption and other misconduct, www.villagevoice.com. October 1971.

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• Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar will make him no less identifiable as a policeman.

  Thurgood Marshall

  Hair, Police, Facts

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• We're getting rid of bureaucracy, so that we're releasing time for police officers to be crime fighters and not form writers.

  Theresa May

  Police, Fighter, Crime

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you ask any police officer what the worst part of the job is, they will always say breaking bad news to relatives, but this is not the truth. The worst part is staying in the room after you've broken the news, so that you're forced to be there when someone's life disintegrates around them. Some people say it doesn't bother them - such people are not to be trusted.

  Ben Aaronovitch

  Jobs, People, Broken

  Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Midnight Riot”, p.83, Del Rey

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• I'd just like to know what a cop WOULD have to do to get indicted - and what good are cop cameras since Eric Garner IS on tape?

  Bill Maher

  Cameras, Eric, Tape

  Twitter post from Dec 04, 2014

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• African-Americans want to be safe in their community, like any other nationality that lives in America. They don't want to be robbed. They don't want to be beat. They don't want to be shot down in their neighborhoods, whether it's by police officers or people who live there.

  Ras Baraka

  America, People, Community

  "Newark’s mayor on solutions he is using to change his city making it a better place for all". "PBS NewsHour" with Charlayne Hunter-Gault, www.pbs.org. September 29, 2016.

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• We also have to recognize, in addition to the challenges that we face with policing, there are so many good, brave police officers who equally want reform.

  Hillary Clinton

  Brave, Challenges, Police

  "Clinton And Trump Clash In Tense First Presidential Debate". www.npr.org. September 26, 2016.

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• Every time a militant Islamist terrorist shoots somebody up, what does Barack Obama do and the Democrats? They come out and they demand that there be no backlash against Muslims. So any time a police officer shoots a black suspect - without knowing why, without knowing the circumstances - why doesn't Obama stand up and warn against a backlash against cops? If we are to guard against backlash against Muslim shooters, where is the sameness?

  Rush Limbaugh

  Police, Black, Cop

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• Police officers and firemen are so visible in their daily work, there's no mistaking they're there - and that presence makes people feel secure.

  Irwin Redlener

  People, Police, Fireman

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