Police Officer Quotes

“I will be known forever as the Puppy who chased a cutpurse and caught fish garbage instead. My descendants will pretend I'm not in their bloodline. No – no one will want to make descendants with me. [from Beka Cooper's journal of her first day as a new Dog i.e. cop]”
― Tamora Pierce, Terrier

“That made love—not grace—the magic ingredient. Then a
new thought hit her. Perhaps love was grace. A shiver went
up her spine. What did that make anger? The antithesis of
grace?”
― Penelope Marzec, A Rush of Light

“If a police officer encounters you in one of those moments, he or she has every right to ask you two simple questions. Memorize these two questions so you will not be tempted to answer any others:

Who are you?
What are you doing right here, right now?

If you are ever approached by a police officer with those two questions, and your God-given common sense tells you that the officer is being reasonable in asking for an explanation, don’t be a jerk.”
― James Duane, You Have the Right to Remain Innocent

“My risk assessment of being shot or assaulted by a police officer was too high in one of my police encounters and it caused me to leave the area where the suspect had been calling out for help.”
― Steven Magee

“As a police corruption researcher, I have had to file a police complaint numerous times to obtain police body camera recordings that I am in.”
― Steven Magee

“I would not approach a strange police officer without having a video camera recording them.”
― Steven Magee

“When police officers refuse to give you their badge numbers, it is a strong indicator they are engaging in fraud with you.”
― Steven Magee

“Whatever a police officer has done to you, it is likely they have done far worse to the people that came before you.”
― Steven Magee

“Calling 911 for the police? Expect a really long wait for a police officer!”
― Steven Magee

“Calling 911 for the police? You may have to wait a really long time for someone to answer the phone!”
― Steven Magee

“Hawaii island has a history of police officers murdering their wives.”
― Steven Magee

“There is no real reason today why a police body camera cannot be continuously recording audio and video wherever the police officer goes.”
― Steven Magee

“While the police officer you are interacting with may be wearing a body camera, there is no guarantee it is switched on and recording audio and video.”
― Steven Magee

“Female police officers tend to look rough up close that have been on the job for years. It seems to come from the numerous fights the job gets them into during arresting people.”
― Steven Magee

“The harassing Denver police officer grabbed me!”
― Steven Magee

“On Hawaii island, you cannot report a police officer assaulting a person to 911.”
― Steven Magee

“Driver's license, insurance and registration? Certainly officer...and I will need your name, badge number and business card.”
― Steven Magee

“If a police officer refuses to give me their name and badge number that I am interacting with, I will obtain it through a 911 call reporting a suspected police officer impersonator.”
― Steven Magee

“A police officer is a chronic stress job with the associated detrimental health outcomes.”
― Steven Magee

“At times, cops resemble gangsters, and doctors resemble patients.”
― Tamerlan Kuzgov

“A police officer is one of the most hazardous jobs a person can do.”
― Steven Magee

“There are serious long-term adverse health effects associated with being a police officer.”
― Steven Magee

“It is unfortunate that through experience I now expect to be harassed and possibly hit by a police officer when I make an emergency call.”
― Steven Magee

“It is reasonable after calling the police to expect a police officer suffering from Cumulative Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) to show up.”
― Steven Magee

“I called 911 reporting harassment. The responding police officer never showed up, I had to call 911 again and when the police officer showed up over an hour later, he harassed me too!”
― Steven Magee

“A police officer is paid to be attacked by angry people.”
― Steven Magee

“A police officer is a job where you are dressed in riot gear and sent into areas where dangerous projectiles may be thrown at you!”
― Steven Magee

“A police officer is one of the most dangerous jobs a person can do.”
― Steven Magee

“When I watch rioters throwing missiles at riot police, I think to myself: What kind of idiot would want to be a police officer?”
― Steven Magee

“I have been telling people for years the police are incompetent!”
― Steven Magee