Police Officers Quotes

Police officers see everything, and they experience everything, and they don't always act correctly.

Cheo Hodari Coker

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African-Americans have always viewed the protection of black lives as a civil rights issue, whether the threat comes from police officers or street criminals. Far from ignoring the issue of crime by blacks against other blacks, African-American officials and their constituents have been consumed by it.

James Forman, Jr.

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A 'Globe' examination found that Boston police officers exercise broad discretion when deciding whether to issue a ticket.

Bill Dedman

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No one knew what Rodney King had done beforehand to be stopped. No one realized that he was a parolee and that he was violating his parole. No one knew any of those things. All they saw was this grainy film and police officers hitting him over the head.

Daryl Gates

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There are certain age limits on police officers. They'd have retired me out at 65.

Clint Eastwood

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My accident happened in what should have been one of the safest places to be: in a police station, at the hands of trained police officers. So more guns are not the answer.

James Langevin

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My family are police officers, detectives. My brother Mitch is FBI. Mitch is like that - a stern enforcer.

Bernie Mac

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Bathtub falls and police officers kill more Americans than terrorism, yet we've been asked to sacrifice our most sacred rights for fear of falling victim to it.

Edward Snowden

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In the last 5 years I've been working with the LAPD, training police officers in first aid and CPR.

Bobby Sherman

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Most citizens viewing the tape of Rodney G. King being beaten by police officers were stunned and uncomprehending. Most citizens, that is, but the urban poor.

Greg Boyle

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Local prosecutors work alongside local police officers on a regular basis and are therefore conflicted when it comes to prosecuting those same officers. They are under extreme pressure from local police unions and from rank-and-file cops.

Al Sharpton

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I want our police officers to have the resources and training they need to investigate hate crime fully, and to ensure we have neighborhood police teams that understand and reflect the communities they serve.

Sadiq Khan

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Public-sector union organisers have told me about how firefighters, police officers, and nurses can no longer afford to live in the cities they serve and protect.

Matthew Desmond

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You used to think the suspect was the guy with the cornrows; now you see the police officers with the cornrows.

Allen Iverson

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Communities of color don't understand what it means to be a police officer, the fear that police officers have in just being on the streets.

Eric Holder

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I will lobby tirelessly in cooperation with other mayors around the country to insure that federal funding for our recently added police officers continues.

Alan Autry

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I had been pulled over quite a bit by police officers, especially in Santa Monica and Culver City.

Salim Akil

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Blacks commit murder eight times more per capita than any other group in our society. If I had put all of my police officers on Park Avenue and none in Harlem, thousands and thousands more blacks would've been killed during the eight years that I was mayor.

Rudy Giuliani

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I love race car drivers, I love gymnastics, I love UFC, I love police officers, I love firefighters. I just try to give them the same enjoyment they give me.

Shaquille O'Neal

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We pass bills authorizing improvements and grants. But when it comes time to pay for these programs, we'd rather put the country's money toward tax breaks for the wealthy than for police officers who are protecting our communities.

David Price

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And it is crucial of course that chief constables are able to make decisions within their budgets about how they deploy their police officers to the greatest effect to ensure that they're able to do the job that the public want them to do.

Theresa May

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Not only are police officers often taken for granted, many people are highly vocal about their dislike for cops.

Karen Salmansohn

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Let me get this straight: I can't defend the military because I didn't serve. So does that mean I can't support police officers or firefighters because I've never been one? How about teachers? Can I support them since I've never taught a class before?

Mike Gallagher

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I talked to General Downer about some of the funding about the National Guard and some of the civil defense workers, the firefighters, the police officers, and the way that FEMA is making them spend that money. We have got a problem there.

Lynn Westmoreland

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