#police

It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state. ↗

— Bruce Schneier

#could #facilitate #hygiene #install #police

I know there were many good policemen who died doing their duty. Some of the cops were even friends of ours. But a cop can go both ways. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#cop #cops #died #doing #duty

Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like. ↗

— Laurence Housman

#arrested #avoid #been #bound #charged

MAC gave me 55 lipsticks to test. These are the same lipsticks I got caught stealing by the police when I was 15. How ironic. ↗

— Eddie Izzard

#gave #got #how #i #ironic

Well, Mr. Speaker, if so many of these Iraqis are ready to come up and to provide the security, the police work in the country, then surely there should be no problem with putting American forces into the background instead of having them up front. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#background #come #country #forces #front

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

#first-day #police-officer #journalism

Don’t bother calling the cops, because nobody can find me here. I know, because after all these years, I’m still trying to find myself.
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— Jarod Kintz

#cops #find-myself #identity #introspective #police

He thought of his wife, of his son, of his youth. He thought of life. He thought of death and then he thought of life again. ↗

— Teodor Flonta

#life #love #secret-police #transylvania #vampires

I saw her sign the register, but her name isn't on it any more. The bellboy says he never saw her. Now they've got me so I'm scared and shaky, like a little kid is of the dark. I want you men to help me. Won't you men help me?' 'We'll help you' - said the lieutenant in charge. Slowly, awfully slowly; I didn't like that slowness - 'if we're able to.' And I knew what he meant; if we find any evidence that your story is true. ("All At Once, No Alice") ↗

— Cornell Woolrich

#evidence #police #men

A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman. ↗

— Robert Frost

#lawsuit #policeman #successful #worn