• Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    US Police officers need training very badly, period.

    Also, don’t call them cops anymore. They don’t need a “cool” designation, they’re people with a job, ans that job is to protect and serve us, not being some cool dude that we need to fear

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      3 months ago

      Cop = Citizen On Patrol. It’s derogatory, as it correctly implies they aren’t officers, and they absolutely hated being called cops as recently as the early '90s.

      • Liz@midwest.social
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        3 months ago

        Cop is short for copper, which was a reference to the big brass buttons they used to have on their uniforms.

        Could be both. Could be neither. I’m just a random person on the internet.