Police Quotes

The police are not here to create disorder. They’re here to preserve disorder.

“See here!” he continued, handing a paper over to me, “look at this!” It was the Echo for the day, and the paragraph to which he pointed was devoted to the case in question. “The public,” it said, “have lost a sensational treat through the sudden death of the man Hope, who was suspected of […]

Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman’s truncheon over the anarchist’s bomb.

The streets are safe in Philadelphia. It’s only the people who make them unsafe.

A cop stopped me for speeding. He said, “Why were you going so fast?” I said, “See this thing my foot is on? It’s called an accelerator. When you push down on it, it sends more gas to the engine. The whole car just takes right off. And see this thing? This steers it.”