#police

It’s a truism in policing that witnesses and statements are fine, but nothing beats empirical physical evidence. Actually it isn’t a truism because most policemen think the word ‘empirical’ is something to do with Darth Vader, but it damn well should be. ↗

— Ben Aaronovitch

#police #humor

Man is by nature a curious animal. You can hide the truth from him temporarily, but not for ever. ↗

— Teodor Flonta

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

The police must obey the law while enforcing the law. ↗

— Earl Warren

#law #must #obey #police #while

You look at the pillars of the state: politics, the media, police, lawyers - they've all got their formal role, and then nestling above that is that power elite who are networked in through soft, social links, that are actually running the show. Why didn't I know that 10 years ago, and why didn't I rail against it? Why did I become part of it? ↗

— Tom A. Watson

#actually #against #ago #become #did

When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe. ↗

— Mary Frances Berry

#citizens #confidence #enforcement #erode #good

Serial killers kill for the power and control they experience during the murders and for the added ego boost they get in the aftermath from community fears, media coverage, and the police investigations. ↗

— Pat Brown

#aftermath #boost #community #control #coverage

Who will protect the public when the police violate the law? ↗

— Ramsey Clark

#police #protect #public #violate #who

How, possibly, could the police have made the 'mistake' of charging the wrong man with the notorious Red Light Bandit crimes? That also is something that is fully revealed in the Pandora's Box of facts I have prepared. ↗

— Caryl Chessman

#bandit #box #charging #could #crimes

My buddies wanted to be firemen, farmers or policemen, something like that. Not me, I just wanted to steal people's money! ↗

— John Dillinger

#farmers #firemen #i #just #like

I wanted to be a leading man - the black lawyer, the black doctor, the black policeman. ↗

— David Alan Grier

#doctor #i #lawyer #leading #leading man