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Atrain1
08-29-2011, 18:18
Does anyone really know how Police officer's got the nickname Cop or Copper, from what I have heard it could be from London and stand for Constable on Patrol, or in America citizens on patrol, or I have also heard it was because they used to wear copper badges, and I have also heard that they never did wear copper badges it was copper buttons, Just something I thought was interesting and never really got a direct answer to it.
jplove71
08-29-2011, 18:42
How Police got the name Cop (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=How+Police+got+the+name+Cop)
flan7211
08-29-2011, 18:51
How Police got the name Cop (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=How+Police+got+the+name+Cop)

Smarmy.
sneakerd
08-29-2011, 19:17
I thought Atrain had taken all of the training to become a police officer, but then changed his mind and became a skiptracer because it was safer? "Police" history is pretty much 101 level in any training curriculum. The word "cop" or "copper" comes from the fact that early foot patrolmen, not really thought of as police officers in the mid/late-1800s, wore copper gorgets or badges hanging around their necks, thus they were referred to as cops or coppers. At least that's what they taught me at that level.
Bailey Guns
08-29-2011, 19:29
How Police got the name Cop (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=How+Police+got+the+name+Cop)

[Beer]
Atrain1
08-29-2011, 19:56
I thought Atrain had taken all of the training to become a police officer, but then changed his mind and became a skiptracer because it was safer? "Police" history is pretty much 101 level in any training curriculum. The word "cop" or "copper" comes from the fact that early foot patrolmen, not really thought of as police officers in the mid/late-1800s, wore copper gorgets or badges hanging around their necks, thus they were referred to as cops or coppers. At least that's what they taught me at that level. thats what I was told but like I said I never have got a solid answer
BPTactical
08-29-2011, 20:16
Hey kids, tune in next week when we find out where the word: "Schmegma" comes from...........












[Muaha]
sneakerd
08-29-2011, 20:36
[Bow]
TriggerHappy
08-29-2011, 20:38
How is "PIG" derogatory? I asked my mom who was patrol for 28 years, and she didn't know...anyone?
Scanker19
08-29-2011, 21:10
[Puke]
Hey kids, tune in next week when we find out where the word: "Schmegma" comes from...........












[Muaha]
Bailey Guns
08-29-2011, 21:17
Hey kids, tune in next week when we find out where the word: "Schmegma" comes from...........












[Muaha]

Will there be a slide show?
BPTactical
08-29-2011, 21:21
Will there be a slide show?


I thought you would "Show and Tell"...........




[Coffee]
sneakerd
08-29-2011, 21:22
distance or length?
Bailey Guns
08-29-2011, 21:27
I thought you would "Show and Tell"...........




[Coffee]

[Help]
sneakerd
08-29-2011, 21:39
[Snow]
Irving
08-29-2011, 21:52
How is "PIG" derogatory? I asked my mom who was patrol for 28 years, and she didn't know...anyone?

Call your wife a "PIG" and see how she feels about it.
Ronin13
08-30-2011, 09:47
Will there be a slide show?

Oh dear god no! This is a family friendly forum! BP- I almost threw up when you wrote that! [LOL]
Hoosier
08-30-2011, 10:51
17 posts and nobody figured out how to work the google yet? You're slacking.

Etymology is the study of the history of words.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=etymology+%22copper%22+police (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=etymology+%22copper%22+police)


While commonly believed to be an acronym for Constable On Patrol, the term refers to "one who captures or snatches". This word first appeared in the early 18th century, and can be matched with the word "cap", which has the same meaning and whose etymology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology) can be traced to the Latin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin) word 'capere'. (The word retains this meaning in other contexts: teenagers "cop a feel" on a date, and they have also been known to "cop an attitude".) Variation: Copper. It is also believed that the term Copper was the original, unshortened word, popularly believed to represent the copper (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper) badges American officers used to wear at the time of origin, but in fact probably used in Britain to mean "someone who cops" long before this. It is also believed to come from the Latin word 'Corpore' meaning body, i.e. a body of men.

You're welcome ;)

H.
Bailey Guns
08-30-2011, 10:56
17 posts and nobody figured out how to work the google yet? You're slacking.

Etymology is the study of the history of words.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=etymology+%22copper%22+police

You're welcome ;)

H.

Apparently you didn't click the link by jplove71...


How Police got the name Cop (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=How+Police+got+the+name+Cop)
Hoosier
08-30-2011, 12:58
Apparently you didn't click the link by jplove71...

Bahaha no I didn't.

H.
Bailey Guns
08-30-2011, 13:01
:)
GunsRBadMMMMKay
08-30-2011, 22:06
wearing P.I.G., standing for Pride, Integrity, Guts......New York City I believe is where that PIG reference started. At least that is what my mother told me [Tooth]

(how it is derogatory should be obvious though...sorry, missed the point I guess.)