Police Officers Quotes
On duty, risk, and accountability.
This set of police officers quotes weighs the pressure of quick, high-stakes decisions against the need for accountability, a balance also touched on in Able quotes.
Police officers must act quickly to seize wrongdoers and obtain evidence while protecting themselves and bystanders. It is easy to second-guess their search-and-seizure decisions in a secure courtroom.
And it is crucial of course that chief constables are able to make decisions within their budgets about how they deploy their police officers to the greatest effect to ensure that they're able to do the job that the public...
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We're getting rid of bureaucracy, so that we're releasing time for police officers to be crime fighters and not form writers.
Criminal conduct by police officers, federal agents, and their confederates cannot be tolerated and will be met with the full force of the law.
Able Quotes
When I was growing up and watching 'The Sweeney,' the notion of police officers being an inch away from the villains that they're chasing was commonplace.
My accident happened in what should have been one of the safest places to be: in a police station, at the hands of trained police officers. So more guns are not the answer.
When you have all these new police officers and resource officers coming into schools, what I'm worried is going to happen is we're going to increase the school-to-prison pipeline, which disproportionately affects students of color and lower social status.
No one knew what Rodney King had done beforehand to be stopped. No one realized that he was a parolee and that he was violating his parole. No one knew any of those things. All they saw was this grainy...
We don't ever want to create an environment where people are afraid of their own local police officers.
Alongside Quotes
In the last 5 years I've been working with the LAPD, training police officers in first aid and CPR.
If police officers routinely issue tickets for the most serious traffic offenses, they'll be treating drivers of all races, sexes, and ages equally.
A 'Globe' examination found that Boston police officers exercise broad discretion when deciding whether to issue a ticket.
I will lobby tirelessly in cooperation with other mayors around the country to insure that federal funding for our recently added police officers continues.
Beforehand Quotes
Local prosecutors work alongside local police officers on a regular basis and are therefore conflicted when it comes to prosecuting those same officers. They are under extreme pressure from local police unions and from rank-and-file cops.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What themes run through these Police Officers quotes?
Do these quotes defend or criticize police work?
Is there anything here about police budgets or staffing?
Do the quotes mention reducing paperwork for officers?
Where can I read more on related themes of duty and capability?
For more on how officers are deployed and judged, see Being quotes, or browse Beforehand quotes on planning under pressure.
