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    Why are Police called amongst other things, COPPERS?

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    +5  Views: 745 Answers: 7 Posted: 14 years ago
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      I have heard they are called coppers because thier badges were made of copper, and the name cop came from the first letter of each word  "Constable   On   Patrol".

      14 years ago. Rating: 9
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        Cop the noun is almost certainly a shortening of copper, which in turn derives from cop the verb.


        The word "cop" is an old Anglo-Saxon verb for catch, grab or capture, dating back at least to the 1100s.

        14 years ago. Rating: 6
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          Look at this if you,ve got an hour or so to spare.


          Click>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_police-related_slang_terms

          14 years ago. Rating: 5
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            bulletman

            Romos, i had alook, it seems every state, county, provice have their own terminology for the police, intereasting.
            commented 14 years ago

            I, too, heard that their badges were originally made of copper..............

            14 years ago. Rating: 5
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              "Fuzz" originated in the U.S. in the 1920s.It's based on the criminal slang term "fuzzy," meaning "unmanly, incompetent and soft."


               

              14 years ago. Rating: 4
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                Also bent Coppers ones who take a bribe!!

                14 years ago. Rating: 3
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                  It was  their copper buttons from wence the name came !

                  14 years ago. Rating: 2
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