[Spridgets] Po Po - Aliens in the attic - no LBC

[John Innis]

WAY older than that.  Copper may have been used to describe police becuase
of the copper buttons or badges they wore on their uniforms.  Cop is
actually a shortened version of copper.  There is a good entry on Wikipedia
on this topic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_police-related_slang_terms


On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Mark <mark at nashvilletn.org> wrote:

> Constable on Patrol = COP
>
> I think Copper came from West Side Story :)
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> And where did the name Copper come from?  Bill in Oregon
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