Submitted
for your approval ...a
dozen quotes from the day-to-day experiences of "The Men in
Blue"
who pound a beat in TV Land.
Ten-Four. Over and Out!
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Cassidy:
"Can I interview some perps?"
Nash: "No."
Cassidy: "Why not?"
Nash: "Well, first of all, they're only called 'perps' in
bad movies, and second of all...no."
--Nash Bridges
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"You're a cop, a flatfoot, a bull, a dick, John Law. You're the fuzz, the heat; you're poison, you're trouble, you're bad news. They call you everything, but never a policeman.
--Joe Friday, Dragnet
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"Cuff him. Then wash your hands."
--Off. TJ Hooker, TJ
Hooker
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"You've got to know the rules before you can break 'em. Otherwise, it's no fun."
--Sonny Crockett, Miami Vice
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"You're under arrest. You have the right to remain silent. And if you move funny, I'll blow your head off!"
--Det. Mike Logan, Law & Order
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"I got a long arm. Don't make me reach out for
you."
--Steve McGarrett, Hawaii Five-O
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"You just have to know how to arrest them and still make them like you. We call it technique."
--Officer Reed, Adam -12
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"When a man carries a gun all the time, the respect he thinks he's getting might really be fear. So I don't carry a gun because I don't want the people of Mayberry to fear a gun. I'd rather they respect me."
--Sheriff Andy Taylor, The Andy Griffith Show
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Officer Baker:
Why didn't you pull over?
Motorcyclist:
We didn't think you were serious.
Officer Poncherello: Don't you know what flashing lights
mean?
Motorcyclist:
That your pants are on fire?
--CHiPS
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Grim:
How's the investigation going, Constable Kray?
Kray: Good, sir, it payed to ring around. Got a woman here
says if we buy family size instead of standard, we get
a free drink with every pizza.
--The Thin Blue Line
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Det. Wojo: Any previous convictions?
Hooker: Yeah, I
once thought cleanliness was next to
godliness.
--Barney Miller
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Det. John Munch: There should be a special level of hell for
this pus-sucking, gangrenous malignancy
of a mental amoeba.
Captain Cragen: Did somebody steal your parking space
again?
--Law & Order
