Police Quotes

You used to think the suspect was the guy with the cornrows; now you see the police officers with the cornrows.

An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court.

Unless we abandon elements which resemble a police state.

When parents tell their children not to congregate on corners, especially in groups, out of fear for them encountering the police, what does that say? We have a trust problem.

As big a problem as gun violence is for Chicago, it is not beyond our ability to solve. Ending this string of tragedies is our top priority as a city. We are infusing our police department with the manpower, technology and training to meet this challenge head on.

As a general, and as a leader of this team, whatever I’ve got to do get my guys going I’ll do it every time. If I have to be the bad guy sometime, I’ll guess I’ll take that. That’s what a leader and a general and a chief of police does.

Let us stop skewing the whole process by taking some folks who are not truly refugees in order simply to meet our foreign policy needs or domestic policy demands.

However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.

Every policy officer is sworn to protect life, and, under the most extreme circumstances, to take life. It is a staggering responsibility that requires officers to make split second decisions.

The P.C. police are out in force at all times… We’ve reached a point where people are actually afraid to talk about what they want to say.