Tag: Police Humor: Page 11

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Spring Forward, Fall Back

The funny thing is most Americans can't even name the time zone they live in much less understand why they are changing their clocks twice a year, and they have to ask the flight attendant what time it is wherever they've just landed.

December 27, 2010

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Rhode Island's Dancing Traffic Cop

Retired Officer Tony Lepore of Providence, R.I., has for nearly three decades been directing traffic with unique dance moves.

December 16, 2010

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Everything Old is New Again

My friend pointed to his weird five-toed footwear and said since wearing them his body had found new vigor and was pain-free.

November 4, 2010

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Illusion of Confidence

The scary part is when we ourselves are confidently wrong we're completely oblivious to it.

October 30, 2010

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Kenosha PD's Monster Mash

Officers from the Kenosha (Wisc.) Police Department produced this video for Halloween of their rendition of "Monster Mash." Also, view the department's "12 Days of Christmas" holiday video.

October 7, 2010

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How to Not Get Your Ass Kicked By the Police

Warning: This video contains explicit, adult material. Comedian Chris Rock produced the sketch, "How to Not Get Your Ass Kicked By the Police," for his weekly HBO show in the late 1990s. In the classic sketch, he gives helpful pointers such as "obey the law," "use common sense" and "be polite" when dealing with officers.

September 30, 2010

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Stings, Stabs, and Bites

Nothing focuses the mind during a search warrant like discovering a diamondback rattlesnake in a dresser drawer.

September 15, 2010

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Pennsylvania SWAT Team's Chicken Dance

View the Greer (Pa.) PD's entry into the city's 2010 Oktoberfest Chicken Dance Competition.

September 3, 2010

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The Bureaucratic Touch

We put high sensation-seeking folks like you in a highly structured bureaucracy and are shocked when it stresses the heck out of you.

August 9, 2010

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A Weighty Issue

Crime fighters have a unique problem. Our meals are part of our socialization, our warrior bread-breaking ritual.

May 19, 2010

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Police Reports Make Humorous Headlines

A staple section of local newspapers has always been the short crime report items culled from the police blotter. Usually, it's a cub reporter's first job to head to the local substation to jot down pertinent details from the crime reports officers take about mostly petty crimes. Once in awhile, these young reporters submit a suggestion for a headline that squeaks by an overworked, bleary eyed editor. Sometimes, as they say, mistakes were made.

April 8, 2010

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Bagpipes on a Police Budget

Two officers adapt to their department's new budgetary situation that doesn't include bagpipes.

April 1, 2010