“The New York Police Department says Iran has conducted surveillance inside New York City. They say Iranian operatives are using special mobile surveillance units. I believe they're called taxi cabs.” BelieveI BelieveCitiesSpecialNew YorkPoliceDepartmentIranNew York CityUnitsMobileSurveillanceTaxiIranianCabPolice DepartmentTaxi Cabs Author:Jay Leno
“laughter, that distinctively human emotion, laughter which springs from trust in the other, from willingness to put oneself momentarily in the other's place, even at one's own expense, is the special emotional basis of democratic procedures, just as pride is the emotion of an aristocracy, shame of a crowd that rules, and fear of a police state.” HumansStatesEmotionDemocracySpecialEmotionalPrideSpringLaughterBasesPoliceShameDemocraticOneselfCrowdsExpensesWillingnessProceduresAristocracyPolice StateHuman Emotions Author:Margaret Mead
“There`s a division in most major police departments called, `Special Victims Unit,` which is what sex crimes are euphemistically called. They`re considered the most heinous crimes, when not only do you violate somebody, but you violate them sexually. So it`s an elite squad that takes care of that.” CareSexSpecialCrimeMajorsPoliceVictimTake CareDepartmentDivisionElitesUnitsSexuallySquadPolice DepartmentHeinous Crimes Author:Richard Belzer
“A large portion of American citizens, especially people of color, have lost confidence in our criminal justice system. Many have called for appointing special prosecutors when a police officer kills or injures a civilian. If you were elected president, would you publicly support special prosecutors in these cases and what is one other thing you would do to fix our broken justice system?” PeopleIfsLostPresidentJusticeCasesSupportSpecialColorBrokenCitizensPoliceCriminalsOfficersPortionsCiviliansPolice OfficerJustice SystemAmerican CitizensCriminal JusticeProsecutorCriminal Justice SystemLost Confidence Author:Russell Simmons
“Well, almost everything is open - the political documents, the (unintelligible) of cabinet meetings. What has been opened now and what had been closed are things that many governments still close, and that is police files and trial records, trial records of the special courts set up by Vichy. And especially interesting are the trial records of the Purge Trials after the war.” WellsHas BeensStillsWarGovernmentPoliticalInterestingRecordsSpecialPoliceCourtMeetingsTrialsDocumentsFilesCabinets Author:Robert O. Paxton
“A lot of black people worked with the police as snitches. We used to call them bimpees where I grew up. And, you know, they were afforded special privileges. They may have been paid by the police. But you never knew who was informing on you. We lived either next door to or - two doors away from us was a known informant in Soweto.” PeopleKnowsMayHas BeensTwoUsedNextBlackKnownDoorsSpecialGrewGrew UpPaidPolicePrivilegeBlack PeopleInformingInformantsSnitch Author:Trevor Noah
“Russian police force, fortunately, so far, do not use batons, tear gas or any other extreme measures of instilling order, something that we often see in other countries, including in the United States. Speaking of opposition, let us recall the movement Occupy Wall Street. Where is it now? The law enforcement agencies and special services in the US have taken it apart, into little pieces, and have dissolved it.” CountryTakenSpecialTearsWallPoliceGasLaw Enforcement Author:Vladimir Putin
“Most teachers have little control over school policy or curriculum or choice of texts or special placement of students, but most have a great deal of autonomy inside the classroom. To a degree shared by only a few other occupations, such as police work, public education rests precariously on the skill and virtue of the people at the bottom of the institutional pyramid.” PeopleLittlesSchoolChoicesDealsVirtueTeacherTeachingSpecialPolicyStudentsSkillsDegreesPoliceBottomOccupationClassroomAutonomyPyramidsCurriculumPublic EducationPlacementPolice Work Book:Among School Children Source: Among School Children
“If there was special interests affecting police work, I believe that would be called corruption. So, if it has do with donating money versus a popular vote, I think we have a bigger problem in this country and somebody's gotta wake up to that.” IfsThinkingBelieveCountryProblemWould BeI BelieveInterestSpecialGunVoteBiggerWake UpPoliceCorruptionGun ControlVersusSpecial InterestsPopular VoteBigger ProblemsPolice Work Author:Garry McCarthy
“I had someone at the Houston police station shoot me with heroin so I could do a story about it. The experience was a special kind of hell. I came out understanding full well how one could be addicted to 'smack,' and quickly.” WellsKindStoriesFunnyLiteratureUnderstandingHellSpecialDrugPoliceStationsHeroinHoustonSmack Author:Dan Rather
“As a matter of fact we have to take special precautions during a battle to post police, to prevent more unwounded men than are necessary from accompanying a wounded man back from the firing line.” MenWarMatterFactsLinesSpecialBattlePolicePostsWoundedMatter Of FactGreat WarFiringPrecaution Author:Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
“You're some special kind of hostage, that's for sure. Maybe, well, do you think my purpose in life is to give myself up to the police? Do you think God wants me to spend the rest of my life paying for my sins?” ThinkingWantGivingWellsKindGodLife IsPurposeSinSpecialPolicePurpose Of LifeWant MeHostage Author:Brian Nichols