80% of the time: An average guy on a slight power trip just doing what he told to do and wasting other peoples' time. Cops are usually trained to think that they're 'better' than citizens. Can commonly be found writing tickets, drinking coffee, and eating donuts. Perhaps sometimes they break up parties, pull over someone for DUI, or something similar. Not very adept at thinking, though. In really dangerous areas however, cops are usually bigger jackasses, but for once they're doing something useful (i.e. their JOBS.)

18% of the time: A jackass on a huge power trip that uses his enforcement powers to indirectly invoke a silly measuring contest. These guys (or also women, because female cops from my observations tend to be huge bitches with a need to act tough) feel good from humiliating people, using the maximum amount of force necessary, acting superior, etc. Tends to be the kind with a huge ego who bullied/was bullied in school and is trying to make up for it.

2% of the time: Good, hardworking people who reluctantly enforce stupid laws as little as possible while taking true violent offenders off the street. Usually pretty nice to ordinary people and good at diffusing situations.
Most cops are kind of lame, but not too horrible, a good portion are complete jackasses, and a few are worthy people. Sounds like most of society.
by shadow creator February 15, 2008
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The following joke illustrates the perfect example:

A woman was running late for work. She zooms along an overpass. Unbeknownst to her, a cop seeking to make his quota in order to be promoted to prime asshole is hiding behind a billboard at the end of the overpass; he measures her speed with a radar gun, takes off after her and pulls her over.

"Where's the fire?"
"What fire? I'm late to work."
"Is that so? What do you do?"
"I'm a rectum stretcher."
"How do you do that?"
"I work all my fingers in until I have both hands all the way inside, then I stretch out the rectum until it's a big asshole."
"And what, may I ask, do you do with a big asshole?"
"I put him behind a billboard on an overpass and give him a radar gun."
by The Blistering Truth December 13, 2006
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To get or gain something
I got to cop that new and1 tape
by Amasian July 7, 2003
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COP - Constable on Patrol
slang for a Patrol officer who walked on a beat now applied to any Police officer
by iolair February 14, 2005
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When threatened with legal action, John finally copped to stealing the street sign. When I felt too guilty, I finally copped to cheating on my girlfriend.
by Alena March 31, 2005
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Another way to say "spit in it".
Burger punk: "Double baco cheeseburger...it's for a cop."
Rod Farva: "What the hell was that all about? You gonna spit in it now?"
Burger punk: "No, I was just telling him that so he makes it extra good......Uh, don't spit in that cop's burger."


(she spits)
Carson Daly: "What was that, bitch? If that was supposed to be for a cop I would have had Carl fuckin' Winslow come over and suck it."
Christina Aguilera: "I just don't like the taste of it, OK?"
Carson Daly: "WHAT!?!? Is Carson Daly gonna have to choke a bitch!?!?"
by Nick D April 26, 2004
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