What are your police nicknames?

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rictay44@reddit

Old Bill, the Bill, fuzz, the filth, the feds, Plod.

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rictay44@reddit

I grew up in South London! Left decades ago.

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I do not agree with your appraisal. These are commonly used words anywhere South of the civilisation divide. Certainly in the South West. I mean, they could be from South London, but this comment in no way is the reason.

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Creepy_Radio_3084@reddit

I'm from the south west and I've heard all of those...

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CelDidNothingWrong@reddit

Yes I’m sure everyone from the UK has heard them, this is about ones you actually use or hear day to day

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Creepy_Radio_3084@reddit

Yes, I know... When I say I've heard all of those, I use the last 3 (mostly) and have heard all of those from people I know. Not just that I've heard those terms vaguely.

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CelDidNothingWrong@reddit

Yes exactly, so you’ve heard the terms but don’t use at least half of them

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Creepy_Radio_3084@reddit

Depends on who I'm talking with.

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Gent415@reddit

Filth if I'm being rude. Rozzers if not. "Scraper, it's the rozzers!!" (said in comedy Artful Dodger accent)

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MobileOrdinary6827@reddit

Popo

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Gent415@reddit

Bit American. Like 5-oh

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Alert_Mine7067@reddit

Peelers in Northern Ireland, we appear to have used Robert Peels surname as a nickname and in England they chose his first name.

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Pedantichrist@reddit

Both apply this side of the water.

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Pedantichrist@reddit

On top of what you have written, a common one here is ‘The filth’, and ‘Job’.

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Dry-Explanation6521@reddit

The Filth

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reCAPTCHAfool@reddit

Peelers

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YragNitram1956@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/xukoiun544tg1.jpeg?width=650&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=965c64112a342b3f9f8647e0357ff3bebcaa7287 Yes!

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TomL79@reddit

‘The Bizzies’ or ‘The Polis’ in Newcastle

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StuartHunt@reddit

Coppers are referred to Cuntsables and PCSO'S are laptops, because they're not a proper PC.

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RoyofBungay@reddit

PCSO and specials - hobby bobby.

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EyeSpy1359@reddit

'Gavvers' is one I used to hear, not sure if it's still used.

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Ok-Dependent-637@reddit

We called them that in Dorset when I was a lad.

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Pitiful_Shoulder9730@reddit

This is the one that stuck most for me. Think it's actually a traveller term as well randomly.

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smellyfeet25@reddit

No. it means hide in Romany . it has just been adopted by people to mean police

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EyeSpy1359@reddit

Thank you for this information, very interesting how the term has evolved.

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EyeSpy1359@reddit

Yes, I think it is too.

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Itcouldbealittlehat@reddit

I fostered a child who called them gavvers. What 15 year old calls them that?! This is in the west country, might be regional?

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EyeSpy1359@reddit

This was in the south east.

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smellyfeet25@reddit

yes i have heard that mainly from rough people

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Orange_Codex@reddit

Still in heavy use, and it's a Romani term.

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Itcouldbealittlehat@reddit

Ah never mind then

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Itsstillyourturn@reddit

The Babylon

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Paradroid808@reddit

..and ting'.

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ASY_Freddy@reddit

Dirty Babylon

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Paradroid808@reddit

Bill / cozzers / cosmonauts / sweeney. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZrAYxWPN6c](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZrAYxWPN6c) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx12Rox91ww](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx12Rox91ww)

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Krakshotz@reddit

The NYPD (I live in North Yorkshire)

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Krakshotz@reddit

The Fifty

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gemmajenkins2890@reddit

The old bill

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Pr1ncifer@reddit

Polis.

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SilyLavage@reddit

Isn't that just Scots?

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Perfect_Consequence9@reddit

Think that's the name in Norway too and possibly Poland or somewhere close by

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lizzie_knits@reddit

And Sweden

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90210fred@reddit

Nope, use it in the south too

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SilyLavage@reddit

That doesn't mean it isn't Scots

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Pr1ncifer@reddit

North east England as well.

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CelDidNothingWrong@reddit

No heard this in England as well

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FairZucchini7814@reddit

Anyone said pigs?

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sdwvit@reddit

Babylon

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jabbo13@reddit

Feds, bacon, pigs, rozzers, bullied children, 5 0, popo, and plastics for the psco's

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Chrolan1988@reddit

Don’t you normally follow plastics e.g. ‘not to worry they are just a plastic pig’

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Creepy_Radio_3084@reddit

A 'Plastic Pig' usually referred to a Reliant Robin/Rialto, 3-wheeler car with a fibreglass bodyshell. Never heard of the police being referred to as plastic pigs.

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Chrolan1988@reddit

Seriously? Never heard a PCSO called a plastic pig? They have no more authority than a member of the public so it’s known terminology particularly in the South England…

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Creepy_Radio_3084@reddit

Never bloody see them, let alone talk about them!

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jabbo13@reddit

Nah not worth the extra effort

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Chrolan1988@reddit

Fair enough. I normally refer to security staff and bouncers as bullied children too haha

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jabbo13@reddit

Won't go into detail but I said it to a copper once and his response was to tell me he wasn't bullied at school because he was actually home schooled. He had to leave the room after I told him he was only homeschooled because of the bullying forcing that option to be taken up. He wasn't happy. Long time ago and I've matured now... Sorta

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True-Register-9403@reddit

Liverpool?

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jabbo13@reddit

Nah london

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True-Register-9403@reddit

I do like the bullied children one - might have to use that one now 😂

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Goudinho99@reddit

Filth

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jexodus91@reddit

Five oh

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KibboKid@reddit

In Liverpool they're called "the Bizzies" (busybodies)

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blamordeganis@reddit

I’m sure I’ve heard that in Scotland too.

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Billy_Daftcunt@reddit

Likewise in the NE

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Fluffy_Ad2274@reddit

I haven't heard that one for years - you've just brought back some brilliant memories!

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RelationshipLife6739@reddit

Po-lis

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Electronic_Fun8306@reddit

pigs, the fuzz, 5-O, po-po

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Acceptable-Sentence@reddit

The filth

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emmacappa@reddit

The Fuzz cos of Supergrass The Pigs cos of the Young Ones

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Sixforsilver7for@reddit

The dibble and the fuzz are my favourite old fashioned ones, mad you haven’t included pigs though.

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CaptainSpazclart@reddit

Yeah dibble here too, used to love Top Cat

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Kickkickkarl@reddit

I like the nick name Dibble for the police. It work's well in a sentence and you also have to be of a certain age to get the reference.

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Kickkickkarl@reddit

We used to say "The Rozzers" but these days as an adult I call them the correct name The Police.

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cluelesstwonk@reddit

Plod

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90210fred@reddit

Not seen scuffers yet

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Limp-Boysenberry1583@reddit

Was just about to add it!

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Chrolan1988@reddit

Just for the record; The 5-0, Feds and Po-Po are originally American slang terms. It frustrates me that this has migrated over here through movies. Rozzers, Plod & Old Bill offer far are more heritage with the less Hollywood crap.

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Warm-Spring1094@reddit

Feds, Plod, Porky, Jakes, Copper, Bacon

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Dolphin_Spotter@reddit

Heddlu

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Comprehensive-Owl848@reddit

Pángle

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PerLin107@reddit

Plod

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LittleSadRufus@reddit

Fuzz, pigs, Peelers

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Few_Food_3705@reddit

I can’t say but I have a misspent youth and I’m trying to do better

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Wrong_Adhesiveness87@reddit

The old bill

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MyCodesCompiling@reddit

Pigs

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jazzyl2025@reddit

Plod. I'm from Essex and moved to Liverpool in 2005, scouse plod did NOT like being called plod when I told my colleague that plod were on their way and he said 'they're here and they heard that'. 🤣🤣

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EstoppelByWaffle@reddit

peelers

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Blind_Warthog@reddit

You came up with all those names? Holy shit I’m star struck.

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stellfox-x@reddit

The paramilitary wing of the establishment rolls off the tongue.

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BillyJoeDubuluw@reddit

Gads/Gavvers/Bizzies.

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Awkward-Warning-9238@reddit

Popo

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RachaelBlonde@reddit

Plod

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Lundierpants@reddit

Po-lice

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doupydoupy@reddit

The gavvers

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chairman_mooish@reddit

CHIMPS (Completely Hopeless in Most Policing Situations) for PCSO's

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smoulderstoat@reddit

See also: Couldn't Prosecute Satan for the CPS.

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Spiritual_Loss_7287@reddit

Criminal Protection Society.

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ZourD@reddit

Hurrah for the Filth

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8bitPete@reddit

Old bill

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thewednesday1867@reddit

Mainly because growing of up in the 90s and being a big fan of Supergrass, I like to use “The Fuzz”.

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Alive_Ice7937@reddit

The filth is my go to. Fuzzy muff is another

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Great-Science-8586@reddit

The Bizzies (got this from watching Brookside many years ago)

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GeminiCheese@reddit

Very common slang in Liverpool.

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Belterhaze31@reddit

Filth

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JakeN961@reddit

[Ali G](https://share.google/2ix3iDnj5v7bvyReo)

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sanehamster@reddit

Peelers for old school. Feds was around a while back. Busies/bizzies.

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Gluebagger@reddit

pl0d, 420, slaughter squad

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AneeMel@reddit

poo lice ... pigs

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MAEMAEMAEM@reddit

I had to scroll too far for this.

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Feeling-Bluebird8413@reddit

Rozzers (thanks James May).

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Reasonable_Blood6959@reddit

Oh crikey!

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DependentRounders934@reddit

The 50

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IdiotBearPinkEdition@reddit

My brother calls them the jakes and then chuckles every time

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G_UK@reddit

Old bill, plod, the fuzz, peelers

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AsdaEssentialsWater@reddit

Gavvers

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AsdaEssentialsWater@reddit

Feds

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evenifihateit@reddit

I don't use these myself but have heard kids call them the feds and the 12, both US slang terms they've imported from social media afaik My dad (Scottish) calls them the polis My husband is Polish and his slang names for them are based around them being dogs or clay

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yourshelves@reddit

I’m claiming Clay Dogs for the name of my next band.

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ben_jamin_h@reddit

In Birmingham, probably 25 years ago now so don't know if it still is, it used to be 'the leng'

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Ill-Opportunity8918@reddit

Babylon, feds, five o, pigs, po lice, old bill,dibble, bizzies.

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benistowninspector@reddit

Pigs

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GinBitch@reddit

Rozzers, Fuzz, Filth, Pigs, 5-0

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Dr-Maturin@reddit

The Plod

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ZaharaWiggum@reddit

The Bizzies.

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FlutterGrrrl@reddit

Bizzies. Pigs. Bacon. Polizi. Rozzers. Feds. Filth. Peelers. PoPo.

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superiner@reddit

Pigs, jakes, feds

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badgerfishnew@reddit

Johnny Law for the police force as a whole, copper as a single police

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FeelingTree9780@reddit

Plod

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fblthpthewise@reddit

Scum.

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Fine_Analyst_4408@reddit

My family called them the Bobbies, or most of us did. My little brother loved Mr Blobby growing up. Police knocked on our door one day and my brother answered and shouted to us that it was the Blobbies lol. Now we all call them the Blobbies.

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juanito_f90@reddit

Pigs The Filth Policy Men

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Swissstu@reddit

The fuzz

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HawaiianSnow_@reddit

Polis (Scotland)

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Pure-Advantage5946@reddit

12

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Itchy-Gur2043@reddit

Cheesemongers, Cherrypickers, Bob’s Own, The Emperor’s Chambermaids and The Immortals

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ButterscotchBest8866@reddit

5 - 0, Babylon, Feds, Po-Po 😃

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musicallymotivated93@reddit

(Oh crikey it's) the rozzers.

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BeaksFalcone@reddit

My favourite is 'fur missile',for the cute officers that identify as police dogs.x

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Creativitizm@reddit

They are the cutest little fur missiles.

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Creativitizm@reddit

Po-Po, Old Bill, 5-0

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aChocolateFireGuard@reddit

The jakes / the jacks

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Mdl8922@reddit

Nothing polite.

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Motor-Command-2680@reddit

Bacon , oinkers , filth , feds

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Current_Thing2244@reddit

The pork scratchings

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Time_Tax_8699@reddit

The Dibble

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rjd2point1@reddit

Filth. Cozzers. The Fuzz.

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Initial_Ad_9418@reddit

The Filth, The Big Oink, Wayne Couzens Mates

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signol_@reddit

The filth. Pigs.

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Perfect_Consequence9@reddit

The Dibble

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Belle_TainSummer@reddit

None I can safely relate without risking mod enforcement.

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Ochib@reddit

5-0 and Po Po

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SceneDifferent1041@reddit

I can't imagine this will go well... I have a few for them but they aren't flattering.

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spoo4brains@reddit

Old Bill

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