What Cop T-Shirts Tell Us About Police Culture

This comment thread at the online police forum PoliceLink has more examples of t-shirts the law enforcement commenters found amusing. Among the comments:

— “In God we trust, all others get searched,”

— “A picture of an electric chair with the caption: JUSTICE: Regular or Crispy”

— “B.D.R.T Baby Daddy Removal Team on the back and the initials on front with handcuffs. You should see peoples faces when I wear it….HAHAHAHA”

— “Human trash collector. ( above a pair of handcuffs )”

— “Take No Guff, Cut No Slack, Hook’em, Book’em and Don’t Look Back!”

— “‘Boys on the Hood’ Pic had two gangbangers jacked up on the hood of a patrol car with two officers.”

— “SWAT T-shirt: ‘Happiness is getting the green light!'”

— “I have one that sates “SWAT SNIPER” on the front and on back it has a picure of a “terrorist” with a shell ripping through his skull and the “pink mist” spraying from the back of his head. Below the picture it reads, “Guerillas in the mist”.

— “Save the police time, beat yourself up”

— “An ounce of prevention is fine and dandy…….. But we prefer 168 grains of cure.”

— “Be good or you might get a visit from the bullet fairy.”

— “Sniper – When you only have 1 shot at an opportunity……We’ll make it count”

— “Law Enforcement……Helping perps slip down stairs since 1766”

— “Math for Cops………2 to the chest + 1 to the head = problem solved”

— “I had a couple of ’em a loooong time ago….1 showed a cop leaning on his rather long nightstick, saying “Police Brutality….the fun part of policework.”……obviously not very PC….another was a picture of a LEO with smoke coming from the muzzle of his pistol, with a badguy falling backwards (lookin’ like swiss cheese) with the caption…..The best action is OVERREACTION….also not very PC….”

— “Cops make good roommates…they’re used to taking out the trash.”

— “There was also one I saw where there was a big burly looking Sarge behind his desk and the cation read ‘It doesn’t say kindness and sympathy on the badge.'”

— “happiness is a confirmed kill”

— “Park Ranger T-shirt: One of funniest I ever saw: Picture of Smokey the Bear with Riot Gear and he’s just poked a protester in the chest with a riot baton. The Caption Reads: “Smokey Don’t Play That”. Funny!”

— “My Daddy can Taser your Daddy”

— “School Patrol – You fail em, we jail em”

— “Got one that says, “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted and used against you.”

In the near future, if it comes down to a conflict between the Government and the people (The productive and “native” Americans) on what side will any police officers that would proudly wear these sentiments stand? The unionized, over-pensioned, above the Law types I mean.