# Do You Want to be a Cop **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 4, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-be-a-cop/534876 "2010-04-04T01:56:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mulletgatani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Mulletgatani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mulletgatani)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-be-a-cop/534876/1 "2010-04-04T01:56:24Z")
I do…just so I can grow a mustache and shave my head. How about you?? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-be-a-cop/534876/2 "2010-04-04T02:09:32Z")
I’m not sure if you’re truly looking for other opinions or not. But, since there is no General Question here, this one is moved from GQ to IMHO. **samclem**. Moderator, General Questions ---
**Author:** ![aggiej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@aggiej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aggiej)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-be-a-cop/534876/3 "2010-04-04T07:04:15Z")
i think being a homicide or narcotics detective would be a great job. i wouldn’t want to be a patrolman writing speeding tickets and such so i don’t think i could ever make it to detective. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-be-a-cop/534876/4 "2010-04-04T07:11:25Z")
Nope. I have an authoritarian tendency when I’m angry that would only be made worse if I had the power to implement it. In other words, make me mad, and I’d be sorely tempted to be a crooked cop to get back at you. ---
**Author:** ![Gustav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@Gustav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gustav)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-be-a-cop/534876/5 "2010-04-04T11:09:43Z")
I would love to, but I’d get fired within a week. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-be-a-cop/534876/6 "2010-04-04T11:13:08Z")
> [@Mulletgatani](#): > > I do…just so I can grow a mustache and shave my head. How about you?? But why would you, traditionally the police force is a terrible work environment for a woman. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-be-a-cop/534876/7 "2010-04-04T12:32:09Z")
I’ve always liked the idea of a job where I don’t have to be nice to the people I’m working with. ---
**Author:** ![anson2995](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@anson2995](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anson2995)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-be-a-cop/534876/8 "2010-04-04T13:34:41Z")
> [@Mulletgatani](#): > > I do…just so I can grow a mustache and shave my head. How about you?? No, no I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-be-a-cop/534876/9 "2010-04-04T13:43:46Z")
Been there, done that. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-be-a-cop/534876/10 "2010-04-04T13:46:05Z")
I became a fireman so the cops would have a hero to worship. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-be-a-cop/534876/11 "2010-04-04T13:50:27Z")
Don’t know why anyone would want to for any other reason than job security. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-be-a-cop/534876/12 "2010-04-04T14:19:26Z")
Naaa, I just live vicariously through my two sister-in-law cops. Funny thing, neither of them grew a mustache or shaved their head (although I did). ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-be-a-cop/534876/13 "2010-04-04T14:26:44Z")
> [@Mulletgatani](#): > > I do…just so I can grow a mustache and shave my head. How about you?? A woman I was talking to said that a goatee with a shaved head looks (to her) like a vagina with a tummy above. 😛 If you squint… She was being cute, not mean. No. I could never be a cop. Too military. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-be-a-cop/534876/14 "2010-04-04T15:16:18Z")
> [@Mulletgatani](#): > > I do…just so I can grow a mustache and shave my head. How about you?? I don’t look good with a shaved head and mustache. > [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > But why would you, traditionally the police force is a terrible work environment for a woman. Depends on the force and the percentage of women on that force. I know a woman who’s been on the LAPD for coming on 20 years, and she loves her job, including the work environment. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-be-a-cop/534876/15 "2010-04-04T16:28:02Z")
No, sorry. Don’t feel like getting shot 3 days before retirement. (we call that “retirony”.) ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-be-a-cop/534876/16 "2010-04-04T16:39:47Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > No, sorry. Don’t feel like getting shot 3 days before retirement. (we call that “retirony”.) I call it _extremely_ rare. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-be-a-cop/534876/17 "2010-04-04T16:45:24Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > I call it _extremely_ rare. “Why would you say such a horrible thing?! Look! Now you made my wife cry!” -Chief Wiggum, The Simpsons ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-be-a-cop/534876/18 "2010-04-04T17:28:39Z")
Oh boy! Free apples! (quote from Curley Fine, of the “Three Stooges”) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-be-a-cop/534876/19 "2010-04-04T17:30:31Z")
> [@Mulletgatani](#): > > I do…just so I can grow a mustache and shave my head. How about you?? Are you sure you don’t just want to be gay? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-be-a-cop/534876/20 "2010-04-05T08:33:30Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > Are you sure you don’t just want to be gay? Hey! That tickles.