# Is the term 'cop' considered "insulting" or negative to police officers?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 20, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-term-cop-considered-insulting-or-negative-to-police-officers/593438 "2011-08-20T16:48:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-term-cop-considered-insulting-or-negative-to-police-officers/593438/81 "2013-08-09T15:01:10Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> I constantly refer back to my annotated notebooks, don’t you?

I transferred everything to microfiche last year and my filing system still hasn’t caught up.

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