# Police Dept. mottos

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-dept-mottos/5285>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 12, 1999, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-dept-mottos/5285 "1999-12-12T11:20:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Jorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@Jorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jorge)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 1999, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-dept-mottos/5285/1 "1999-12-12T11:20:00Z")

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“To Serve & Protect” in LA…  
“Fairness, Integrity & Respect” in Honolulu.

Any others ? Particularly those with ironic twists ?

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_O le mea a tamaali’i fa’asala, a o le mea a tufanua fa’alumaina._

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**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 1999, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-dept-mottos/5285/2 "1999-12-12T11:36:00Z")

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Arlington County, VA - “Parking Meters Enforced on Saturdays Too”

_(just kidding)_

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**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 1999, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-dept-mottos/5285/3 "1999-12-12T11:40:00Z")

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From a Simpsons Halloween episode:

“To Sever and Protect”

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 1999, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-dept-mottos/5285/4 "1999-12-12T12:29:00Z")

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NYPD: “Yeah, pal, I got your law enforcement right here.”

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**Author:** ![The\_LION](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@The\_LION](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_LION)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 1999, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-dept-mottos/5285/5 "1999-12-12T12:47:00Z")

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In Houston Texas.

BANG,Halt or I will Shoot.

Peace  
t lion

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" I Wonder What Happens When I push THIS Button? "

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 1999, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-dept-mottos/5285/6 "1999-12-12T16:00:00Z")

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Pacific Grove, California:  
“No tickets for tourists.”