your squad car will only break down when you happen to be outside of your beat
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Your squad car will only break down when you happen to be outside of your beat. The ease of service of any search warrant varies directly with the likelihood that you are in the wrong house. Waterproof boots aren't. Freebies will arrive at the station only on your day off. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Your squad car will only break down when
you happen to be outside of your beat.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
The ease of service of any search warrant varies
directly with the likelihood that you are in
the wrong house.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Waterproof boots aren't.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Freebies will arrive at the station only on your day off.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
The coffee machine breaks down only on
graveyard shift.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Court will be scheduled in the
middle of your days off.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Pens never leak onto old uniform
shirts.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Hot calls will only come over the air 10 minutes before the
end of shift.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
New uniform shirts and ties attract
gravy and ketchup.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Perfect 10s show up to talk only when
you're busy.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
You will find a “Police Discount”
one day before payday.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Bulletproof vests might be.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Shatterproof flashlights seldom
are.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
The experience of your Assistant District Attorney is inversely proportional to the importance of your case
he is prosecuting.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
On any day that you are filmed by a news crew, you will forget
your hat.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
You never get the urge to use the bathroom
until after you have left the station.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
You will remain in perfect health until
your days off.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Your portable radio will never fail until
you are involved in a foot pursuit.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Surprise inspections occur only after a
foot pursuit through the slough.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Glow-in-the-dark gun sights are just as visible to crooks hiding behind you as they are to you.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Vehicle pursuits always progress from areas of
low traffic density to areas of high traffic
density.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
The Mayor will get a parking ticket only when
it is time to negotiate police salary increases.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Your only pen will run out of ink exactly at the
moment you decide to write traffic violators.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
No patrol car assigned to you will be clean or have a full tank of gas.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Zippered boots break only when there are
less than three minutes until roll call.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
White socks make boot zippers break.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
NCIC will be down any time you see a
car listed on the hot sheet.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Coffee jitters will never plague you
until firearms qualification day.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Old squad cars never die - they just
smell that way.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Flashlight batteries never die in daylight
hours.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
You will never get a bomb call until the squad is away on a training exercise.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
The only time John Q. Public
wants a friendly chat is when you sit
down to eat.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Your mouthiest traffic violator of the day will be related to
the Sheriff.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Word processors only delete reports
that are nearly finished.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
You will score no higher than fourth on a three-vacancy promotional exam.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Your bulletproof vest was supplied
by the lowest bidder.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
You will receive a subpoena in a major felony case for
the first day of your paid-for, non-refundable vacation.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
If the crooks are within pistol range,
so are you.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Also the
harder they punch, kick, and choke.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
The speed at which you respond to a fight in progress is inversely
proportional to how long you have been a cop.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
If you know someone who tortures small animals and wets the bed, he is either a serial rapist or he works in
Internal Affairs.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Placing a gun back in a shoulder holster with your
finger on the trigger will produce a semi-permanent
limp.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
In a physical confrontation involving more than one officer, any police impact weapon used will strike
more cops than bad guys.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Any citizen observing an approaching police vehicle
with emergency lights showing will immediately pull into the
traffic lane needed by the officer.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Never search a dark warehouse with an officer
whose nickname is “Boom-Boom.”
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Every citizen, upon learning that you are a cop, will tell you a traffic stop story that he is certain you have never
heard before.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Do unto others, but do it first.
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Murphy’s Laws of Law Enforcement
Eat Right.Exercise Often.Die Anyway.