Do You Look Like A Cop ???

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The only time anyone thought I was a cop was when I walked up on two young ladies as they were lighting up a joint. Never seen two people look so "drained" as when our eyes met. They just wilted. :D...and beat feet outta there! Most think I just look like their uncle ...or grandfather!
Mark. ( I am a grandfather now )
 
Cop..no, FBI...yeah

I have been asked a few times, but not recently.

I walked into a gun shop over in Stuart, FL and was asking the guy about some of the 1911's he had displayed. After a couple of minutes he asked me if I was FBI. ??? I still don't understand why he thought that. However, I did keep it kind of high and tight. But I was 23 at the time. I wouldn't think someone would guess that of anyone that young. Have you ever seen an FBI agent that young? I still don't understand..flummoxed :confused:
 
Yeah I get the "OH Crap it's a cop" about fifteen times a day... as they hit the brakes when passing me at a high rate of speed when driving my ex Police crusier. :)

When younger and in much better shape I often was mistaken for being military....although I was never in the military.

I think this thread really renforces the idea to not judge a book by it's cover.
 
It helps to look like the "good guy". Or I should say that it helps to look like what people think the good guy should look like. If you are ever in a position where the police have to take your word against that of some scumbag, it does a lot for your credibility if you don't look like the guy's brother in law.

It isnt right and it isnt fair but, human nature is to believe and trust the person that looks like they take good care of themselves and are generally polite and courteous. Simply being friendly and dressing SLIGHTLY better than people around you can open a lot of doors.
 
FBI agents can be recruited at a young age. The agency comes to BYU to recruit each year. Same goes for the CIA and NSA. They recruit right out of College, so a 23 year old FBI agent is not far off. Granted, they're probably not field agents. i.e. I was recruited to the NSA at the age of 24 but didn't get the job in the end.
 
Most of the cops that have pulled me over I would never have guessed were cops. I have wanted to ask them for papers more times than once but I figured that wouldn't help me get out of ticket, especially since they were driving a cop car and all.

Pull them out of uniform, have them tell me they are a cop, I would laugh and keep walking til I saw a badge. Then I would want the paperwork. Not like I even know what it is supposed to look like, but hey, what can ya do?
 
A while back, I was shopping with my wife at our local mega-mall.

I was wearing my Khaki ROYAL ROBBINS 5.11 pants along with an oversized really colorful BEN SHERMAN shirt (not quite a TACTICAL and/or COP look in my humble opinion), when I noticed an uniformed LEO walking in the opposite direction that I was, coming towards me.

As we were about to pass each other, I made some quick eye contact with this police officer and I said "hello" to him (I think he was working off-duty at the mall), and he said to me, "...go to the XYZ Army Navy Store...they give a 20% LEO discount on the 5.11s...".

He then gave me a big smile as he walked off.

I guess I looked like a cop that day!

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I get this a few times.. since I am a ham I have loads of antennas on my vehicle. I walk into a 7-11 about 2 years ago and this older gentleman asks me "What task force is you with"

I just laughed.. he then tells me because I had black BDUs on and had so many antennas on my car I had to be with the feds.. lol

Oh well.. I just laughed and then had to explain ham radio to him.
 
I have been told more than a few times that I look like a inmate though :what:
The one time I flashed inadvertently that I can remember I was 13 so I doubt
she thought I was a cop. Although most of the cops around here look like they are 13. Maybe I am just getting old :cool:
 
No, I don't look like a cop. I look like a nerd... a pretty solid nerd, but a nerd regardless.

I'll hopefully BE a cop soon, however. :)

Physical qualification on April 6th for Greensboro PD. Wish me luck, guys... I heard GPD is absolute HELL to get into.
 
I have been told more than a few times that I look like a inmate though
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LOL. I had an orange inmate shirt a few years ago. Wore it once. I should have got the "Make 7 - up yours" shirt instead...
 
Not realizing it is Spring Break here in VA for a lot of schools, I stroll in to the local Taco Bell at about 2130 last night. The place was just packed with 14-20 yo kids. I had just come back from a job interview in Baltimore that ran late and was still in my suit, I left the jacket in the car, and wasn't carrying, but none of those kids would make any eye-contact with me at all. I've gotten the "What department are you with?" Thing a few times. I just laugh. I'm military and I work armed/unarmed private security off-duty, so I guess I look the part. A lot of people can't tell the difference between an armed, uniformed, private security officer, and a true blue LEO, I like it that way.
-Orion
 
Quite the reverse.
My GF mentioned I was a shooter in public recently and the general reaction was "Oh, Really. He doesn't look the type."

Asked what THAT meant, they said, "he looks intelligent, educated, middle-income --- you know, sensible and respectable."

My mirror says I'm an aged Fat, bald, half-deaf, half-blind, nerd.

Barbara, I'm still trying to visualize somebody who could be EITHER a soccer mom or a granola-crunching Lesbian. I searched Oleg's site but couldn't find you on it.
Then my daughter, who has been a soccer team-mom for over 5 years, explained it to me.
She said all soccer moms ACT like granola-crunching lesbians ---- with combat training -- when their kids are on the field.
Oh.
Still, I'd appreciate a pix, just for the calibration, OK?

Fud
 
At a Wal Mart one evening a boy of about five was in line with his mother behind me. My jacket was open and I guess from his height he could see I was carrying. He loudly proclaimed to his mother: "Mommy, that man is a policeman." I just smiled, paid and left. Make certain the holster is a little further to the rear now and the jacket does not fall open.
 
You know its funny I get the "are you cop?" question alot and the funny thing is I'am really young looking for my age,am babyfaced and have really long hair. I always say "no I'am not" ofcourse but some times I'll give them a "do I look like a cop?" LOL that reallt gets them sometimes.
 
No. I don't look like a cop. In Nazi Jersey if you look like your IQ is larger than your shoe size you are obviously not a cop.
 
Great replies so far, and some good points:

1 -- In general, it is best not to look like a "dirtbag" when one CCW's

2 -- In general, a holstered weapon (as opposed to, for example, waistband carry) just may keep a "sheeple" from yelling "man with gun -- call the police" if one's CCW is accidentally exposed

3 -- In general, the way one "carries" him or herself (i.e. a professional demeanor) may just mean alot to the general public's perception if one's CCW is accidentally seen

:D :what: :D
 
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