Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1883 — Policeman and “Cops.” [ARTICLE]

Policeman and “Cops.”

Somebody wanted to know how. policemen ever came to be called j “cops.” The term originated in New j York, and first given to the police ‘ force under Mayor Fernando Wood, from the copper badges which they wore. It" Was not long before the dictionary of thieves’ slang was enriched by a aßvy~wer4 r .‘.‘,CQPperß.” Sir Robert' Peel was an considerable official attention to the reconstruction of the London police j force, and hence the terms “bobbies”.; and “peelers,” the last of which waa 1 transplanted in American soil.— Boston Globe.