12-21-2025, 12:28 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-21-2025, 12:31 AM by Drunk Monk.)
[quote pid="81963" dateline="1766282308"]
Greg
[quote pid="81947" dateline="1766216611"]
Dr. Ivor YetiAre you a cop? Cuz if you’re a cop, you have to tell me.
[/quote]
Not if I'm ICE! Oh,wait. Didn't me to give it away.
[/quote]
From Snopes:
Are You a Cop?
Must law enforcement officers answer truthfully when asked 'Are you a cop'?
Barbara Mikkelson
Published March 12, 1998
![[Image: police_officer_fb.jpg]](https://mediaproxy.snopes.com/width/1200/https://media.snopes.com/2018/01/police_officer_fb.jpg)
Image courtesy of Shutterstock
[/url]
Claim:
Prostitutes can safely challenge johns with the question "Are you a cop?" because law enforcement officers must answer truthfully.
Rating:
[url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rating/false]![[Image: rating-false.png]](https://mediaproxy.snopes.com/width/200/https://media.snopes.com/2018/03/rating-false.png)
FalseAbout this rating
Contrary to common belief, police don't have to reveal their law enforcement status, even when asked flat out. There's nothing in the law to prohibit law enforcement officers from lying in the course of performing their duties. Were this not so, there'd be no sting operations that involve telling wanted criminals they'd just won trips to Bermudas to get them to come on in, or undercover operations where cops pretend to be suppliers to drug buyers. Police couldn't do their jobs were they restricted to telling the truth all of the time, and a moment's thought about it should lay this belief to rest.
I’m going to wait on the weather tomorrow. If it’s super stormy, hwy17 will be too much of a mess. That’ll be my excuse anyway.
Greg
[quote pid="81947" dateline="1766216611"]
Dr. Ivor YetiAre you a cop? Cuz if you’re a cop, you have to tell me.
[/quote]
Not if I'm ICE! Oh,wait. Didn't me to give it away.
[/quote]
From Snopes:
Are You a Cop?
Must law enforcement officers answer truthfully when asked 'Are you a cop'?
Barbara Mikkelson
Published March 12, 1998
Image courtesy of Shutterstock
[/url]
Claim:
Prostitutes can safely challenge johns with the question "Are you a cop?" because law enforcement officers must answer truthfully.
Rating:
[url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rating/false]
FalseAbout this rating
Contrary to common belief, police don't have to reveal their law enforcement status, even when asked flat out. There's nothing in the law to prohibit law enforcement officers from lying in the course of performing their duties. Were this not so, there'd be no sting operations that involve telling wanted criminals they'd just won trips to Bermudas to get them to come on in, or undercover operations where cops pretend to be suppliers to drug buyers. Police couldn't do their jobs were they restricted to telling the truth all of the time, and a moment's thought about it should lay this belief to rest.
I’m going to wait on the weather tomorrow. If it’s super stormy, hwy17 will be too much of a mess. That’ll be my excuse anyway.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse