Doug Stanhope Quotes

There is no tougher job in America than being a cop on the beat in a major city in this country, big and brawling.

[Police] officers fought so hard for career advancement, that they had little time for fighting crime.

Let's talk about the real issues of crime which people are worried about. What people are worried about is the rise in violent crime. We believe that more community policemen and women are part of the answer to this.

I know loads of coppers and dealt with them a lot when I was a journalist - coppers are easy to write for; they tend to run on rails.

The most effective weapon against crime is cooperation... The efforts of all law enforcement agencies with the support and understanding of the American people.

For a detective or street police, the only real satisfaction is the work itself; when a cop spends more and more time getting aggravated with the details, he's finished. The attitude of co-workers, the indifference of superiors, the poor quality of the equipment - all of it pales if you still love the job; all of it matters if you don't.

Police can only act on intelligence.

It seemed to me... that the only valid people to deal with crime were cops, and I would like to make the lead character, rather than a single person, a squad of cops.

As governor, there isn't a lot I can do beyond that to crack down on crime. Law enforcement is really a local issue. It's the cops' job to tighten down on criminals.

Stopping crime before it occurs is the most effective crime fighting tool of all.

We need to send a clear message to gang members that violent crime will not be tolerated.

Cops and robbers resemble each other, so there's not a lot to learn in terms of learning the logistics of committing the crime or investigating the crime.

It's about time law enforcement got as organized as organized crime.

But in my district I have heard from law enforcement officials and across the State of Florida about how much this JAG funding helps them fight crime, and to protect and serve the citizens within their jurisdiction.

I don't necessarily have friends who are forensic scientists, but I have tons of friends who are cops.

I will maintain the presence of a Mexican Army, and the Navy and police in the states of the Mexican Republic, where the problem of crime has increased.

Fighting crime is not cheap, because it requires boots on the ground.

Arresting people is not going to lower the crime rate

We can't get at crime unless we know what language it speaks. Otherwise, we are just suppressing the cough, not curing the disease.

No place is unpoliceable; no crime is immune to better enforcement efforts.

The police should be focused on policing criminal activity, and that's sort of the beginning, the middle and the end of it for me.

If you have a problem, the NYPD is the greatest police force to the world.

If a superhero is a community superhero, then is he going to protect his community by controlling everything? If he decides to control crime, does that make him a crime boss? Does that make him a criminal?

A 24-hour police surveillance system will act as a deterrent for anti-social elements.

I've always wanted to play a police officer or a detective, because I think if I wasn't an actress that is what I would want to do.