Janet Reno Quotes

Before I pursued acting full-time, I had every intention of going into some form of law enforcement work.

I've been involved with law enforcement for some time. My father was in law enforcement. I went through the training for Homeland Security. I enjoy it very much.

I've never been a cop nor hope to be a cop, thanks.

I'm super-obsessed with law enforcement. I'm what you'd call a 'cop fan.'

I'm not a criminal but I've been fingerprinted like a criminal.

Again, having - fortunately having never been in trouble. And eventually I found out that I was on a watch list.

If you want to be a cop, it's not for everybody, no question about it, but there's no place like New York City.

I went into journalism to learn the craft of writing and to get close to the world I wanted to write about - police and criminals, the criminal justice system.

I've been a police officer for over 20 years, and I've investigated murders and all kinds of different crimes.

I couldn't become a policeman, so being county prosecutor is the next best thing.

Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.

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.

I was talking on the phone in my trailer, and I looked in the mirror and I saw the badge clipped to my belt, a gun with a holster, and the suit and the tie with the jacket off, and it was just deja vu. I remember that image so clearly from growing up. My dad would come home for lunch, take off his jacket, have the gun and the badge.

I grew up in Del Mar, Calif., north of San Diego. I got my first job the summer after eighth grade at a small Internet service provider.

In my case, I've always been interested in law enforcement. I've always dabbled in law enforcement in between gigs, quite honestly. Back before things really began to pop off for me, I would work in private security for companies and stuff.

I enjoyed being a police officer; I enjoyed the investigations.

I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.

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

We must be vigilant in our actions towards criminals, and innovative in our approach towards solving crime.

In the criminal justice system, the law-abiding citizen comes first.

For the security of particular men, and, by consequence for the common peace, it is necessary that the right of using the Sword for punishment, be transferred to some Man or Counsel, that Man or Counsel is necessarily understood by Right to have the supreme Power in the City.

When you live in a world in which juveniles are much more likely to be stopped—or if stopped, be arrested, or if arrested, be adjudicated—if they are Black, then all of the indicators associated with prior criminal history are going to be serving effectively as a proxy for race.

Police work was fascinating, and I didn't imagine that acting was something a kid from San Mateo, California, could really pursue.

I actually met a cop who worked with street gangs. I wanted to understand what drives someone who deals with very hardened criminals on a daily basis. How do you turn that off when you go home at night?

My first job out of law school was representing people on death row in North Carolina, where I often saw the impact of hasty prosecutions.