“My ignorance of science is such that if anyone mentioned copper nitrate I should think he was talking about policemen's overtime.”

Frederick Donald Coggan

“Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let the other one off.”

Tommy Cooper

"I promise you a police car on every sidewalk."

Mayor Marion Barry

"When I sell liquor, it's called bootlegging; when my patrons serve it on Lake Shore Drive, it's called hospitality."

Al Capone

"The police are not here to create disorder. The police are here to preserve disorder."

Mayor Richard Daley