A girl in my neighborhood used to believe (we were 8 or so) that if you called the police their job was to come over and kill whomever you asked them to.
A childhood belief about police

others believed things like this
- when I was growing up I truly believed that my neighborhood was the only neighborhood with "THE CORNER"— Brid
- I used to think that the police didn't know that we called them coppers behind their backs!— Chris
- I thought the song "Karma Police" was actually saying "call the police" before I learned the title— Alberto Richardson
- When I used to see the sign 'police accident' I thought it meant that a police car had crashed.Anon
- I wanted to be a police officer as a kid because I believe police officer's couldn't die.— Sam
- Until I was about 11, I thought it was called a 'Girl Cheese' sandwhich.— Chris