I used to believe that if your house was ever robbed, that the police department had to pay for everything you lost.
A childhood belief about police

others believed things like this
- When I was younger, my brother told me the police had an infra-red system and could see into everyones house.— Clare, Ireland
- 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 used to believe that the short display beds at department stores were for dwarfs.— p
- I wanted to be a police officer as a kid because I believe police officer's couldn't die.— Sam
- I used to believe that when you moved house you swapped house with the person moving into your old house.Anon