When I was about 5 and my sister was 3, I told her that if she heard police sirens, she had to run and hide because they were going to arrest the first person they saw. She believed this for years, I think until she went to Safety Town
A childhood belief about police

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you did not keep your shoes tied, that the police would arrest you.— Kelly
- My mom threatened that if I didn't eat all my vegetables that the police would come and arrest me.— Lisa T.
- 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
- When i was about 6 years old, i thought God was washing his"LEGO" town, when it was raining here.— Meie
- When my sister's father went to Seattle, my sister said "Is Attle nice?" She thought Attle was a person's name— zzo38