When I was in 1st grade police officers sometimes visited to talk about traffic safety, etc. I was afraid to talk without raising my hand because I thought that if I interrupt the police officer or annoy him, he will shoot me/ put me in jail.
A childhood belief about police

others believed things like this
- I wanted to be a police officer as a kid because I believe police officer's couldn't die.— Sam
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- When I was a little kid. I thought that police officers were a gang of mean people who bullied others.— LOOL
- I used to believe police officers can't get arrested.— Anonymous
- my mum told me when i was 11 if i swore the police would take me to jail. — tg in blue
- I thought the song "Karma Police" was actually saying "call the police" before I learned the title— Alberto Richardson