when i was about 6 my older sisters told me if you get too close to a car,and the siren went off,a bunch of police robots would come and eletricute you and bring you to jail.i actually believed them.
A childhood belief about police

others believed things like this
- 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
- When I used to see the sign 'police accident' I thought it meant that a police car had crashed.Anon
- When I was six, my cousin told me that if I stuffed my bra the cops would come get me and take me to jail.— Juliea
- In primary school, a whole bunch of kids including me believed that watermelon seeds contained ants. — Caff
- My older sister told me squirrels were poisonous, and I believed her until I was 9.— Jenni