My parents used to say that the police were "giving someone directions" when they had a car pulled over on the side of the road. I wondered how the police knew that person needed directions until i was around 15 when I finally figured out that they were just kidding.
A childhood belief about police

others believed things like this
- 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
- I used to belive a police could never die.— dainiella
- i used to think if you had more than £100 the police would want to know why and would start investgating you— mark
- I used to believe police officers can't get arrested.— Anonymous