I believed that if you cut off those tags on pillows that said it was illegal to cut off, the police would somehow know this and come to your house and arrest you.
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 used to think that Legal and Illegal meant the same thing (illegal)— Dhruv
- I used to think that the tags on cows ears were actually earings.— Kelly
- 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