police

My sister used to tell me the FBI warning at the beginning of movies meant that I couldn't get up at any time during the film. She kept this up until I was 11. I still don't get up as a force of habit now.

James

When I was little, my mom told me it was illegal and dangerous to drink and drive. I believed that drinks included juice boxes so every time I was in the car drinking my juice box and a police car passed, i lowered my juice box so the police wouldn't see.

Liz

When I was a little kid. I thought that police officers were a gang of mean people who bullied others.

LOOL

I used to want to be a police woman. Why, you ask? Perhaps to fight crime, and make the world a better place for all my bunny friends?

Actually, I just wanted to "undress" bad guys, because I misunderstood the phrase, "You're under arrest!"

Say it quickly and you'll see the confusion right there.

Scarlett

When I was little, I used to think that "drinking and driving" meant any beverage. -I would get upset when my parents would drink soda when they were driving because I thought they'd be arrested.

Rachel

When I was about five or six, I used to walk around the neighborhood with my mother a lot. I was always worried that some policeman might come and arrest her, because he thought that she had kidnapped me. After thinking this scary thought, I was always sure to walk around with a big smile plastered on my face to let the police know that I had not been kidnapped, but had come willingly.

Elty

When I was in 6th or 7th grade, there were stop-sign shaped signs all over the school, that said, "STOP STDs!" None of us even knew what STDs were, but we just knew you'd get arrested for them...

KM

When I was little I called 911 just to see what would happen. Since it wasn't for an emergency I was sure that the police would track me down and I would have to spend life in prison. I had several sleepless nights waiting for a nock at the door and the police to take me away forever.

My name begins with A

My mother told me that if I skipped school that police would come and drag me out of my house in my underwear if they had to, and take me to school half naked. Remarkably I believed this until at least the beginning of High School.

Anon

I used to believe that when someone joins the police force, they get their personal car painted and turned into a police car.

Trisha Gaurav

When I was young and saw 101 Dalmations, Scotland Yard was talked about in it, but I never really understood what it was. I imagined it was a very expensive-looking, fancy yard with statues, but I couldn't figure out what it had to do with catching the criminals who stole the puppies!

rinrinkokopop

After watching american cop shows like CHIPS as a kid, I used to believe that all you had to do to catch a criminal was put out an APB and couldn't understand why the police here didn't do that.

Gary D'Arcy

I used to wonder why so many cops in movies were called "Lieutenant" as a christian name.

chris

When I was little I was making my bed one day and ripped the "do not remove under penalty of law" tag off of the mattress. I hid the tag in my dresser for years fearing that I'd get caught and arrested. Funny thing ... I still never remove those tags from anything I buy.

Nancy

When I was younger, my brother told me the police had an infra-red system and could see into everyones house.

Clare, Ireland

I was told as a young child that if I didn't smile going past the police station, I wouldbe arrested.

Anon

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

Bethany

When I was four years old my aunt and uncle stayed at our house while my parents went on a camping trip. One afternoon they were driving my cousin and I who were acting up in the back seat. My uncle turned his head around and told me if I didn’t behave myself he was going to take me to the police station and give me the electric chair. I sat there thinking I couldn’t understand why my aunt thought that was so funny. Nevertheless, for most of my early childhood I believed every police station had an electric chair

JR

I thought the reason the police had batons and tasers was in case they had to fight a criminal who was immune to bullets!

Ghoti Stick

When I was little and started crying hystericaly, my parents would tell me to stop or else the police would come.Because of this, I thought of the police as bad people and would be afraid when i saw one.

Tash