<!--quoteo(post=353810:date=Mar 11 2009, 07&#58;29 AM:name=55ChevyLady)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (55ChevyLady &#064; Mar 11 2009, 07&#58;29 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&amp;pid=353810">&lt;strong&gt;QUOTE BELOW&lt;/strong&gt;</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->This may not be true but i read it somewhere that the origin of the term &quot;COP&quot; was in England and it stood for Constable On Patrol<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br /><br />I know I&#39;m probably a day late and a dollar short; but I always heard that the word originated from &quot;Coppers&quot; because of their buttons.