What some
Policemen call themselves to sound more professional, fancier, or somehow more important.
-Or because they're ashamed to be cops.
Denotes certain Federal-Agents, Fish &
Wildlife Officers, Park-Rangers, Border-Patrol, and other such sworn & commissioned professionals who work in important fields of law-enforcement, but who are not necessarily traditional street-cops.
Also used by those Officers who do not want to thought of, or referred to, as Policemen.
Abbreviated as LEO (singular) or
LEO's (plural).
"When a cop calls himself a Law-Enforcement Officer, it's like a garbage-man calling himself a Sanitation-Worker, or a
clerk calling herself a Sales-Associate."
"Being a
Policeman is an honorable-profession. Nothing is more
vital to Public-Safety than the humble street-cop; Be proud of who you are, and of what you do."
