The Police Being Called The Filth, The Fuzz, Pigs And The Beasts

[Jahulaye]

Where and how did these nicknames come about and are the police bothered about being abused with these names on a daily basis both irl and online?

[Jackdaw33]

One name which seems to have disappeared now was 'the rozzers'.

[Zacs-Master]

The Beasts???

[hereIam]

I think they are used to it these days, sadly.

[Old_Geezer]

One would hope that they had thicker skins than that.

Obviously they would have been coined by those who aren't keen on the police looking into their activities.

[Jackdaw33]

Don't forget 'the busies' and in the old gay slang, 'Lily Law'.

[Mamyalynne]

Not all such terms have citable origins,many are regional and a lot came via Australia.

[Jahulaye]

They're still called the buises by the scousers tmk