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Re: County Mounties Spit on the 4th Amendment

To: "Michael H. Warfield" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: County Mounties Spit on the 4th Amendment
From: Bill Stewart <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 1998 09:40:20 -0800
Cc: [email protected]
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
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At 09:25 AM 2/3/98 -0500, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
>	"County Mounties" is a CB (Citizens Band Radio for those not
>familiar with US radio) slang term in the US for local police.  Conversely
>"Supertroupers" refers to State Patrol.  The term "Smokie" (coined from
>the movie Smokie and the Bandit) refers to all police.

Argh - get your history right, kid!   The movie Smokey and the Bandit
used the already-current slang for cops, which was based on the
Smokey The Bear hats that many police uniforms use.

				Thanks! 
					Bill
Bill Stewart, [email protected]
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  - From: "Michael H. Warfield" <[email protected]>

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