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Cop may mean:
- "Cop", a slang term for a police officer
- A colloquial verb meaning "to [take]", especially in a criminal justice context (ex: copping a plea)
- Community of practice, a collaborative method of social learning
- As a component of English placenames, it sometimes means "head", as in Mow Cop; in Copt Oak it referred to a tree being "beheaded" (compare German [Kopf])
- The title of both a film and a television series:
- *Cops (1922) - a short film directed by Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton.
- *COPS (TV series) - a long-running reality show broadcast by the Fox Network.
- C.O.P.S 'N' Crooks (C.O.P.S.), a line of action figures that spawned brief comic and animated television series
- * C.O.P.S. (animated TV series), the animated series based on the toy line
- , the fourth installment of the Police Academy film series
- The following organizations:
- * California Organization of Police and Sheriffs, a California political organization
- * Communities Organized for Public Service, a San Antonio, Texas community organization
- * Community Oriented Policing Services, a program under the United States Department of Justice
- * Concerns of Police Survivors, a non-profit organization providing resources to assist in the rebuilding of the lives of survivors of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty
- * Certification of Patent Searchers, a committee established to investigate how to certify patent searchers
- * Centralized Operations Police Suite, an online US Army Military Police reporting system
- The following technical terms:
- *Common Open Policy Service, a policy-based network management protocol
- *Computer Oracle and Password System, a UNIX system security checking package.
- COP, for other terms abbreviated by the acronym
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