C.O.P.S. actually stood for Citizens On Patrol Society orCitizens Organized for Public Service.This is another person, actually cops used to be called coppers because of the copper buttons on their sleeves. (Obviously this was in the old days) Eventually that got shortened to cop.
cops=policemen
You could refer to them as a group of police, or officers, fuzz, or cops, coppers. There are derogatory terms you could use, but we won't include them here.
a Squad
posse
The Carabinieri.
Why would they? A policemen would need a heavier duty blade-a switch blade simply would not suffice.
In the year 2030 it is likely policemen will be called robocops. With the way that technology is going, it really seems possible.
Troopers
Police constables, nowadays more often police officers. Cops. Police Officers. Police. Policemen. Policewomen. Authorities. Etc. =]
The collective nouns for policemen are a squad of policemen and a posse of policemen.
There were two times that Earl and the gang were on Cops. One episode was called Our Cops is On. The other one was Our Other Cops is On.
The novel is called The Yiddish Policemen's Union.