Police and donuts is it a myth?

[KaneM]

Is it a myth that police officers often eat donuts or is it just a stereotype?

[GoldBadge]

Many years ago, cops went to donut shops late at night on breaks because they were the only food places open.

[angeredmgmt]

It isn't a myth, but a stereotype. I liked donuts while growing up, and I like them about the same back then as I do now. I don't think my love for them has grown any in my 28 years on. This is neither here nor there, but I stay away from them now due to health reasons.

[Captain Max]

No, it's true. Cops like donuts. After telling a guy that I was going to write him a parking ticket, he remarked to his friend that he should've given me a donut. I asked him, "What did you say?" but he didn't repeat it. I finished the ticket and handed it to him. That night I told my wife that cops like donuts, but the public isn't allowed to say it.

[Bing_Oh]

As noted, it's a stereotype from when donut shops were all that was open in the middle of the night. Whenever someone makes a donut comment to me on duty, my normal response is, "What? You don't like donuts? Everybody likes donuts!" The thing is, nobody has ever disagreed with me.

[clof2001]

Some cops like doughnuts, some don't. I would imagine it's a similar demographic to the general public. I've seen more pastries in the church lobby and Jiffy Lube than I've ever seen at a police station.

I would say in this generation, the energy drink and 7-Eleven has replaced the doughnut and coffee shop. If you want to get out of a ticket, you best be passing me a sugar free Monster.

[Aidokea]

It's not that cops like doughnuts, it's that there are very few people walking the face of the earth that can do what we do, which means law enforcement agencies are eternally short-staffed, which means massive amounts of overtime. Cops are expected to be awake while making all that overtime money, and that requires caffeine.

Most people who are not cops, are ignorant of these matters. Before Starbucks, Monster, and Red Bull, the default place to get coffee was Dunkin Donuts. People that don't know any better, just assumed we were there for the doughnuts.

[Ratatatat]

Rarely will you see cops eating donuts in public these days because they know a photo of them sitting in a donut shop will become a FB meme and not in a flattering way.

That said, if a box of fresh and warm Krispy Kremes were delivered to almost any cop shop, they'd be gone within minutes.

That said, it's not the donuts causing all the health problems. It's the 2am gas station pizza, those gnarly slices of dough and cheese and salty pepperoni sitting under a heat lamp for several hours with hardly any nutritional value, the only food option available after a 10 hour shift. Years of eating that stuff will put your BMI in the red zone with a cholesterol level of 400, proving that it's not bullets or car wrecks that kills most; it's the calories and trans fats....

[AtlCop]

People like donuts. If they don't like donuts, something is not right with them.

Cops are people. Therefore, cops like donuts.

[JJay704NC]

Is it a myth that police officers often eat donuts or is it just a stereotype?

In my teens, myself and a friend were waiting for a bus around 1am. The bus stop was around the corner from a a little shopping center that had a check cashing store and a Dunkin’ Donuts.

Suddenly, lights and sirens came out of all directions. I mean from every viewable access point to get to this shopping center. We thought the check cashing place was being robbed. We thought “oooo sh*t, it’s bout to get real.”

A few minutes later, we saw cops casually walking back to their vehicles with Dunkin’ Donuts bags and drinks. Turns out instead of tossing out their unsold food, DD calls the PD to come get them.

Is it a myth? Definitely not.
Is it a stereotype? Well we all eat donuts

[JJay704NC]

Listen, I’ll accept that it was YEARS ago and memory does fade. But I fabricate nothing.

[Aidokea]

Stop PMing me, Skippy. Anything you have to say to me, you can say right here.

[JJay704NC]

LOL. I pm’ed you with the utmost respect saying I have plenty more stories but I won’t discuss in an open forum, and if you wanted to hear, I’ll gladly tell.
And that is actually a very fair and reasonable statement.

You could not even respect that and respond back. You jumped back to the comments. I don’t move like that.

So much for the integrity you preach on here.

[Captain Max]

"Turns out instead of tossing out their unsold food, DD calls the PD to come get them." Where'd you get that information?

[BNWS]

As a store owner once told me free coffee was cheap insurance against becoming a robbery victim. A pot cost him pennies and it virtually guaranteeed that cops would be stopping by frequently during the night. He also had good prices on sandwiches.

[Bing_Oh]

As a store owner once told me free coffee was cheap insurance against becoming a robbery victim. A pot cost him pennies and it virtually guaranteed that cops would be stopping by frequently during the night. He also had good prices on sandwiches.

There's many a stop-and-rob that uses free coffee/fountain drinks as insurance (or, at least, used to). My first police job was at a university PD. At the edge of campus was a 24-hour convenience store that did this. The location was such that it was in one jurisdiction while bordering two others (the university and another city that started across the street). It was rare that you didn't see a cruiser or three in the lot from one or more of those departments and, as such, the clerks never had to worry about so much as an unruly drunk, let alone an armed robbery...all for the insignificant price of a cup of coffee or a fountain Mountain Dew.

Nowadays, many departments have labeled that free cup of coffee as a "gratuity" and have threatened to discipline (including terminate) a LEO who takes it...as if it's the same as taking hush money from a drug lord to look the other way.

[CCCSD]

That makes me a Career Criminal.





YES!

[Aidokea]

A rebel without a cost. Edgy...

[CCCSD]

Bwahahahaha!

[Captain Adams]

Is it a myth that police officers often eat donuts or is it just a stereotype?

its not a myth. its true. don't let anyone tell you any different

[angeredmgmt]

I'm on day shift at this time, and I stop at convenience stores at least a couple of times per shift. We usually get complimentary drinks, and sometimes, I've received complimentary bananas, croissants, and breakfast sausage buns. Due to health, I'm cutting way back on sugar, carbs and caffeine, so I've been just getting 3/4 cups of decaffeinated coffee with 1/4 of the real stuff, along with a little almond 'creamer.' If health was no issue, I'd load up on the donuts, croissants, and other unhealthy delights.