Cop

A cop is slang for a police officer.

Cop, Cops, COP, or COPS may also refer to:

Computing

• C Object Processor, a superset of the C programming language
• Common Open Policy Service, a network management protocol
• Common operational picture, a type of military technology
• Computer Operating Properly, a type of embedded timer
• COP, an interrupt in 65xx processors
• COPS (software), a UNIX security tool

Film

• Cop (film), a 1988 American thriller
• Cops (film), an American silent comedy short
• The Cop (1928 film), an American silent drama
• The Cop (1970 film), an Italian crime film

Location

• Cop, Saint-Louis-du-Sud, Haiti, a town in the Aquin Arrondissement of Haiti.

Music

• Cop (album), by Swans
• COP International, a record label
• "Cop", a song by Alkaline Trio on the album Goddamnit
• "The Cop", a song by The Knife on the album Deep Cuts
• The Cops (American band), an American rock group
• The Cops (Australian band), an Australian rock band
  • Cops (EP)

Organizations and conferences

• Cathedral of Praise, a Pentecostal church in Ermita, Manila, Philippines
• College of Paramedics, a professional representative body in the UK
• Columbus Outdoor Pursuits, parent organization of the Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure
• Comité Olímpico de Portugal, the Olympic Committee of Portugal
• Comité politique et de sécurité, French name for the Political and Security Committee of the European Union
• Communities Organized for Public Service, a Texas community organization
• Community Oriented Policing Services, an agency of the U.S. Department of Justice
• Conference of the parties:
  • The governing body of the Convention on Biological Diversity
  • The governing body of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
  • The governing body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
  • COP 8:
    • 2002 United Nations Climate Change Conference
    • 2006 Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
• Congress of the People (Trinidad and Tobago), a political party
• ConocoPhillips, an energy company, NYSE symbol COP
• COP Inc., manufacturer of the COP .357 Derringer pistol
• Copper State Air Service, an airline, ICAO designator COP

Television

• Cops (TV series), a long-running American docu-series
• COPS (animated TV series), a 1988–89 American animated series
• The Cops (TV series), a British crime drama

Other uses

• Canada Olympic Park, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• Centralny Okreg Przemyslowy, a Polish industrial region
• Code of Points, another name for the ISU Judging System used to score ice skating
• Coefficient of performance, a concept in thermodynamics
• Colombian peso, a currency, ISO 4217 code COP
• Combat Outpost, COP or CoP - see Outpost (military)
• Community of practice, a collaborative method of learning
• Community ophthalmic physician, a type of medical ophthalmologist in the Republic of Ireland
• Community Oriented Policing, a strategy of policing that focuses on the police building ties and working closely with members of the communities.
• C.O.P.S 'N' Crooks, a line of action figures
• Coptic language, ISO 639-2 code cop
• Cost of products sold, a concept in economics
• Crowns of Power, a 2008 online role-playing game
• Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, an illness
• Cyclophosphamide, Oncovin, and Prednisone/Prednisolone, a variant of the chemotherapy regimen CHOP

Distinguish from

• copse, a small area of woodland
• corpse