Take the quiz: Cop or Soldier?

[Anti Federalist]

It's harder than you think.

Click on the link to take the quiz.



Take the Quiz

Monday, January 16th, 2012

Here’s a little visual quiz I put together to illustrate the way cops and soldiers are increasingly difficult to tell apart. There are 21 images. All police photos are from domestic U.S. police agencies. A couple of the “soldier” photos are from foreign military. I blurred or blacked out insignias that would give away the answer.

http://www.theagitator.com/2012/01/16/take-the-quiz/

[brushfire]

LOL

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/user_upload/ckeditor/Quiz17.jpg

[FreeTraveler]

A tweet from Radley Balko, author of The Agitator site mentioned in the OP, puts this into historical perspective for those too young to remember.


Blog commenter on the "Cop or Soldier" quiz: "When I was a kid, the tough one was telling cops and postmen apart."

I scored 13 of 21.

[phill4paul]

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/certificate/certificate.php?id=19919868&qid=316158&uname=Yehaw!

Missed: 7,8,11,12,15 and 18

[Pericles]

15 of 21

[Pawl2012]

10, but I pretty much picked soldier on every single one.

[Krugerrand]

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/certificate/certificate.php?id=19920089&qid=316158&uname=Krugerrand

[Krugerrand]

This is the one that i find the scariest:
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/user_upload/ckeditor/Quiz11.jpeg

[Pericles]

10, but I pretty much picked soldier on every single one.

Actually more than a couple were foreign military, 3 were Mexico military, one was Israel .....

[cjm]

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/certificate/certificate.php?id=19920208&qid=316158&uname=Anonymous

[ShaneEnochs]

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/certificate/certificate.php?id=19921689&qid=316158&uname=Shane

[ShaneEnochs]

This is the one that i find the scariest:
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/user_upload/ckeditor/Quiz11.jpeg

What about this one?

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/user_upload/ckeditor/Quiz7.jpg

[Danke]

Same difference. They both ultimately work for the same corporate masters.

[Nate-ForLiberty]

Soldiers have different facial expressions than cops. That is, when they aren't covering up.

[Krugerrand]

What about this one?

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/user_upload/ckeditor/Quiz7.jpg
Nope. That guy holds himself like he knows what he's doing. The other one is clearly overly-armed and under-trained police.

I see fear in what isn't covered of that first guys face. I see somebody who will pull his trigger when a situation scares him.

The guy behind him strikes me as a desk guy who got loaded up and sent off into a world in which he doesn't belong and would rather not be there ... but won't stand up and say "this is all wrong."

I see a whole team who's potential 'group think mentality' makes me worry for innocents who happen to cross their path.

[bolil]

woooo 15 71%... reminds me of highschool.

[ShaneEnochs]

Nope. That guy holds himself like he knows what he's doing. The other one is clearly overly-armed and under-trained police.

I see fear in what isn't covered of that first guys face. I see somebody who will pull his trigger when a situation scares him.

The guy behind him strikes me as a desk guy who got loaded up and sent off into a world in which he doesn't belong and would rather not be there ... but won't stand up and say "this is all wrong."

I see a whole team who's potential 'group think mentality' makes me worry for innocents who happen to cross their path.

I was more or less steering in the direction of him being in a military hummer. Why would police need such a thing?

[heavenlyboy34]

Your Score »
10 out of 21 points


Answered Correctly »
10 Questions


Answered Incorrectly »
10 Questions


% Your Score »
48 %



Why are so many cops dressed in military fatigues? :eek:

[youngbuck]

I learned that cops try to be like the soldiers, but tend to hides their faces more.

[brushfire]

I got 15 out of 21... I didnt print my certificate, I was so disgusted.

[oyarde]

What about this one?

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/user_upload/ckeditor/Quiz7.jpg Where do they keep these anti tank weapons ? :)

[Diurdi]

Most of the time it was pretty easy. 18/21

Guys without camo hood on their helmet or lots of black stuff = Cops
Also all the Black painted armoured vehicles are quite easy to assign to the 'cop' cathegory.

Pretty scary though.

[Krugerrand]

I was more or less steering in the direction of him being in a military hummer. Why would police need such a thing?

YIKES! - I was still thinking that was a soldier! :eek: I had to go back and and re-do it.

[oyarde]

Well about five were easy

[Philhelm]

Those guys look like a bunch of pussies. Here's a real soldier:

http://i44.tinypic.com/xc8w1k.jpg

[lilymc]

I did better than I thought I would.

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/certificate/certificate.php?id=19944667&qid=316158&uname=me

But yeah, that is scary. :-/

[NidStyles]

I don't think this is very accurate. Since when do law enforcement get issued Multi-Cam and carry AT-4's and Mil-surp ammo in the can?

The AR's I can see, but Class 3 DD's? The Police Armory in my town doesn't even get issued kit like that. Where are they issuing that sort of stuff?


Most of the time it was pretty easy. 18/21

Guys without camo hood on their helmet or lots of black stuff = Cops
Also all the Black painted armoured vehicles are quite easy to assign to the 'cop' cathegory.

Pretty scary though.

This is not accurate though. I saw Direct Action forces and ODA's wearing the same Mitches we wore without the covers all the time. Now they wear a different style helmet than the Regular Army guys, but their kit is often of solid color, because they buy their own with the stipend given to them pre-deployment. Their unit SOP determines the markings and coloration.

In Iraq it was common to see them wearing the scarves and all black kit so as to appear like contractor to the populace rather than Military. The US Military was the preferred target of the attacks in Iraq.

In Afghanistan they would wear civvies a lot of the time and carried primarily all Yote Tan gear or Flat Dark Earth gear.

[revrsethecurse04]

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/certificate/certificate.php?id=19945034&qid=316158&uname=m

[ryanmkeisling]

Is there really even a difference

[Spikender]

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/certificate/certificate.php?id=19945176&qid=316158&uname=Matt

Meh, not too bad... oh now, wait, it is bad. I should be able to tell a cop from a damn soldier. I suppose it makes sense, they're pretty much one and the same.

[Pericles]

Guys without camo hood on their helmet or lots of black stuff = Cops


Except for Mexico - the Army SF and Navy Marines do that.

[bunklocoempire]

http://s6.postimage.org/6bmt1nd69/militia.png

[Lothario]

This is the one that i find the scariest:
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/user_upload/ckeditor/Quiz11.jpeg

Matt Damon?

[eduardo89]

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/certificate/certificate.php?id=19950268&qid=316158&uname=Jebby

[aGameOfThrones]

All my answers were "cop".

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/certificate/certificate.php?id=19950353&qid=316158&uname=thrones

[Philhelm]

Matt Damon?

I thought it was the Baldwin guy from the show "Chuck."

[JK/SEA]

17/21

[The Bavarian]

Only got 13.

This scares me..

[CaptainAmerica]

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/user_upload/ckeditor/Quiz13.jpg

not easy to tell when the badges are covered.Isn't that a sad statement

[RiseAgainst]

What about this one?

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/user_upload/ckeditor/Quiz7.jpg

I'd be interested to hear which agency this is. DCU's, M60, AT4?

[QueenB4Liberty]

11/21. :( Terrifying!

[realtonygoodwin]

18/21

[Anti Federalist]

Bump...

[olehounddog]

YIKES! - I was still thinking that was a soldier! :eek: I had to go back and and re-do it.
Here in Wilkes the security forces have had a 113 (apc) for a few years. Just a couple of weeks ago they got a 577 (apc but more of a command vehicle). They are gearing up.

[Pericles]

Here in Wilkes the security forces have had a 113 (apc) for a few years. Just a couple of weeks ago they got a 577 (apc but more of a command vehicle). They are gearing up.

I hope they're getting the A3 models. Moving the fuel tanks to the outside gives me more room to store my gear inside.