Cop or Cops commonly refers to: *

Police officer A police officer (also called a policeman and, less commonly, a policewoman) is a warranted law employee of a police force. In most countries, "police officer" is a generic term not specifying a particular rank. In some, the use of the ...

Cop and other variants may also refer to:

Art and entertainment

Film

* ''Cop'' (film), a 1988 American thriller * ''Cops'' (film), an American silent comedy short starring Buster Keaton * ''The Cop'' (1928 film), an American silent drama * ''The Cop'' (1970 film), an Italian crime film * '' Un flic'', alternatively entitled ''The Cop'', a 1972 French crime film

Music

COP International COP International, also shortened to ''COP Int'l.'', is a music label, based in Oakland, California. Initially, the label was founded in 1991 by Christian Petke (a.k.a. Count Zero of Deathline Int'l.) in Frankfurt, Germany. A few months later, K ...

, a record label * The Cops (Australian band), an Australian rock band * ''Cop'' (album), by Swans * "Cop", a song by Alkaline Trio on the album ''

Goddamnit ''Goddamnit'' is the debut album by the Chicago-based rock band Alkaline Trio, released October 13, 1998 through Asian Man Records. Artwork and title The album cover has 3 red alarm clocks, each set at 6:00, representing 666. "I used to set my a ...

'' * ''Cops'' (EP), a song by the Australian band The Cops * "The Cop", a song by The Knife on the album '' Deep Cuts''

Television

* ''Cop'' (TV series), a 2019 Russian crime comedy-drama TV series * ''Cops'' (TV program), an American docuseries television program * ''COPS'' (animated TV series), a 1988–1989 American animated series * ''The Cops'' (British TV series), a 1998–2001 British crime drama * ''The Cops'' (Israeli TV series), a 2021 crime drama

Other uses in art and entertainment

C.O.P.S 'N' Crooks ''COPS'' (''Central Organization of Police Specialists'') is a 1988 animated television series released by DIC Animation City, and distributed by Claster Television. The series focuses on a team of highly trained police officers tasked with pr ...

, a line of action figures * ''

C.O.P. The Recruit ''C.O.P. The Recruit'' is a video game published by Ubisoft for the Nintendo DS. The game was announced at E3 2009 at the Nintendo conference. The game was originally registered under numerous names, one of which being ''Driver: The Recruit''. Pl ...

'', a 2009 video game

Brands and enterprises

, a record label * Columbus Outdoor Pursuits, parent organization of the Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure *

ConocoPhillips ConocoPhillips Company is an American multinational corporation engaged in hydrocarbon exploration and production. It is based in the Energy Corridor district of Houston, Texas. The company has operations in 15 countries and has production in ...

, an energy company, NYSE symbol COP * COP Inc., manufacturer of the

COP .357 Derringer The COP .357 is a 4-shot Derringer-type pistol chambered for .357 Magnum. The double-action weapon is about twice as wide, and substantially heavier than the typical .25 automatic pistol, though its relatively compact size and powerful cartridge ...

pistol * Copper State Air Service, an airline, ICAO designator COP

Computing

* COP, an interrupt in 65xx processors *

COPS (software) The Computer Oracle and Password System (COPS) was the first vulnerability scanner for Unix operating systems to achieve widespread use. It was created by Dan Farmer while he was a student at Purdue University. Gene Spafford helped Farmer start t ...

, a UNIX security tool * 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 * COP8 and COP400, Control-Orientated Processor System. Simple microcontroller chips. Now superseded by PICs.

Healthcare

* Community ophthalmic physician, a type of medical ophthalmologist in the Republic of Ireland * Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, an illness * Cyclophosphamide, Oncovin, and Prednisone/Prednisolone, a variant of the chemotherapy regimen

CHOP Chop, CHOP, Chops, or CHOPS may refer to: Art *Embouchure, in music, a synonym for chops (and later, more broadly, musical skill or ability) *CHOPS, an Asian-American hip hop producer, rapper and member of rap group Mountain Brothers * ''Chops'' ...

Organizations and conferences

* Cathedral of Praise, a Pentecostal church in Ermita, Manila, Philippines *

College of Paramedics The College of Paramedics is the recognised professional body for paramedics in the United Kingdom. The role of the College is to promote and develop the paramedic profession across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The college rep ...

, a professional representative body in the UK * ''

Comité Olímpico de Portugal The Olympic Committee of Portugal ( pt, Comité Olímpico de Portugal ; acronym: COP) is a non-profit organisation of public utility, which serves as the National Olympic Committee (NOC) for Portugal. It was founded on October 26, 1909, to ensure ...

'', the Olympic Committee of Portugal * ''

Comité politique et de sécurité The Political and Security Committee (PSC; sometimes referred to by its French ''COPS'' acronym derived from ''Comité politique et de sécurité'') is a permanent body within the European Union dealing with Common Foreign and Security Policy issu ...

'', 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 The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) is a component of the United States Department of Justice. The COPS Office was established through a provision in the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. Since 19 ...

, an agency of the U.S. Department of Justice * Conference of the parties, the supreme governing body of an international convention **

United Nations Climate Change Conference The United Nations Climate Change Conferences are yearly conferences held in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). They serve as the formal meeting of the UNFCCC parties (Conference of the Parties, ...

, yearly conferences of the COP (commonly referred to as COP followed by the edition number) *

Congress of the People (Trinidad and Tobago) The Congress of the People (COP) is a political party in Trinidad and Tobago. Its current political leader is Kirt Sinnette. Its symbol is the "Circle of Circles". History The party was formed on 10 September 2006 by Winston Dookeran, then t ...

, a political party

Places

Cop, Saint-Louis-du-Sud, Haiti Cop is a village in the Saint Louis du Sud commune of the Aquin Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on ...

, a town in the Aquin Arrondissement of Haiti * Centralny Okreg Przemyslowy, Polish industrial region * Canada Olympic Park, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Science

* Center of pressure (terrestrial locomotion), characteristic point in locomotion dynamics * Coat protein; see

COPI COPI is a coatomer, a protein complex that coats vesicles transporting proteins from the ''cis'' end of the Golgi complex The Golgi apparatus (), also known as the Golgi complex, Golgi body, or simply the Golgi, is an organelle found in most ...

Coefficient of performance The coefficient of performance or COP (sometimes CP or CoP) of a heat pump, refrigerator or air conditioning system is a ratio of useful heating or cooling provided to work (energy) required. Higher COPs equate to higher efficiency, lower energy ( ...

, a concept in thermodynamics *

Community of practice A community of practice (CoP) is a group of people who "share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly". The concept was first proposed by cognitive anthropologist Jean Lave and educat ...

, a group of people who share a craft or a profession * Opposite category (''C''^op), a concept in category theory

Other uses

Čop (surname) Čop is a Croatian and Slovene surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bojan Čop (1923–1994), Slovenian linguist *Davor Čop (born 1958), Croatian football manager and former player *Duje Čop (born 1990), Croatian footballer * Fran ...

* Cop, the ball which builds up on the

spindle Spindle may refer to: Textiles and manufacturing * Spindle (textiles), a straight spike to spin fibers into yarn * Spindle (tool), a rotating axis of a machine tool Biology * Common spindle and other species of shrubs and trees in genus ''Euony ...

in spinning * Code of Points, another name for the

ISU Judging System The ISU Judging System (or the International Judging System (IJS)), occasionally referred to as the Code of Points (COP) system, is the scoring system that has been used since 2004 to judge the figure skating disciplines of men's and ladies' sin ...

used to score ice skating *

Community-oriented policing Community policing, or community-oriented policing (COP), is a Police#Strategies, strategy of policing that focuses on developing relationships with community members. It is a philosophy of full-service policing that is highly personal, where a ...

, a policing strategy * Colombian peso, a currency, by ISO 4217 code *Combat outpost (military) *

Coptic language Coptic (Bohairic Coptic: , ) is a language family of closely related dialects, representing the most recent developments of the Egyptian language, and historically spoken by the Copts, starting from the third-century AD in Roman Egypt. Coptic ...

, ISO 639-2 code cop *

Cost of products sold Cost of goods sold (COGS) is the carrying value of goods sold during a particular period. Costs are associated with particular goods using one of the several formulas, including specific identification, first-in first-out (FIFO), or average cost. ...

, concept in economics * Close of play, alternative term for the

end of day End of day (EOD), end of business (EOB), close of business (COB), close of play (COP) or end of play (EOP) is the end of the trading day in financial markets, the point when trading ceases. In some markets it is actually defined as the point in ...

* Short for

coprophagia Coprophagia () or coprophagy () is the consumption of feces. The word is derived from the grc, κόπρος , "feces" and , "to eat". Coprophagy refers to many kinds of feces-eating, including eating feces of other species (heterospecifics), o ...