The joke
about cops eating donuts is one of the
oldest cop jokes around. Many people
don't even know where the joke
originated. But now, the rest of the
story....
Many
years ago, we didn't have 24 convenient
stores located on every street corner.
In fact, there were very few businesses
that even stayed open after midnight.
The only exception was.....you guessed
it....the donut shops (Shipley's Donuts
& Dunkin Donuts)!
Actually,
the donut shops were not open 24 hours
to the general public . These shops only
allowed uniformed police officers to
enter their shop after hours because it
provided them with free security.
Officers would stop by during the night
for a cup of coffee and something to eat
because there were no other places open
during the early morning hours.
Citizens
driving by a donut shop would see
numerous police cars parked outside and
thus, the cops and donuts joke was born!
These
days, there are convenient store located
on almost every corner and most are open
24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The
majority provide officers with free
coffee and fountain drinks because they
like having officers in the store --
free security.
Of course
police officers enjoy donuts as much as
the next person, so they can still be
found hanging out at the local donut
shop today.
