He did like the Academy, though. It reminded him of boot camp. Really close friends may address Real Cops by their nicknames. Clint Eastwood, Archie Bunker, J. Edgar Hoover, Charles Bronson, Judge Roy Bean, Samuel L. Colt, Ronald Reagan, Alvin York, Dr. Richard J. Gatling, John Wayne, the entire Spanish Inquisition. Jerry Brown, Erik Estrada, Timothy Leary, Richard Simmons, Charles Manson, Rose Bird, the entire U.S. Supreme Court.
Real Cops wear sunglasses, day and night.
They usually wear Ray-Ban aviators. Although they usually work with the dark-green or mirror lenses, yellow shooting glasses are perfectly acceptable. A Real Cop never wears any glasses purchased at K-Mart or made in France, and he has no idea who's behind those Foster Grants. Real Cops work in uniform. They wear custom-tailored wool summer and winter alike.