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The Hidden Benefits Of An Authentic Looking Cop Costume

April 30th, 2007

I was amazed at the variety of get-ups I saw last Halloween when I took my neice out trick-or-treating for a few hours. The kids can’t wait to get dressed up each year which is interesting, but I’m equally as interested in checking out all the fun and unique costumes you see when you’re out and about. This year a real stand out for me was a young lady wearing a cop costume. At first I thought she was the real thing, she had me completely fooled. I guess it comes down to the personality of the person wearing the costume and this lady’s personality really came out through her cop costume. She had everyone nervously obeying her every command. Even when they realised she was just another person dressed up for halloween, everyone still treated her with respect. That’s the sort of response I want to get out of my future costumes!

After talking to her for a while, she told me that it hadn’t all been fun and games. Earlier in the night she walked past the local high school wearing her cop costume and some young punks got smart to her and threw an empty plastic bottle at her. Funnily enough she pretended to radio for back up and then chase after them and they ran off, haha. Talk about gutsy. Or maybe the cop costume gave her some dutch courage.

It re-ignited an old passion of mine from my childhoold. I used to watch the cop show “CHiPs” with my family every week. At the time Ponch and John were the epitome of cool and I remember all the guys at school wanting be cops when they grew up, or at least trying to dress like them in the mean time. I never did find out where to get an authentic looking cop costume, so I asked the lady where she got hers from. It turns out she spent a lot of time browsing through online costume shops looking for a decent costume and ended up finding the perfect one. She did tell me what the website was where she found it, but after heading home I completely forgot!

Anyway, before next halloween I plan on getting a cop costume for myself - you never know, I may end up meeting that lady again and we can pretend we’re partners

Entry Filed under: General, Fancy dress, Costumes, Halloween