po-po

plural noun

ˈpō-ˌpō 

US slang

: police

Flashing lights in the rearview mirror. It's the po-po!

—Judy Tan

A youth football coach managed to avoid prison for 13 years due to a clerical error until the po-po finally came a knocking.

—Jimi-Izrael

I am a police officer in the Bronx, where kids sometimes call the cops "po-po."

—Marcus Laffey

Word History

Etymology

by reduplication of po, from initial syllable of police entry 1

First Known Use

1994, in the meaning defined above