👮

Police Officer Emoji 👮

Badge, cap, and uniform — the police officer emoji covers law enforcement in general. It's used for actual police content and, jokingly, as the 'emoji police' — someone calling out a rule being broken, emoji-related or otherwise.

What 👮 means

A gender-neutral portrayal of a person with short hair, dressed in a blue police uniform, and an inscribed leather hat. The color of the uniform would vary among platforms.

The 👮 Police Officer emoji refers to any person in the police department, irrespective of gender and sex. It signifies a sense of being fierce, just, protective, vigilant, and powerful to a certain extent.

This emoji is available in the designated skin tone on almost all platforms.

How and when to use it

If you recently joined work as a cop or achieved a significant milestone in your career, and you wish to post this piece of memory on social media, use 👮 in the post caption.
You can also use 👮 while suggesting a cop movie to someone, or just posting about a police movie that you're watching on your social media story.
Since 👮 is a gender-neutral emoji, it works great especially if you are sensitive about your online identity.
👮 can be incorporated into post captions while posting about a hiring announcement, a solved case, a brave intervention, anything cop-related.
If you're protective of your bestie, you can also use 👮 in a casual and informal way of saying that you're looking out for him/her (within context, of course).
If you're sharing a birthday post or an appreciation post for a police officer who's also a family member, a friend, or a close someone, use 👮 in the post caption.
👮 is also a great option for some virtual role-play or an indication that you'll be showing up as a cop.

Other Names

👮 Gender-Neutral Police
👮 Police
👮 Cop
👮 Lawman
👮 Law Enforcement
👮 Constable
👮 Peace Officer
👮 Patrol Officer
👮 Trooper (as in the US)
👮 Police Costume
👮 Police Role Play

The lowdown

Category: People & Body › person-role
Codepoints: U+1F46E
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6
Shortcodes: :cop::police_officer: GitHub · Discord
Keywords: apprehend, arrest, citation, cop, law, officer, over, police, pulled, undercover

How it looks across platforms

Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.