cardboard cop
n.— «South Yorkshire Police want to increase the numbers of police community support officers…, commonly known as “cardboard cops” or “plastic police” within the service.» —“‘Real police’ jobs could be cut to fund more support officers” by Paul Whitehouse Yorkshire Post (U.K.) Dec. 10, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
It was a dark and stormy night. So begins the long and increasingly convoluted prose of Edwards Bulwer-Lytton’s best-known novel. Today the annual Bulwer-Lytton Contest asks contestants for fanciful first sentences that are similarly...
A documentary film called My Beautiful Stutter follows youngsters at a summer camp specifically for stutterers. It’s a place for finding acceptance, support, and confidence for navigating the larger world. And:, “The High Priestess of...