police officer

Policía

Information

The police officer emoji is your go-to badge for “order has entered the chat.” People drop it when they’re joking about calling the cops on crimes of fashion, grammar violations, or a hot take so spicy it should be illegal. It pairs perfectly with the siren emoji for maximum dramatic effect, and it’s big in meme speak—think “we got him, officer,” “illegal vibes,” or mock-serious replies to a friend stealing your fries. It can also be flirty or tongue-in-cheek—“you have the right to remain cute”—or used ironically to tattle in group chats when someone bends the rules.

On Apple/iOS, it’s a front-facing, head-and-shoulders character wearing a navy peaked cap with a shiny gold shield badge centered on the front and a black visor, plus a calm, friendly smile. The uniform collar peeks in, the gradients are clean, and the overall look says approachable authority rather than chase scene. Those instantly recognizable details—the gold badge, dark cap, and neutral expression—make it feel official even when the message is pure meme. Cultural vibes range from buddy-cop movie energy to Halloween-costume jokes and, yes, the eternal donut stereotype.

Definition

This person has a Blue Police officer's hat. Be careful what you say.

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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.

1. This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
2. In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.

Emoji General Information

Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)	1220 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture	Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name	:cop:
Keywords
Previous Names:	Police Officer Man Police Officer police officer man police officer

Unicode Category Information

Unicode Category	Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range	1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory	Portrait and Role Symbols

Proposed Unicode Information & Notes

Unicode Category	Human/living Things
Unicode Subcategory	Portrait and Role Symbols
Names & Annotations	POLICE OFFICER Temporary Notes: represents the police (Note: there is also just a police cap icon by Softbank.)
Symbol Information	U+1F46E proposed
Proposal Identifier	e-1A1

Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes

DoCoMo	[警官]
KDDI	#374 ポリス 「porisu」 U+E5DD SJIS-F350 JIS-7931
Softbank	#288 #old172 警官 U+E152 SJIS-F793

Emoji Character Encoding Data

Emoji Code Version	iOS 4 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)	
UTF-8 Character Count	1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)	
Decimal HTML Entity	
Hexadecimal HTML Entity	
Hex Code Point(s)	e152
Formal Unicode Notation	U+E152
Decimal Code Point(s)	57682
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xEE 0x85 0x92
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	EE 85 92
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	356 205 222
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0xE152
UTF-16 Hex	e152
UTF-16 Dec	57682
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0000E152
UTF-32 Hex	E152
UTF-32 Dec	57682
Python Src	u"\uE152"
PHP Src	"\xee\x85\x92"
C/C++/Java Src	"\uE152"

Emoji Code Version	iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)	👮
UTF-8 Character Count	1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)	👮
Decimal HTML Entity	👮
Hexadecimal HTML Entity	👮
Hex Code Point(s)	1f46e
Formal Unicode Notation	U+1F46E
Decimal Code Point(s)	128110
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xAE
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	F0 9F 91 AE
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	360 237 221 256
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0xD83D 0xDC6E
UTF-16 Hex	d83ddc6e
UTF-16 Dec	55357 56430
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0001F46E
UTF-32 Hex	01F46E
UTF-32 Dec	128110
Python Src	u"\U0001F46E"
PHP Src	"\xf0\x9f\x91\xae"
C/C++/Java Src	"\uD83D\uDC6E"

Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)