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.
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.
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 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)
