“God made police so firefighters would have heroes”

“God made police/cops so firefighters would have heroes” is a saying that has been printed on a popular T-shirt. The saying has been cited in print since at least 2005.
 
The T-shirt is often worn when the police play the firefighters in charity sporting events.
 
     
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Da Po-po
08-15-2005, 12:14 PM
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God made cops so firemen would have heroes.
 
7 July 2006, The Tennessean (Nashville, TN), “Firefighters, police prepare for diamond doubleheader” by Sue McClure, pg. W5:
“We had a motto put on the back of our shirts that says, ‘God Made Police so Firemen Would Have Heroes,’ ” Pewitt said.
           
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Goose
03-06-07, 05:10 AM
God Made Telecommunicators…
If god made police so firemen would have heroes then god made TELECOMMUNICATORS so heroes could have some direction…Amen.
 
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Made on: 4/29/2009 8:41 AM
 
Kentucky.com
28 June 2010, Lexington (KY) Herald Leader, “‘Guns and Hoses’ police, fire compete for a good cause” by Jack Brammer:
But she couldn’t help but stir up a little trouble when it came to picking out a T-shirt to wear to Sunday’s sixth annual charity softball game between Lexington police and fire departments.
 
“God made police so firemen would have heroes,” read the officer’s specially made T-shirt.
 
RotteneCards 
ecard text: God made police so firemen would have heroes…. then he made dispatchers so they’d all know who God was!
(2012—ed.)
 
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