cops

noun2

1. •
   (slang) police officers

   • "Maybe he'll git the cops after you, Jack." "I'll watch out fer dat, Nick, an' you must watch out too," answered Jack Sagger. — 1906
2. •
   (dialect, UK) The connecting crook of a harrow.

   • It is almost needless to say, that the true point of draught should be exactly in the centre notch of the cops[…] — 1807