Comments on: Why Are the Rookies Called ‘Boots’ on The Rookie? https://popculturereferences.com/why-are-the-rookies-called-boots-on-the-rookie/ Brian Cronin takes a look at interesting pieces of pop culture history from the worlds of TV, film, music and more. Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:51:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Cara M https://popculturereferences.com/why-are-the-rookies-called-boots-on-the-rookie/#comment-69116 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:51:06 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=1555#comment-69116 Other sources give the answer that it’s an acronym for Barely Out Of Training.

]]> By: Jaye https://popculturereferences.com/why-are-the-rookies-called-boots-on-the-rookie/#comment-26396 Wed, 10 Jul 2024 11:10:37 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=1555#comment-26396 Mike G.
Could it be that they are intentionally avoiding any possibility of a charge of “impersonating a police officer”?

]]> By: Mike G. https://popculturereferences.com/why-are-the-rookies-called-boots-on-the-rookie/#comment-9336 Sun, 23 Apr 2023 16:50:05 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=1555#comment-9336 Hi! Sorry to wake this up, just a quick question: why are they using the wrong logos and fonts on their shops? The real LAPD uses the city’s logo and a yellow font. The show uses a modernized version of the logo and the font (the font is now a gradient from white to metallic grey). Also the squad’s ID is wrongly placed on the roof and again, wrong typo and size… Why did they change all of that if they clearly state that the show takes place in the LAPD?

]]> By: Brian Cronin https://popculturereferences.com/why-are-the-rookies-called-boots-on-the-rookie/#comment-6136 Mon, 24 Oct 2022 12:45:13 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=1555#comment-6136 In reply to Ellen.

Well, Bradford and Chen might be using the term “Boo” soon, so there’s that!

]]> By: Ellen https://popculturereferences.com/why-are-the-rookies-called-boots-on-the-rookie/#comment-6127 Mon, 24 Oct 2022 03:05:02 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=1555#comment-6127 I feel so embarrassed!!! This whole time I thought that they were calling them their “Boo”!!! Hahaha!!! I had to look it up because I wondered why they were calling them by an affectionate term!

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