(By analogy with George Orwell' s "Thought Police" in "1984") A mythical team of Gestapo-like storm troopers that might burst into one' s office and arrest one for violating programming style rules.May be used either seriously, to underline a claim that a particular style violation is dangerous, or ironically, to suggest that the practice under discussion is condemned mainly by anal-retentive weenies."Dike out that goto or the code police will get you!"The ironic usage is perhaps more common.[Jargon File](1994-12-08)