My dictionary suggests it came about as a slang word for the police officers who were seen to make a FUSS (fuzz) over incidents happening on their beat area. The term appears to have started in general use sometime between 1925 and 1930.
The fuzz are the cops.
Fuzz is a slang term for the police.
"Fuzz" is an old fashioned slang term for the police. You hardly ever hear it any more. Other terms for police include bobbies and coppers, or cops. Nowadays, you even hear the slang "po-po."
The fuzz is a slang name for the police or cops.
fuzz
The fuzz.
police suit
Fuzz is to Britain as Po-po is to the urban black community. Means police officer in an unlikeable way.
The Greaser's Way Of Saying Police
Coppers, Cops, the fuzz, peelers, and bobbies.
"The fuzz" is a slang term often used to refer to the police. It has been used in popular culture and among certain groups to describe law enforcement officers.
Cops, law enforcement, fuzz, etc.