Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

code police
     
        (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)