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* AlwaysGetsHisMan: A badass, idealized, cop who will ''[[{{Determinator}} always]]'' crack the case and land the perp(s) in jail.

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* AlwaysGetsHisMan: A badass, idealized, heroic cop who will ''[[{{Determinator}} always]]'' crack the case and land the perp(s) in jail.
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* AlwaysGetsHisMan: A badass, idealized, cop who ''always'' catches criminals and saves the day.

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* AlwaysGetsHisMan: A badass, idealized, cop who ''always'' catches criminals will ''[[{{Determinator}} always]]'' crack the case and saves land the day.perp(s) in jail.
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* TokenGoodCop: A cop who's still doing the right thing, despite being surrounded by [[DirtyCop corruption]] or [[PoliceAreUseless incompetence]].
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* AlwaysGetsHisMan: A badass, idealized, cop who ''always'' catches criminals and saves the day.

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* TheGreatBritishCopperCapture: An unarmed police officer encounters an armed criminal.



* TheGreatBritishCopperCapture: An unarmed police officer encounters an armed criminal.
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* TheGreatBritishCopperCapture: An unarmed police officer encounters an armed criminal.
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''What? You want'' more ''info? Alright, I'll let you ask [[Series/{{Columbo}} just one more thing]], but '''I''''m really supposed to ask the questions. We come in all shapes and sizes, from meddling kids to sweet old ladies to grizzled [=PIs=]. Some of us can tell if you're guilty just by [[SherlockScan looking at the dust on your shoe]]. Some of us... [[PoliceAreUseless can't]]. Take a look down and see our many faces. See CrimeAndPunishmentTropes for the stuff we do and SlidingScaleOfLawEnforcement for how we're portrayed.''

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''What? You want'' more ''info? Alright, I'll let you ask [[Series/{{Columbo}} just one more thing]], but '''I''''m '''I'm''' really supposed to ask the questions. We come in all shapes and sizes, from meddling kids to sweet old ladies to grizzled [=PIs=]. Some of us can tell if you're guilty just by [[SherlockScan looking at the dust on your shoe]]. Some of us... [[PoliceAreUseless can't]]. Take a look down and see our many faces. See CrimeAndPunishmentTropes for the stuff we do and SlidingScaleOfLawEnforcement for how we're portrayed.''
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* WhiteBreadAndBlackBrotha: An OddCouple consisting of a straight-laced white guy and a streetwise black guy. A staple of buddy cop stories.
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* PolicemanDog: Dogs depicted as law enforcement officers, guards, private eyes or similar professions.
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* OppressiveImmigrationEnforcement: Enforcers and implementers of stricter immigration control are presented as bigoted, oppressive, and corrupt.
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* GenericCopBadges: Cop badges in fiction are poorly detailed and don't reflect the ones from RealLife.
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* SuspiciouslyIdleOfficers

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* SuspiciouslyIdleOfficersSuspiciouslyIdleOfficers: A corrupt employee is never seen doing their job.
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* TheLopsidedArmOfTheLaw

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* TheLopsidedArmOfTheLawTheLopsidedArmOfTheLaw: The police are only competent when they are going after the main characters.
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* AtonementDetective: A crime-solver in a PoliceProcedural who has killed and is TheAtoner because of this

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* AtonementDetective: A crime-solver in a PoliceProcedural who has killed and is TheAtoner because of thisthis.
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* BombDisposal: The police often have units that are specially trained for defusing and removing explosive devices.
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->"You know, I've seen all the different types. We all fit a certain category-- the bully, the charmer, the, uh, surrogate dad, the man possessed by ungovernable rage, the brain-- and any of those types could be a good detective, and any of those types could be an incompetent shitheel."

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->"You ->''"You know, I've seen all the different types. We all fit a certain category-- category -- the bully, the charmer, the, uh, surrogate dad, the man possessed by ungovernable rage, the brain-- brain -- and any of those types could be a good detective, and any of those types could be an incompetent shitheel.""''

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