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* Officer Albrecht from ''Film/TheCrow'' becomes Eric's biggest ally in his RoaringRampageOfRevenge. Unfortunately, his aiding a vigilante who is on a murder spree against Top Dollar's gang eventually gets him suspended, at which point he takes a more active hand in things.

* In ''Manga/CodenameSailorV'', becoming this to Sailor V is the main goal of Natsuna Sakurada, the superintendent-general of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, but has to deal with both inspector Wakagi (the officer supposed to deal with the cases being solved by Sailor V, and by extension find Sailor V herself) hating the superheroine for showing up the police and Sailor V's own contempt for the police. [[spoiler:She gets her wish by the final chapter, having befriended Minako before the latter found out she was a cop or finding out Mina was Sailor V and pretty much annoying her not only into this but also into [[SuperCop becoming a cop as a part-time job]].

* ''ComicBook/{{Starman|DCComics}}'': The [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Starman had Woodley Allen of the FBI (the uncle of his LoveInterest) and Inspector Bailey, as well as Billy O'Dare (although, as a beat officer, he was more of a {{sidekick}}). His son, the [[UsefulNotes/TheModernAgeOfComicBooks Modern Age]] ComicBook/{{Starman}} had O'Dare's son, Clarence, the police department's official Superhero Liason Officer (and eventually Comissioner), and his four siblings.

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', a [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2010-09-08 fantasy panel]] involves Justin as an expy of this.

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* Inspector Roger Brook in the ''ComicStrip/ModestyBlaise'' strip.

* ''VideoGame/TwilightHeroes'' has Officer Rand as questgiver.

* Director Anderson of the Space Patrol in ''Webcomic/SpaceKid''

* The Red Panda from ''Podcast/RedPandaAdventures'' has a reluctant one in Chief O'Mally.
* Shadow Hawk from ''Website/EpicTales'' has Lt. Luke Bennet.

* The Fellowship from ''Literature/TheQuestportChronicles'' has the Lord of the Supreme Council.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', one episode had not only the TropeNamer himself, but a politician named Corcrane taking this role to a new vigilante, "The Judge", in an effort to jump-start his career in Gotham -- at least until Two-Face, who had barely survived a trap placed by the Judge, tried to use him as bait to kill both of them. When Corcorane tried to buy his way out with embezzled money, the Judge immediately tried to kill Corcorane until he was [[SaveTheVillain saved]] by Batman, who revealed the Judge to be a new personality of Two-Face. (Somehow, the Judge knew Two-Face's secrets and also that they couldn't meet in person but didn't figure out the reason was the fact they were the same person.)

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', George Stacy.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''

* Inspector Bloch from ''ComicBook/DylanDog'', a CoolOldGuy of the law and a close friend to the titular character, who's an ex-bobby. Usually Bloch is a MrExposition telling Dylan about the investigations of the MonsterOfTheWeek's victims and bails him out if he happens to do something unlawful to solve the case, lamenting that he's gonna have to say goodbye to his pension [[RunningGag every time he does]].
* In ''ComicBook/ExMachina'', The Great Machine tries to establish a working relationship with the commissioner of the NYPD. [[SubvertedTrope She tries to beat him to death with a nightstick]], and when he gets her to stop smacking him she explains that his most recent "heroism" sent two of her officers to the hospital with injuries that could have been fatal. When The Great Machine drops his superhero act, runs for mayor under his real name, and ''wins'', he keeps the commissioner on, explaining that she was one of the first people to make him realize that his acts of heroism were not helping the situation and he needed to change tactics.
* Captain Josh Winters from ''ComicBook/JonSableFreelance''. Originally Jon's FriendOnTheForce, Winters sometimes steps into the Commissioner Gordon role.
* Commissioner Eustace Dolan from ''ComicBook/TheSpirit''. When DC began publishing The Spirit, a not-quite-in-any-continuity Batman/Spirit crossover featured Dolan and Gordon as friendly rivals.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** Originally Superman had Inspector Henderson (originally from the radio series, then the George Reeves TV series, before becoming a CanonImmigrant).
** Post-Crisis (and [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries the animated series]]) Superman had Inspector Maggie Sawyer and Lieutenant-Inspector Dan Turpin of the Metropolis Special Crimes Unit.
** In ''ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} gets introduced to Inspector Mike Henderson, the head of Metropolis Metacrimes Division. After working together in the case of Superwoman, Inspector Henderson would remain the Girl of Steel's ally and confidant [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 throughout her Post-Crisis run]].

* The [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] ComicBook/{{Starman}} had Woodley Allen of the FBI (the uncle of his LoveInterest) and Inspector Bailey, as well as Billy O'Dare (although, as a beat officer, he was more of a {{sidekick}}). His son, the [[UsefulNotes/TheModernAgeOfComicBooks Modern Age]] Comicbook/{{Starman}} had O'Dare's son, Clarence, the police department's official Superhero Liason Officer (and eventually Comissioner), and his four siblings.
* During his run as one of the writers of ''[[Comicbook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', Tristan Huw Jones introduced NYPD Liutenant Gordon Miller, who has a cooperative relationship with the turtles when it comes to street-level crime, particularly those related to The Foot and the gang war portrayed in "City at War".
* Shvaughn/Sean/Shvaughn Erin, the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Science Police liason.
* Kommissarie Pontus Kask in Comicbook/{{Bamse}} - if you count Bamse as a superhero, that is.
* In ''ComicBook/AllFallDown'', ex-superhero Plymouth fills this role for Sophie, training her in the use of her powers and coordinating her efforts with the US Government.
* ''Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}'' has had a few through the years. When he lived in San Francisco with the Black Widow, there was Lt. Paul Carson. After returning to New York, he had Lt. Nicholas Manolis (a subversion, since Manolis was eventually [[spoiler:corrupted and then assassinated by the Kingpin]]). During Ed Brubaker and Andy Diggle's runs on the book, Detective Andy Kurtz.
* ComicBook/MoonKnight has Detective Flint, a low ranking over-the-hill [[TheLastDJ Last DJ]] who's well aware that he and Moonie are both second stringers. Doesn't mean he likes dealing with him any more.
* For '' ComicBook/{{Excalibur}}'' there was Inspector Dai Thomas. His relationship with superheroes was extremely strained due to the death of his wife in the wreckage of a super-fight (he nearly crossed the line to InspectorJavert) but in the end did come to find some respect for Captain Britain.
* In ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'' after a nasty first encounter, lieutenant Mary-Ann Flaggstar starts collaborating with the protagonist for things out of her jurisdiction.
* Robert Dowling plays this role in ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' where the SFPD are dealing with the vampire threat and once he clears Buffy's name for her misdeeds works with Buffy and Spike, enters into a relationship, then tries to hold out against a vampire nest. Due to circumstances beyond her control Buffy forgets about him, freaks when she remembers and tries to make amends and break up. [[NiceGuy Dowling is incredibly forgiving on both counts, to the point Spike and Willow are upset that he wasn't.]]
* The original run of ''ComicBook/QuantumAndWoody'' features Joe Tomorrow, a police detective and DeconstructedCharacterArchetype of this trope. He keeps getting roped into the title characters' investigations and they sometimes come to him for help, but his involvement with two costumed vigilantes of as limited competence as them takes its toll on his career, getting him demoted first to a uniformed desk officer and eventually to traffic duty.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Vol 2]]: Inspector Ed Indelicato of the Boston Police Department teeters between this and Friend on the Force; while usually eager to help Wonder Woman, he doesn't command a whole lot of authority (indeed, his superiors tend to view Wonder Woman with a mixture of annoyance and disdain), and in any case Boston is typically just the place Diana sleeps, not where she adventures.
* In ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}'s 2010 solo, Detective Dolton becomes her contact in San Francisco Police Department.

* In mainstream continuity Franchise/SpiderMan has had a whole parade of police liaisons. The most famous are probably Jean [=DeWolff=] and George Stacy. They're both dead now. The closest fit post-BND is Captain Watanabe, who gives Spidey the benefit of the doubt when it looks like he's killed someone in an issue where several supposedly dead people are reappearing (naturally, Mysterio was behind it all).
** His current police liason is Carlie Cooper. Which is odd because Carlie's discovering Spider-Man's secret identity [[TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife is what ended her romantic relationship with Peter Parker!]]

** The third [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]] has had a few of these over the years; on his first solo adventure he befriended an ex-DEA agent who was on the same case as he was. When his solo series went ongoing, he encountered Sheriff "Shotgun" Smith, and recently he's been allied with rookie Officer Jamie Harper.

** Commissioner James Gordon is the trope namer, and the various media include numerous different versions -- after all, the exact rank and function of any Commissioner Gordon varies depending on how cynical or idealistic the series is. In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', for example, he's the commissioner by the time the story starts and is hesitant but supportive towards Batman; in ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', he's the new commissioner and the one that is responsible for changing the police department's behavior toward the Bat. In the DarkerAndEdgier ''Film/BatmanBegins'', he's a lowly sergeant -- lieutenant, by the end of the film -- and possibly the only completely honest cop in Gotham PD (and even then "no rat", although he says there's no-one to rat ''to''). [[spoiler:(He becomes commissioner in the second film after Loeb's death and collaring the Joker.)]]

** Gordon's grandson gets in on the act in ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOneHundred''

** Jean [=DeWolff=] approached ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan as one of these. [[spoiler: Averted, as she's ultimately [[DirtyCop working for Kingpin]].]]

** As of ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Changes]]'', [[spoiler: she's probably finished playing her early role]], and ''Ghost Story'' [[spoiler: confirms this.]] Then again, Harry himself transcends the role of Chicago's protector and now protects ''reality itself'', though he'll probably keep policing Chicago when it's needed.

* Subverted by Police Commissioner James "Wildcat" Gordon (yes, really) in ''The Whisperer'' series of pulp stories. [[spoiler: He's actually the Whisperer himself.]]

* ''VideoGame/Payday2'' has Commissioner Solomon Garret, who works with the FBI. He takes the role as one of the main antagonists since the main characters are all criminals. Due to a "gift" given to the commissioner at the start of his career, the Payday gang also has access to all of Garret's files. [[spoiler: In the "Breaking Feds" heist, the player is tasked with stealing a mysterious box that he acquired from arresting the politician and ally of the Payday gang, The Elephant, from under the commissioner's nose.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'' had Callie Briggs, the Deputy Mayor. She's the heroic version of TheManBehindTheMan. When trouble threatens, Briggs puts down the paperwork, and contacts the SWAT Kats to take care of the problem that the Enforcers can't (and the Mayor won't)[[note]]"Mayor Manx hasn't filed an ounce of paperwork in years!" as she notes when informing the Metallikats that she'd been the one to deny their parole requests along with the attempted bribes[[/note]]. In spite of this, Briggs isn't a SecretKeeper, because not even she knows the secret identities of the SWAT Kats.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', Detective Elisa Maza and [[spoiler: later her partner Matt Bluestone]] are allies of the Gargoyles.

* Reggie Rowe in ''VideoGame/Infamous2'' acts as this to his brother Delsin after Delsin gets his powers. Of course, once they arrive in Seattle, he's out of his jurisdiction, so his help isn't always of the typical police variety.

* ''Franchise/KamenRider'' has done this a few times, though the prominent example comes in the form of [[Series/KamenRiderKuuga Karou Ichijo]], who actually saved Yuusuke's life when he was fighting his first monster. Throughout the series, he and Yuusuke share this bond to the point where the entire police force is involved in helping Yuusuke, with officers advising each other not to shoot him when he's Kuuga and [[spoiler:even develop bullets that are lethal to Grongi.]]

* Reed Bahia serves as this to the main character of ''Webcomic/{{Kiwiblitz}}'', much to the displeasure of his father, Chief Bahia, who disapproves of vigilantes.

** His [[OnlySaneMan level-headed]] SexySecretary, Miss Bellum, fits this too, but much more in the HypercompetentSidekick fashion. She oftentimes has to ''tell'' the idiot Mayor to [[HotLine call the heroes]].

** His [[HypercompetentSidekick level-headed]] SexySecretary, Miss Bellum, fits this too, but much more in the HypercompetentSidekick fashion. She oftentimes has to ''tell'' the idiot Mayor to [[HotLine call the girls]].

* The Mayor from ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''.
** His [[HypercompetentSidekick level-headed]] SexySecretary, Miss Bellum, fits this too.

* ''Franchise/KamenRider'' has done this a few times, though the prominent example comes in the form of [[Series/KamenRiderKuuga Karou Ichijo]], who actually saved Yuusuke's life when he was fighting his first monster. Throughout the series, he and Yuusuke share this bond and it goes UpToEleven when the entire police force is involved in helping Yuusuke, going to the point where officers advise each other not to shoot him when he's Kuuga and [[spoiler:even develop bullets that are lethal to Grongi.]]

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* In ''WeseternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', Lin Beifong has this role as the police chief of Republic City working with Korra as the Avatar. While initially Lin dislikes Korra, she is eventually won over and becomes a strong ally.

* Cosgrove, on ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'', who was sort of a parody of the character. Then again, what ''wasn't'' a parody on that show?