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** The very ''concept'' of the police has a not-so-healthy dose of corruption within it.
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* '''Defied''': "What do you think I am, crazy? I don't want to lose my job. [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules In addition to your drug trafficking charges, I'm booking you on a count of attempting to bribe an officer.]]"

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* '''Defied''': "What do you think I am, crazy? I don't want to lose my job. [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules In addition to your drug trafficking charges, charges]], [[BribeBackfire I'm booking you on a count of attempting to bribe an officer.]]"
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** Office Jason takes a bribe to "lose" the evidence needed to prosecute a local crime boss.

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** Office Officer Jason takes a bribe to "lose" the evidence needed to prosecute a local crime boss.
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** Jason supports a gang because if they go down, they might be replaced by [[BetterTheDevilYouKnow even worse gangsters]]. They may even be FriendlyNeighborhoodGangsters.

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** Jason supports a gang because if they go down, they might be replaced by [[BetterTheDevilYouKnow even worse gangsters]]. They may even be FriendlyNeighborhoodGangsters.{{Friendly Neighborhood Gangster}}s.
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** Jason supports a gang because if they go down, they might be replaced by [[BetterTheDevilYouKnow even worse gangsters]].

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** Jason supports a gang because if they go down, they might be replaced by [[BetterTheDevilYouKnow even worse gangsters]]. They may even be FriendlyNeighborhoodGangsters.
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** Jason is the [[TokenGoodTeammate only honest police officer]] on a squad of {{Dirty Cop}}s.

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** Jason is the [[TokenGoodTeammate [[TokenGoodCop only honest police officer]] on a squad of {{Dirty Cop}}s.

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* '''Straight''': Jason arrests a member of a gang he’s in the pocket of, but lets him off easy because he has eliminated all the evidence against him.

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* '''Straight''': '''Straight''':
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Jason arrests a member of a gang he’s in the pocket of, but lets him off easy because he has eliminated all sells drugs stolen from the evidence against him.room.
** Office Jason takes a bribe to "lose" the evidence needed to prosecute a local crime boss.



** Jason isn't a real cop anymore, but used to be before he was fired for abusing his position.

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** Jason isn't a real cop anymore, but used ''used'' to be before a cop, but he was fired for abusing his position.
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** Jason is an honest and honorable criminal.

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** Jason [[LovableRogue Jason]] is an [[NobleDemon honest and honorable criminal.criminal]].
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** His coworkers think he is a corrupt cop, but [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold deep inside, he's a]] ByTheBookCop.

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** His Jason appears to be a [[GoodIsNotNice rough diamond]] at best, so his coworkers think he is a corrupt cop, cop because of this, but [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold deep inside, he's a]] ByTheBookCop.
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** Jason [[PoliceBrutality kills innocent people]] ForTheEvulz.

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** Jason [[KillerCop kills]] [[PoliceBrutality kills innocent people]] ForTheEvulz.
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** Jaon supports a gang because if they go down, they might be replaced by [[BetterTheDevilYouKnow even worse gangsters]].

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** Jaon Jason supports a gang because if they go down, they might be replaced by [[BetterTheDevilYouKnow even worse gangsters]].
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* '''Straight''': Jason arrests a gang member, but lets him off easy because he has eliminated all the evidence against him.

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* '''Straight''': Jason arrests a member of a gang member, he’s in the pocket of, but lets him off easy because he has eliminated all the evidence against him.
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** Jason is greedy and/or power-hungry and sees the position of police officer as a perfect way to get money and power

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** Jason is greedy and/or power-hungry and sees the position of police officer as a perfect way to get money and powerpower.
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** Jason kills innocent people ForTheEvulz.

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** Jason [[PoliceBrutality kills innocent people people]] ForTheEvulz.
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** Jason's official salary is so small he can't afford to leave free money on the table; need, not greed, is his motivation.

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* '''Justified''': Jason, despite being a cop, has a massive authority problem, and/or wants to [[TheMole take the precinct down from the inside]].

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Jason, despite being a cop, has a massive authority problem, and/or wants to [[TheMole take the precinct down from the inside]].inside]].
** Jason is greedy and/or power-hungry and sees the position of police officer as a perfect way to get money and power
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**Jason kills innocent people ForTheEvulz.

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'''Basic Trope''': A cop who abuses his power for personal gain.

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'''Basic Trope''': A cop police officer who abuses his their power for personal gain.



* '''Parodied''': CowboyCop Jason is violating serious laws by doing things like [[WalkingShirtlessScene going around open-shirted on the job]] and [[FelonyMisdemeanor filling out paperwork in maroon ink.]]
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Jason accepts bribes -- while wearing a wire to convict the prosecutor of corruption. However he does this at the behest of his client. He later sends Kent [[UriahGambit into dangerous situations]]. When that fails and it sets up one of them to gain power he shoots Kent himself with a criminal's gun. The whole series consists of Jason engaging in dodgy disposal of crooked cops one way or another. [[HypocrisyNod His feelings on his own actions are mixed.]]

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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CowboyCop Jason is violating serious laws by doing things like [[WalkingShirtlessScene going around open-shirted on the job]] and [[FelonyMisdemeanor filling out paperwork in maroon ink.]]
** A car drives through a puddle and splashes a nearby Jason with mud, making him [[VisualPun literally a Dirty Cop]].
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Jason accepts bribes -- while wearing a wire to convict the prosecutor of corruption. However However, he only does this at the behest of his client. He later sends Kent [[UriahGambit into dangerous situations]]. When that fails and it sets up one of them to gain power power, he shoots Kent himself with a criminal's gun. The whole series consists of Jason engaging in dodgy disposal of crooked cops one way or another. [[HypocrisyNod His feelings on his own actions are mixed.]]



* '''Discussed''': Jason tells his colleagues AliceAndBob about his experiences with corruption in the form of "IHaveThisFriend…"

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* '''Discussed''': Jason tells his colleagues fellow officers AliceAndBob about his experiences with corruption in the form of "IHaveThisFriend…""IHaveThisFriend"



* '''Played for Laughs''': ''Everyone'' on the force is a DirtyCop; they routinely have contests to see how much bribe money they can bring in, beat suspects bloody, and basically break every rule known to humanity.

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* '''Played for Laughs''': ''Everyone'' on the force is a DirtyCop; they routinely have contests compete to see how much bribe money they can bring in, beat suspects bloody, and basically break every rule known to humanity.

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