History UsefulNotes / LesCopsSportif

* ''Series/Cain2012'', about a paraplegic (and [[DisabledSnarker somewhat]] [[DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery assholish]]) CowboyCop and his able-bodied colleague.

* ''[[Series/{{PJ}} P.J.: Police Judiciaire]]''. This show was praised by actual police officers for its accuracy/believability.

* ''Series/Cain2012'', about a paraplegic CowboyCop and his able-bodied colleague.

* The ''{{Film/Taxi}}'' series is about a [[BadassDriver taxi]] [[DrivesLikeCrazy driver]] helping [[PoliceAreUseless inept cops]] to stop various criminal schemes (the Deuteragonist is one of said cops).

* The two ''Maigret'' series, the one starring Jean Richard (1977-1990) and the one starring Creator/BrunoCremer (1991-2005).

* In ''Film/MissionImpossibleFallout'', a French policewoman ends up a SpannerInTheWorks for the IMF team in UsefulNotes/{{Paris}} and Ethan Hunt does his best to try defusing the situation (in French)... until she gets shot by Zola's men, then Ethan saves her life by shooting said men dead and helping her to call her colleagues before fleeing with his team.

French Policemen, like their equivalents all over the world, have many nicknames : ''flics''[[note]]From a Yiddish word meaning ''flies''.[[/note]], ''keufs'' [[note]]Short for "keuflis" (which almost no one ever uses) which is "flics" backwards [[/note]], ''poulets''[[note]]Meaning ''chickens'' and coming from the fact the Paris Central Police Station was built on a former bird market in 1872. However, ''poulet'' is NOT slang for ''coward'', unlike the English ''chicken'', so this interpretation is erroneous.[[/note]], ''maison poulaga''[[note]]related to ''poulets'', means roughly ''henhouse'' in French[[/note]] or ''maréchaussée''[[note]]"Marshalry" : mostly used in the countryside, refering to the police force that became the Gendarmerie[[/note]].

* National Police (''Police Nationale'', better known under their old name: ''Sûreté Nationale''): Cover towns and cities.

* National Gendarmerie (''Gendarmerie Nationale''): Under control of the [[UsefulNotes/GaulsWithGrenades ministry of defense]], this military police force essentially covers the French countryside and small towns. They wear hats called kepis. The riot control role is shared by the Gendarmerie Mobile units, which, as their name implies, are part of the Gendarmerie. While in the United Kingdom, the United States and most other ex-British colonies, the idea of using military police to enforce civilian law would seem odd at best and tyrannical at worst outside of extreme emergencies, in France the concept of the Gendarmerie has a long history and nobody really thinks twice about it. France is however one of the few nations to still have a police force named "Gendarmerie" that actually ''is'' a gendarmerie; in various nations that picked up the concept from France when it was a colonial power, the gendarmerie was eventually merged into the civilian police but kept its name as a matter of tradition.

* National Gendarmerie (''Gendarmerie Nationale''): A part of the UsefulNotes/GaulsWithGrenades, this military police force essentially covers the French countryside and small towns. They wear hats called kepis. The riot control role is shared by the Gendarmerie Mobile units, which, as their name implies, are part of the Gendarmerie. While in the United Kingdom, the United States and most other ex-British colonies, the idea of using military police to enforce civilian law would seem odd at best and tyrannical at worst outside of extreme emergencies, in France the concept of the Gendarmerie has a long history and nobody really thinks twice about it. France is however one of the few nations to still have a police force named "Gendarmerie" that actually ''is'' a gendarmerie; in various nations that picked up the concept from France when it was a colonial power, the gendarmerie was eventually merged into the civilian police but kept its name as a matter of tradition.

* In ''Film/MissionImpossibleFallout'', a French policewoman ends up a SpannerInTheWorks for Ethan & co. in UsefulNotes/{{Paris}} and Ethan does his best to try defusing the situation... until she gets shot by Zola's men, then Ethan saves her life by shooting said men dead and helping her to call her colleagues.
* ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' and other films featuring Inspector Clouseau.
* ''{{Film/Taken}}''

* In ''Film/MissionImpossibleFallout'', a French policewoman ends up a SpannerInTheWorks for Ethan & co. and Ethan does his best to try defusing the situation... until she gets shot by Zola's men, then Ethan saves her life by shooting said men dead and helping her to call her colleagues.

* ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' and other films featuring Inspector Clouseau.

** The Mobile Gendarmerie (''Gendarmerie Mobile''), rather than being assigned to a particular region of France, given nationwide jurisdiction and also sometimes deployed overseas. During the Cold War, the Mobile Gendarmerie was even equipped with anti-tank weaponry, initially the AMX-13 light tank and later the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VBC-90 VBC-90 wheeled tank destroyer]]. Post-Cold War budget cuts eventually resulted in the VBC-90 being retired in 2010 and cannibalized for parts to keep the older, unarmed VBRG armored cars (more akin to what a typical SWAT team would operate) in service.

* ''Film/TheBourneIdentity''

* ''{{Film/Taken}}''

* ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' and other films featuring Inspector Clouseau.