Line #6 PlayingWith/DirtyCop


1	'''Basic Trope''': A police officer who abuses their power for personal gain.
2	* '''Straight''':
3	** Officer Jason sells drugs stolen from the evidence room.
4	** Officer Jason takes a bribe to "lose" the evidence needed to prosecute a local crime boss.
5	* '''Exaggerated''':
6	** Jason's entire ''precinct'' is corrupt.
7	** The very ''concept'' of the police has a not-so-healthy dose of corruption within it.
8	** All the crime bosses in the city are Jason's pawns.
9	** Jason ''is'' the city's sole crime boss.
10	** Jason [[KillerCop kills]] [[PoliceBrutality innocent people]] ForTheEvulz.
11	* '''Downplayed''':
12	** [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jason may be crooked, but he'll do the right thing when push comes to shove.]]
13	** Jason supports a gang because if they go down, they might be replaced by [[BetterTheDevilYouKnow even worse gangsters]]. They may even be {{Friendly Neighborhood Gangster}}s.
14	* '''Justified''':
15	** Jason, despite being a cop, has a massive authority problem, and/or wants to [[TheMole take the precinct down from the inside]].
16	** Jason is greedy and/or power-hungry and sees the position of police officer as a perfect way to get money and power.
17	** Jason's official salary is so small he can't afford to leave free money on the table; need, not greed, is his motivation.
18	* '''Inverted''':
19	** Jason is a paragon of incorruptibility.
20	** Jason is the [[TokenGoodCop only honest police officer]] on a squad of {{Dirty Cop}}s.
21	** Jason is kidnapped by a gang member. He offers to exonerate him if he lets him go free.
22	** [[LovableRogue Jason]] is an [[NobleDemon honest and honorable criminal]].
23	* '''Subverted''':
24	** Jason appears to be a [[GoodIsNotNice rough diamond]] at best, so his coworkers think he is a corrupt cop because of this, but [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold deep inside, he's a]] ByTheBookCop.
25	** [[ImpersonatingAnOfficer Jason isn't a cop at all, only impersonating one.]]
26	* '''Double Subverted''':
27	** ...But when absolutely no one else is watching, he breaks the rules with impunity.
28	** Jason ''used'' to be a cop, but he was fired for abusing his position.
29	* '''Parodied''':
30	** 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.]]
31	** A car drives through a puddle and splashes a nearby Jason with mud, making him [[VisualPun literally a Dirty Cop]].
32	* '''Zig-Zagged''': Jason accepts bribes -- while wearing a wire to convict the prosecutor of corruption. 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, 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.]]
33	* '''Averted''': He takes some liberties with the law, but nothing too extreme.
34	* '''Enforced''': "I'm writing this story about cops, but I myself hate authority. How can I express that?"
35	* '''Lampshaded''': "Well, it's a shame I had to find you out here alone selling drugs. Tell you what, you give me half your take and none of this happened..."
36	* '''Invoked''': Jason is dissatisfied with his salary and/or working conditions.
37	* '''Exploited''': Several high-ranking drug dealers bribe the police in the hopes that they can buy the force.
38	* '''Defied''': "What do you think I am, crazy? I don't want to lose my job. [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules In addition to your drug trafficking charges]], [[BribeBackfire I'm booking you on a count of attempting to bribe an officer.]]"
39	* '''Discussed''': Jason tells fellow officers AliceAndBob about his experiences with corruption in the form of "IHaveThisFriend"
40	* '''Conversed''': "For all the moral ambiguity this show is trying to put up, Jason's not as bad a DirtyCop as I've seen roaming around in [[WretchedHive my hometown]]."
41	* '''Deconstructed''': Jason's refusal to obey the rules ends up allowing several criminals to go free.
42	* '''Reconstructed''': After which he's fired, and the entire precinct is investigated for wrongdoing.
43	* '''Played for Horror''': Jason engages in PoliceBrutality so bad it gives every witness nightmares for the rest of their lives.
44	* '''Played for Laughs''': ''Everyone'' on the force is a DirtyCop; they routinely compete to see how much bribe money they can bring in, beat suspects bloody, and basically break every rule known to humanity.
45	* '''Played for Drama''': The work investigates a police force during a period of high crime, in which one or more police officers are corrupt. The clash between honest and crooked cops is shown in full detail.
46	* '''Implied''': Jason is filing a report after a bust, but he doesn't submit the BriefcaseFullOfMoney he found at the scene to evidence.
47	----
48	I'll let the charges drop. You just gotta do me a favor, head back to DirtyCop, ''capisce''?

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