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[[caption-width:351:You have the right to remain sexy.]]
-->''[[HelloNurse Hello]], Officer Pretty.''
-->-- Detective Berkeley, greeting Detective Calleigh Duquense in the ''CSIMiami'' Season 6 opener

In any given CrimeAndPunishment show or film, the chances of encountering a Fair Cop are high.

A Fair Cop is any police officer who is ridiculously attractive, ridiculously young or both. Call it the law enforcement version of HotScientist. TV cops almost never have a [[{{COPS}} moustache]].

The title is a play on the British and Australian expression "It's a fair cop", said when one admits having been caught fair and square. See also FiremenAreHot and GoodLookingPrivates. (Not that kind. Get your mind out of the gutter.) Cousin to HotMenAtWork.

You are not particularly likely to see a FairCop in a stripper's police outfit- although you may see him or her as a DirtyHarriet, which [[GiveAWholeNewMeaning gives a whole new meaning]] to the motto "To protect and to serve"...

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!!Examples

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[[folder: Anime/Manga ]]

* Possibly the cops in ''DeathNote''.
* Konata's cousin Yui in ''LuckyStar''.
* In a SomethingCompletelyDifferent episode of ''MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' in which they're policewomen, the Black Beauty Sisters hit every note of this.
* [[{{Hellsing}} Seras Victoria]] (aka. '''"Police Girl"''').
* ''{{Fake}}!'': Most of the main cast, including the two main characters.
* Officer Jenny from ''{{Pokemon}}''. Of course. ''[[NurseJenny All]]'' [[NurseJenny of them]].
* Mamoru Akasaka of ''{{Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni}}''.
* Most of the people in the [[YoureUnderArrest Bokuto station]], including males. Hell, even the [[CoolOldGuy Captain]] [[EvenTheGuysWantHim is ridiculously hot]] (despite his moustache), [[OlderThanTheyLook and he's fifty]]! There are a couple of [[{{Gonk}} ugly guys]] in Ken's bunch, but we don't see them often.
* Mihoshi and Kiyone in ''TenchiMuyo/TenchiUniverse/TenchiInTokyo''.
* The title character of ''BirdyTheMighty''.
* The Enforcers of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', whose ranks include Chrono, Fate, and Teana. It helps that the law enforcement branch of the [[TheFederation Time-Space Administration Bureau]] gets those spiffy black uniforms.
* Kirihara Misaki from ''DarkerThanBlack''

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[[folder: Comic Books ]]

* Psi-Judge Anderson in ''JudgeDredd''.
* Former Detective Renee Montoya in ''{{Batman}}''.
* Sara Pezzini from ''{{Witchblade}}''.

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[[folder: Film ]]

* Clarice Starling, ''TheSilenceOfTheLambs''.
* Every ''PoliceAcademy'' movie
* Foxxy Cleopatra from AustinPowers. She shows her badge to Austin and goes, "You have the right to remain sexy, sugar," to which he replies, "Ooh, I hope there's a search involved." Granted that they weren't being serious at the time.
* Officer Lenina Huxley, from ''DemolitionMan''.
* "Hottie Police Officer" from ''ANightAtTheRoxbury''.

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[[folder: Literature ]]

* Lt. Karrin Murphy in ''TheDresdenFiles'', as well as Connie Murphy, her TV counterpart.
* Eve Dallas in the ''InDeath'' series is described as one of those people who is very attractive, but puts no effort into it. She does get a better wardrobe after marrying a member of the {{Fiction 500}}, though.
* Angua, Salacia von Humpeding and Carrot Ironfoundersson from the ''{{Discworld}}'' novels.
** Constable Reg Shoe also looks quite young for a cop, although the fact he's been a zombie for years makes his appearance a poor indication of how long he's been ali- er, around.
* Captain Holly Short of the LEP from ''{{Artemis Fowl}}''. She's also pretty BadAss.

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[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

* Quite a number of characters in ''TheBill'', such as Phil Hunter, Zain Nadir, Sam Nixon and Emma Keane.
** Especially (age wise) PC Beth Green. On her first appearance, PC Valentine remarked that he "didn't know the station was running a crèche". Her actress, Louisa Lytton, was too young to join the real police when she started filming. Lytton won Sexiest Female in the 2005 British Soap Awards- aged ''16''. She looks that age now...
*** Ironic given that when ''The Bill'' first came out one reviewer praised its realistic look, especially referring to the lack of excessively attractive actors on the show.
*** The current Inspector is played by a former ''lads' mag'' model.
* Boothe in ''{{Bones}}'', sort of. He's even lampshaded it.
* Kate in ''{{Angel}}''.
* A fair number of characters in the GrissomVerse, especially Stella Bonasera from ''CSINewYork'', who is starting to get hit on by male suspects at least OnceAnEpisode (Lindsay Monroe is more of a HotScientist).
**If that's not enough fanservice, Bonasera's Kevlar vest has a v-neck to show off her cleavage and she was once hit on by a female suspect.
*** Note on this: Due to the general "we do anything" approach of the GrissomVerse, there are overlap potentials. To solve the problem, think about what you're more likely to see them doing.
* Depending on your gender/orientation, either Mulder or Scully from ''TheXFiles''. In the fanfic world, there's also a sizeable bloc thinking Skinner is hot.
* LifeOnMars...where do we start? Well, DC Chris Skelton is definitely in the running, as is the lovely WPC Annie Cartwright. Then there's Sam Tyler, who seems to wear a "lot" of [[TheSeventies skin tight shirts with very at least three buttons unbuttoned]] (his neck has a lot of fans). And then there's DCI Gene Hunt. Sexist dinosaur borderline alcoholic....sexy as hell. Don't believe me? Search 'Gene Hunt is sexy', see how many hits you get.;)
* {{Torchwood}}: Gwen Cooper, for many of those who don't think she is TheWesley.
** From the same show: PC Andy
***This (gay male) troper is borderline obsessed with PC Andy. Good thing the show's in between seasons right now.
* Almost ''every single main character'' on ABC's ''HighIncident''. Notable examples include [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005516/ this guy]](whose character actually had a moustache. And [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0369513/ this one]]. And [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001418/ this one]]. Played with in the form of officer Tops, who is a fat, balding guy, and his younger, good-looking partner. Guess which one's the family man? [[spoiler: Not Tops.]]
* Played with in the form of Deb on ''{{Dexter}}''. She's an extremely attractive young woman. In the book, this means she gets to pretend to be a prostitute. Dexter himself ain't too bad-lookin', either, though he's more of a HotScientist.
** Doakes is also quite easy on the eyes. His personality, not so appealing.
* Most ''LawAndOrder'' detectives, as well as some of the captains and attorneys. Every single partner Jack [=McCoy=] has had seems to be some sort of pretty woman. Usually brunette.
**This is commented in series several times. It's ''highly'' suggested that looks played a fair amount in the hiring process.
*** It should be noted that [=McCoy's=] one blonde assistant ([[SuddenlySexuality Serena Southerlyn]]) was one of - if not ''the'' - least popular of the ADAs.
* Benton Fraser, in ''DueSouth''. On the American side, both Rays have their admirers in the fanbase.
* Detective Rush in ''ColdCase''. Notably, her actor gets top billing even though she's not the leader of the team, story-wise.
* Many of the officers in the Spanish cop show ''LosHombresDePaco'', including one ironic/hilarious episode where three of the female officers go undercover at a strip club, two of whom actually wear stripper cop outfits.
* Several members of the cast of ''{{NCIS}}'', notably Tony and Ziva.
** A recent example; {{this Troper}} was so distracted by Jaime Murray as ICE Agent Julia Foster-Yates in the penultimate episode of season 6 he almost missed the (excellent) plot.
* Stella in ''WakingTheDead''.
* Though [[TheSarahConnorChronicles Cameron]] isn't a cop, in one episode she dons a motorcycle cop's uniform. Thus, we have SummerGlau, in a cop's uniform....''[[PerverseSexualLust prrrrrrr.]]''
* Paul Ballard on ''Dollhouse''.
* Cadet Suzy Simpson from ''ThatSeventiesShow''. (Any cop played by AlysonHannigan must be this...)
* ''{{NYPD Blue}}:'' Detective Baldwin Jones, as well as pretty much all the women.
* The whole main team of [[TokusouSentaiDekaranger Special Police Dekaranger]] are, or look, rather ridiculously young for an elite group, and are all extremely pretty.
* Deputy Chief Hale and ATF Agent Stahl are male and female examples respectively on SonsOfAnarchy
* The later seasons of ''[[{{ptitledde7ltdu}} Homicide: Life on the Street]]'' suffered from some [[ReplacementScrappy unpopular]] characters like this, especially so since they replaced members of the original realistically-homely cast.
* Lt. Cedric Daniels on ''{{The Wire}}'', though he rarely appears in uniform.
* Ofc. Tina Hanlon on ''{{The Shield}}'', which becomes an issue when Dutch falls hard for her.
* Detective Kate Beckett of ''{{Castle}}''
* Undercover fed Vincent Terranova of ''Wiseguy'' was remarkably good-looking, so much so that it ought to have tipped somebody off that he's not the hardened criminal he pretends to be. A real lifelong gangster would most likely have gotten his face smacked around at some point.

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[[folder: Music ]]

* The Red Hot Chili Peppers song "Sir Psycho Sexy" depicts an incident with one of these, as well as various other conquests. YourMileageMayVary as regards tastefulness.

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[[folder: Real Life ]]

* Becoming a cop requires you to be in pretty good shape, which leads to quite a few real life FairCops. Especially since girls (or guys, depending on your gender/orientation) in uniform are hot.
* NYPD officer [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Shaya Carol Shaya]].
* An episode of ''{{COPS}}'' followed a stunningly attractive New Orleans police officer during Mardi Gras. At least twice she was approached by cops from other states (there as tourists) telling her she was the most beautiful policewoman they'd ever seen.

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[[folder: Webcomics ]]

* The Webcomic ''{{Girly}}'' has a very lampshaded version in the form of Officer [[HartmanHips Hipbone]] (note her name, and note her most noticeable physical trait), and Policeguy is considered one of this - to the point where a {{Casanova}} had mistaken him for a pretty woman before his haircut.

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* No one in the FurryFandom can tell this troper that Felina and Ulysses Feral in ''SwatKats'' aren't sexy as hell.
**Don't forget about Rosie O'Gravy from DogCity.

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[[folder: Video Games ]]

* Speaking of Furries, Officer Carmelita Fox from the ''SlyCooper'' series.
* ''{{Persona}} 2'' gives us Tatsuya's older brother, Katsuya, who is stated to be the target of all the women on the force's affection. It's stated in a TV program on 3 that Tatsuya himself became a cop.

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