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You have the right to remain sexy.
— Detective Berkeley, greeting Detective Calleigh Duquense in the CSI Miami Season 6 opener
In any given Crime And Punishment 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 Hot Scientist. TV cops almost never have a 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 Firemen Are Hot and Good Looking Privates. (Not that kind. Get your mind out of the gutter.) Cousin to Hot Men At Work.
You are not particularly likely to see a Fair Cop in a stripper's police outfit- although you may see him or her as a Dirty Harriet, which gives a whole new meaning to the motto "To protect and to serve"...
Examples
Anime/Manga
Comic Books
Film
Literature
- Lt. Karrin Murphy in The Dresden Files, as well as Connie Murphy, her TV counterpart.
- Eve Dallas in the In Death 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 Bad Ass.
Live Action TV
- Quite a number of characters in The Bill, 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 Grissom Verse, especially Stella Bonasera from CSI New York, who is starting to get hit on by male suspects at least Once An Episode (Lindsay Monroe is more of a Hot Scientist).
- 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 Grissom Verse, 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 The X Files. In the fanfic world, there's also a sizeable bloc thinking Skinner is hot.
- Life On Mars...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 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 The Wesley.
- 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 High Incident. Notable examples include this guy
 (whose character actually had a moustache. And this one. And 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? 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 Hot Scientist.
- Doakes is also quite easy on the eyes. His personality, not so appealing.
- Most Law And Order 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 (Serena Southerlyn) was one of - if not the - least popular of the AD As.
- Benton Fraser, in Due South. On the American side, both Rays have their admirers in the fanbase.
- Detective Rush in Cold Case. 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 Los Hombres De Paco, 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 Waking The Dead.
- Though Cameron isn't a cop, in one episode she dons a motorcycle cop's uniform. Thus, we have Summer Glau, in a cop's uniform....prrrrrrr.
- Paul Ballard on Dollhouse.
- Cadet Suzy Simpson from That Seventies Show. (Any cop played by Alyson Hannigan must be this...)
- NYPD Blue: Detective Baldwin Jones, as well as pretty much all the women.
- The whole main team of 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 Sons Of Anarchy
- The later seasons of Homicide: Life on the Street suffered from some 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.
Music
- The Red Hot Chili Peppers song "Sir Psycho Sexy" depicts an incident with one of these, as well as various other conquests. Your Mileage May Vary as regards tastefulness.
Real Life
- Becoming a cop requires you to be in pretty good shape, which leads to quite a few real life Fair Cops. Especially since girls (or guys, depending on your gender/orientation) in uniform are hot.
- NYPD officer 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.
Webcomics
- The Webcomic Girly has a very lampshaded version in the form of Officer 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.
Western Animation
- No one in the Furry Fandom can tell this troper that Felina and Ulysses Feral in Swat Kats aren't sexy as hell.
- Don't forget about Rosie O'Gravy from Dog City.
Video Games
- Speaking of Furries, Officer Carmelita Fox from the Sly Cooper 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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