History Characters / ThisIsThePolice

* DeconstructedTrope: Of the corrupt cop. There's nothing glamorous about what Boyd is doing and his descent into corruption hurts everyone around him, while bringing nothing but suffering to him.

* ForcedIntoEvil: If Jack refuses to work with the Mafia at the beginning of Day 5, [[spoiler:they murder his former deputy and his wife and two children]], making it perfectly clear that his cooperation is ''not'' optional. His comments at the beginning of the second game imply that this is the canon outcome.

* ExperiencedProtagonist: He's been in the foece for 30 years with all the experience that entails. Notably, cops on the field will frequently radio him for advice on how to approach situations, and he can solve cases by himself like a detective.

* {{Hypochondria}}: Officer Yarbrott will refuse to go on missions to dirty places, such as the morgue or bars, and frequently tries to take time off for various overblown maladies.

* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Noone would dare call him an idiot, but he's publically this - everybody knows he's rich, but few people know where his money comes from or what is it exactly that he does.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: He has only one scene in the second game but it marks a very important milestone in the narrative. Ethan refuses to listen to Jack's earnest plea for help and displays no sympathy towards him, Jack finally snaps for good and abandons the last of his morals as there is now definitely no way back for him.

* FatalFlaw: Greed. [[spoiler: Jack tempts him with a large sum of money to provide himself a lasting fake documents, before luring him to his death.]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: Jack arranges to have him killed in the end of the second game.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Gruff and sarcastic, Jack still tries to do what is right most of the time, and can go out of his way to help those who are close to him.
* {{Jerkass}}: Jack can be undeservingly abrasive to other people, especially when under stress. Sometimes it bites him.

* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: In ''Rebel Cops'', the titular rebel cops receive letters from him during the course of the game. [[spoiler: He shows up in person in the game's ending to [[KillEmAll wipe them out]].]]

** Officer Kurosawa is this even when loyal - he will refuse to go out on more than two calls per day. Best way to use him is to level his intelligence quickly and put him behind the detective desk for the most day, either that or you send him on the errand that makes him quit so you finally stop seeing him. Officer Luna, meanwhile, will barely bother to show up for work at all.

* KnifeNut: Every Sharpwood police officer carries a knife as standard issue, and can use the knife in combat to silently kill a suspect. For decisions, certain calls let the officer use their knife to stab the suspect, which is always successful, even if the cop in question has no points in Strength.

* {{Hypocrite}}: He may request Jack to suppress lawful demonstrations and is rotten to the core - and this won't stop him from chewing Jack out or cutting his budget for conducting unlawful actions of his own or [[UpToEleven suppressing those demonstrations that Jack did on his orders]]. Justified, since he's playing to the public and also doesn't like Jack.

* JerkassWoobie: Jack may have done his share of bad things and can be a dick to people who don't deserve it, but some things he has to deal with are simply unfair even to the likes of him.

* WhatAnIdiot: [[spoiler: Not turning Jack in after he was arrested, or not putting safeguards in place against Jack in case of an untimely end, take your pick.]]

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: If you refuse his request, he and his family will be killed, their heads cut off and put on a candelabra.]]

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: [[spoiler: Vanishes without a word in the latter part of the game, and almost at the end his dead body is found.]]

* CorruptCop: Becomes one through the course of the first game. Fits this trope to a T in the second one.