History Main / InterpolSpecialAgent

** More, he has police forces under his command. Hell, they may be at the level of paramilitaries - they're seen dropping in on parachutes towards the end of ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro''.
*** All police, or nearly all, are paramilitary—that's why they have uniforms and a rank structure. And paratrooper-cops are called SWAT teams.

* Christine St. Clair from DC 1970s Manhunter strip.

* Special Agent Emily Prentiss of ''CriminalMinds'' is a former Interpol undercover operative.

* Such an agent is featured in ''AceAttorney'''s fourth game as [[spoiler:the victim of one case]].

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In ''fiction'', Interpol acts more like [[TheManFromUNCLE UNCLE]] and sends agents (normally solo), who somehow have full power over local police, out to track down and capture international criminals. One reason for this trope is that [[SmallReferencePools everyone knows Interpol is "international police"]] and it avoids the need to create a group wholesale.

In reality, the International Criminal Police Organization -- the ICPO or Interpol -- acts as liaison among the national police forces of member companies, maintains a database on international criminals [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and writes those "pirating this movie is illegal" things that get removed in the pirated versions of films anyway]]. In other words, they don't do any direct investigation or prosecution themselves; they simply facilitate communication between agencies in different countries.

In reality, the International Criminal Police Organization -- the ICPO or Interpol -- acts as liaison among the national police forces of member companies, maintains a database on international criminals [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and writes those "pirating this movie is illegal" things that get removed in the pirated versions of films anyway]].

In reality, the International Criminal Police Organization -- the ICPO or Interpol -- acts as liaison among the national police forces of member companies, maintains a database on international criminals [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and writes those stupid "pirating this movie is illegal" things that get removed in the pirated versions of films anyway]].

* ''The Cassandra Crossing'': O.J. Simpson plays an Interpol officer.

* In ''{{Leverage}}'', Interpol has enough prestige that a fairly senior insurance executive can become an agent and consider it a step up in his career. WordOfGod [[http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2010/05/leverage-214-215-post-game.html says]], "Interpol in the Leverage-verse is not this world's Interpol. It is, basically, [[MarvelUniverse SHIELD]]. Or maybe [[TheManFromUNCLE UNCLE]]. It's the law-enforcement all-star team."
* 1970s ITCEntertainment series ''Department S'' featured three Interpol agents (and their jet-setting diplomat boss) who solved "impossible" crimes.

* In ''AzumangaDaioh'', Tomo is a big fan of ''LupinTheThird'', and her dream is to be an Interpol agent. Given that Tomo is a moron, it's more like she believes this trope than that show itself does.

* Portrayed more accurately in ''DeathNote''; Interpol are seen near the beginning as a group of police representatives from various different nations discussing the recent spate of deaths of renowned criminals and forming a consensus of whether or not they should contact L, and once L demonstrates that the perpetrator is based out of Japan the case is entirely within the jurisdiction of the N.P.A. (albeit with L calling on resources from the F.B.I. at one point).

* Harry Salt, the protagonist of ''{{Incompetence}}'' works for an unnamed agency responsible for investigating major cases in the [[UnitedEurope United States of Europe]]. Furthermore, there are two named federal agencies in the book(Europol and the Police Corruption Investigation Division) which Harry impersonates being a member of in order to gain access to evidence and crime scenes.

* Looker of ''{{Pokemon}} [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Platinum]]'' [[spoiler: and ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Black and White]]'']], as well as a minor NPC on the SS ''Anne'' in the first generation, work for the [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial not-Interpol]] [[LawyerFriendlyCameo "International Police"]] and both are going after the game's evil team. As the only other cops in this series do nothing but attack kids up past 6 p.m., though, it's a huge step up.
** Looker remains a pretty impressive agent of the police force no matter how you look at it, given the only other police who actually fight crime (besides him and that minor NPC) happen to be the [[VideoGame/PokemonRanger Ranger Corps]]. [[FridgeHorror Still makes you wonder why there's no word of their involvement in]] [[PokemonColosseum another region, however...]]

* InspectorZenigata of ''LupinTheThird'' is said to be an agent of Interpol. The local cops seem pretty uncaring of what he asks them to do, though.

* Looker of ''{{Pokemon}} [[PokemonDiamondAndPearl Platinum]]'' [[spoiler: and ''[[PokemonBlackAndWhite Black and White]]'']], as well as a minor NPC on the SS ''Anne'' in the first generation, work for the [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial not-Interpol]] [[LawyerFriendlyCameo "International Police"]] and both are going after the game's evil team. As the only other cops in this series do nothing but attack kids up past 6 p.m., though, it's a huge step up.
** Looker remains a pretty impressive agent of the police force no matter how you look at it, given the only other police who actually fight crime (besides him and that minor NPC) happen to be the [[PokemonRanger Ranger Corps]]. [[FridgeHorror Still makes you wonder why there's no word of their involvement in]] [[PokemonColosseum another region, however...]]

* One episode of ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' guest-starred Tom Baker (of ''Series/DoctorWho'' fame) as an Interpol agent whose investigations intersected Remington Steele's Case of the Week.

** More, he has police forces under his command. Hell, they may be at the level of paramilitaries - they're seen dropping in on parachutes towards the end of CastleOfCagliostro.

* One episode of ''RemingtonSteele'' guest-starred Tom Baker (of ''Series/DoctorWho'' fame) as an Interpol agent whose investigations intersected Remington Steele's Case of the Week.

* In ''Daitarn3'', Reika Sanjo is an ex-Interpol agent.

* One episode of ''RemingtonSteele'' guest-starred Tom Baker (of ''DoctorWho'' fame) as an Interpol agent whose investigations intersected Remington Steele's Case of the Week.

* Looker of ''[=~Pokémon~=] [[PokemonDiamondAndPearl Platinum]]'' [[spoiler: and ''[[PokemonBlackAndWhite Black and White]]'']], as well as a minor NPC on the SS ''Anne'' in the first generation, work for the [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial not-Interpol]] [[LawyerFriendlyCameo "International Police"]] and both are going after the game's evil team. As the only other cops in this series do nothing but attack kids up past 6 p.m., though, it's a huge step up.