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* The bad guys in the remake of ''AssaultOnPrecinct13''.

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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rampart_scandal Rampart]] was a case of FreakierThanFiction - a number of the cops involved were ''ranked and blooded members'' of street gangs!

* ''{{Literature/Animorphs}}'' played with a variant of this; in many cases the cops were controlled by the [[PuppeteerParasites Yeerks]] and so going to them would be certain enslavement since they couldn't tell who was a controller.

* ''Literature/Animorphs}}'' played with a variant of this; in many cases the cops were controlled by the [[PuppeteerParasites Yeerks]] and so going to them would be certain enslavement since they couldn't tell who was a controller.

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''{{Angel}}'' probably counts with the episode 'The Thin Dead Line' and its zombie cops. Though they weren't entirely sentient, they were definately bad guy cops. (though that said most were good cops when alive.)

* In ''SinCity'', the police force is so corrupt, it's actually shocking when people find a cop who is clean. In the first story, police death squads are sent after Marv in order to silence him after he's framed for murder. In ''That Yellow Bastard'' almost the entire police force are willing to protect a pedophile SerialKiller son of a senator, going so far as to frame one of their own (probably the only ''good'' cop of the entire bunch). In ''The Big Fat Kill'', a DomesticAbuser is exposed as being a hero cop, which is bad news for Old Town (because [[spoiler:the truce between the girls and the cops forbids the girls to kill cops that wander into their territory, in exchange for the girls being allowed to protect their own and keep the cops and the mob out]]). In ''Hell And Back'', the cops are in league with an assassin guild. At least in ''Hell and Back'' the police chief briefly rediscovers his morals long enough to help the protagonist finish off the assassins/human traffickers.

* In ''SinCity'', the police force is so corrupt, it's actually shocking when people find a cop who is clean. In the first story, police death squads are sent after Marv in order to silence him after he's framed for murder. In ''That Yellow Bastard'' almost the entire police force are willing to protect a pedophile SerialKiller son of a senator, going so far as to frame one of their own (probably the only ''good'' cop of the entire bunch). In ''The Big Fat Kill'', a DomesticAbuser is exposed as being a hero cop, which is bad news for Old Town (because [[spoiler:the truce between the hookers and the cops forbids them to kill cops that wander into their territory, in exchange for being allowed to keep the cops and the mob out of Old Town]]). In ''Hell And Back'', the cops are in league with an assassin guild. At least in ''Hell and Back'' the police chief briefly rediscovers his morals long enough to help the protagonist finish off the assassins/human traffickers.

* In ''SinCity'', the police force is so corrupt, it's actually shocking when people find a cop who is clean. In the first story, police death squads are sent after Marv in order to silence him after he's framed for murder. In ''That Yellow Bastard'' almost the entire police force are willing to protect a pedophile SerialKiller son of a senator, going so far as to frame one of their own. In ''The Big Fat Kill'', a BastardBoyfriend is exposed as being a hero cop, which is bad news for Old Town. In ''Hell And Back'', the cops are in league with an assassin guild. At least in ''Hell and Back'' the police chief briefly rediscovers his morals long enough to help the protagonist finish off the assassins/human traffickers.

* Fairly early on in NaokiUrasawa's ''Anime/{{Monster}}'', Tenma runs into a couple of cops who work with/for [[CompleteMonster Johan 'The Monster' Lieber.]] He doesn't know who else might be, and thus gets really paranoid about talking to the police... rightly so, since shortly afterwards, he gets framed for murder.
* NaokiUrasawa's ''[=~20th Century Boys~=]'' features this as a HopeSpot: the young detective hero has [[BringNewsBack successfully contacted]] an influental ally in the upper echelon of the police force with his information on TheConspiracy. Surely things will turn better from there on right? Wrong - the police is already in the bad guys' pocket and you have just doomed everyone by revealing your hiding place.

* In ''SinCity'', the police force is so corrupt, it's actually shocking when people find a cop who is clean. In the first story, cop death squads are sent after Marv in order to frame him for murder. In ''Yellow Bastard'' almost the entire police force are willing to protect a pedophile SerialKiller son of a senator, going so far as to frame one of their own. In ''Big Fat Kill'', an AbusiveBoyfriend is exposed as being a cop. In ''Hell And Back'', the cops are in league with an assassin guild. At least in ''Hell and Back'' the police chief briefly rediscovers his morals long enough to help the protagonist finish off the assassins/human traffickers.

* In ''GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'', The [=CRASH=] unit, especially [[BigBad Officer Tenpenny]], are corrupt to the core and essentially extort the player character while turning a blind eye to the gang violence they're supposed to be fighting against, preferring to just let the gangbangers take each other out rather than do any work themselves.

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* A major theme in ''BatmanYearOne'' is that most of the police department is corrupt -- this is given as an explicit reason why it's necessary for Bruce Wayne to don a bat costume and terrorize criminals, as often some of the people he beats up happen to be cops who are in on the crime. The first real progress he makes is when he finds out that Gordon ''can'' be trusted, creating a legitimate outlet to fight crime.
* In ''SinCity'', the police force is so corrupt, it's actually shocking when people find a cop who is clean. In the first story, cop death squads are sent after Marv in order to frame him for murder. In ''Yellow Bastard'' almost the entire police force are willing to protect a pedophile SerialKiller son of a senator, going so far as to frame one of their own. In ''Big Fat Kill'', an AbusiveBoyfriend is exposed as being a cop. In ''Hell And Back'', the cops are in league with an assassin guild.

* Fairly early on in NaokiUrasawa's ''Anime/{{Monster}}'', Tenma runs into a couple of cops who work with/for Johan 'The Monster' Lieber. He doesn't know who else might be, and thus gets really paranoid about talking to the police... rightly so, since shortly afterwards, he gets framed for murder.

* Fairly early on in NaokiUrasawa's ''{{Monster}}'', Tenma runs into a couple of cops who work with/for Johan 'The Monster' Lieber. He doesn't know who else might be, and thus gets really paranoid about talking to the police... rightly so, since shortly afterwards, he gets framed for murder.

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* In ''FightClub'' the {{Narrator}} tries going to the cops when he finds out that Fight Club (now called Project Mayhem) is involved in serious terrorist activities. Except it turns out several police officers are members of Project Mayhem, and have orders to castrate anyone who betrays the group [[spoiler(even if that someone is the ''leader'' of Project Mayhem)]]. Cue the {{Narrator}} trying to take matters into his own hands.

* Fairly early on in NaokiUrusawa's ''{{Monster}}'', Tenma runs into a couple of cops who work with/for Johan 'The Monster' Lieber. He doesn't know who else might be, and thus gets really paranoid about talking to the police... rightly so, since shortly afterwards, he gets framed for murder.
* NaokiUrusawa's ''[=~20th Century Boys~=]'' features this as a HopeSpot: the young detective hero has [[BringNewsBack successfully contacted]] an influental ally in the upper echelon of the police force with his information on TheConspiracy. Surely things will turn better from there on right? Wrong - the police is already in the bad guys' pocket and you have just doomed everyone by revealing your hiding place.

* Fairly early on in ''{{Monster}}'', Tenma runs into a couple of cops who work with/for Johan 'The Monster' Lieber. He doesn't know who else might be, and thus gets really paranoid about talking to the police... rightly so, since shortly afterwards, he gets framed for murder.
* ''20th Century Boys'' features this as a HopeSpot: the young detective hero has [[BringNewsBack successfully contacted]] an influental ally in the upper echelon of the police force with his information on TheConspiracy. Surely things will turn better from there on right? Wrong - the police is already in the bad guy' pocket and you have just doomed everyone by reveailing your hiding place.

* Parodied in a ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketch. A pimp is telling an interviewer about his dealings with the Piranha Brothers.
->Luigi: One night Dinsdale walked in with a couple of big lads, one of whom was carrying a tactical nuclear missile. They said I'd bought one of their fruit machines and would I pay for it.
->Interviewer: How much did they want?
->Luigi: Three quarters of a million pounds. Then they went out.
->Interviewer: Why didn't you call the police?
->Luigi: Well, I had noticed that the lad with the thermonuclear device was the Chief Constable for the area.

* In DateNight, this is the reason why Phil and Claire end up ditching the police station mid-interview to conduct their own investigation- they see their kidnappers walking in and getting some coffee, and are not at all sure they're safe being around any longer. It later becomes relevant information that the whole police force isn't in on it as [[spoiler:the plot is resolved when Holbrook contacts someone he knows he can trust to organize the final operation]].
* PineappleExpress has this when Dale sees that a police officer in uniform is present when Ted murders a rival criminal- and puts some bullets in him herself just to be sure. Since Dale's a process server, he really should have someone he can talk to about this, but on the other hand, his chronically being high doesn't do wonders for his judgment. Hilariously, he's arrested later on- and the beat officer actually believes his story because it explains iffy problems in the department. [[spoiler:Saul completely screws this up by [[StopHelpingMe helping Dale escape.]]]]

* HotFuzz - the [[spoiler:Chief of Police]] turns out to be in on the bizarre "accidents" surrounding the town.

* A major theme in BatmanYearOne is that most of the police department is corrupt- this is given as an explicit reason why it's necessary for Bruce Wayne to don a bat costume and terrorize criminals, as often some of the people he beats up happen to be cops who are in on the crime. The first real progress he makes is when he finds out that Gordon ''can'' be trusted, creating a legitimate outlet to fight crime.

* {{Persona 4}} [[spoiler:When Adachi answers Namatame's call to the police to tip them off about the role of the midnight channel in the murders (That Adachi commited!), then uses the opportunity to make him unknowingly attempt to commit more murders]].
* In GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas, The [=CRASH=] unit, especially [[BigBad Officer Tenpenny]], are corrupt to the core and essentially extort the player character while turning a blind eye to the gang violence they're supposed to be fighting against, preferring to just let the gangbangers take eachother out rather than do any work themselves.

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