History Main / ThereAreNoPolice

* ''Film/AmericanPsycho'': As part of the ambiguity of the plot (is Bateman a brilliant sociopath or a deluded wannabe?), the police are portrayed inconsistently, and there is zero police presence when Patrick Bateman goes on his more murderous rampages.

* In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', police officers (that is, legitimate ones; the ones who ambush Nick Fury early in the movie are corrupt cops working for HYDRA) show up a grand total of once in the film: a single police car reports to the overpass ambush and is immediately blown up by Bucky Barnes. One would think in real life that there would be a pretty heavy police response to any of the incidents portrayed in the movie.

* This is the {{back story}} behind Annie Social's [[TheGimmick gimmick]]. She was a criminally insane sadist who hated everyone, till Shane Hardcore showed her how to assault people and not go to jail or endure more therapy. [[LampshadeHanging Become a pro wrestler]]. Thus, Shane became Annie's first friend.[[/folder]]

* There are no police in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'''s Beach City, even during a near-riot or an evacuation. Sure, there are the Crystal Gems for the giant monster rampages, but who saves you from ''[[DestructiveSavior them]]''? The only time we see a police car occurs in another town, and it's only in response to Pearl running a red light.

* Most villains in ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' cause environmental destruction that is not just unethical, but flagrantly illegal (i.e. the series premier has Hoggish Greedly trying to steal a huge quantity of oil with a [[BaseOnWheels mobile oil rig]]). Yet the only ones trying to stop them are [[RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude a bunch of teenagers]].

* In both ''Film/LockStockAndLoadedBarrels'' and ''Film/{{Snatch}}'' there are shootings, robberies, attempted robberies, kidnappings, hit and run, mob activity and no police until the very last few minutes.

* In ''Film/{{Snatch}}'' there are shootings, robberies, attempted robberies, kidnappings, hit and run, mob activity and no police until the very last few minutes.

* Rather literal in AllPointsBulletin as the police are replaced in their entirety with groups of vigilantes.

* There are no police in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'''s Beach City, even during a near-riot or an evacuation. Sure, there are the Crystal Gems for the giant monster rampages, but who saves you from ''[[DestructiveSavior them]]''? The only time we see a police car is one time outside of Beach City, immediately after Pearl runs a red light.

* There are no police in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'''s Beach City, even during a near-riot or an evacuation. Sure, there are the Crystal Gems for the giant monster rampages, but who saves you from ''[[DestructiveSavior them]]''?

* {{Killers}}: The main characters and the enemy agents drive around a heavily populated suburb, engaging in gunfights and car chases and causing explosions, yet not a single law enforcement officer appears in the entire movie.

* Justified in the {{Literature/Nightside}} series, as the Nightside was created [[spoiler: by Lilith]] to be a place without rules or authority.

** Of course , that's less "There Are No Police", and more of Gibby just being an idiot by deciding to take the problem into his own hands instead of getting help.
* Several episodes of ''ThreesCompany'' feature conflicts that could easily be solved by the roommates calling the police. When police ''do'' show up on the show, it's almost never because anyone called them.

* Many GagPerDayWebcomics fit this trope, inasmuch as they feature ComedicSociopathy as a major source of their humour, necessitating that the UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist (e.g. Ethan of ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel''), {{Manchild}} (Rayne Summers of ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo''), or violent JerkAss (Mike Warner of the webcomic/{{Walkyverse}}) rarely, if ever, faces arrest or even a warning from the police.

* Justified in the {{Nightside}} series, as the Nightside was created [[spoiler: by Lilith]] to be a place without rules or authority.

* ''Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard'': Automatic weapons fire all around Farrell's New Jersey apartment, and then a large explosion in it. Naturally, you would expect sirens and police and fire trucks to show up. Nope.
** Washington D.C. after 9/11: Massive disaster strikes, somehow police and military forces non-existent, no police or military helicopters. The bad guys fly around in a helicopter over Washington D.C shooting at people with automatic weapons and no official helicopters ever arrive to stop them. After 9/11, the airspace over Washington D.C. after another terrorist act would be filled with military fighters and helicopters and any helicopter without authorization would be told to land or be shot down.
*** {{Justified}} though, as the antagonists had used {{Hollywood Hacking}} to shut down all phone lines and jam cellphone and radio signals. Plus, even if the police did get notified, organizing a proper response or even getting to the scene of the crime in time would be difficult as the traffic signals had been messed with to caused accidents and traffic jams everywhere.

** Of course, the killer theme park was built by [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney Seto Kaiba]] and meant for Yugi and his friends only. And the guy who was set on fire was an escaped convict who had started a hostage situation in a fast food restaurant: Yugi defeats him by tricking him into dousing himself with booze and setting a lighter on the back of his hand, preventing him from making a move without setting himself ablaze. ([[TakeAThirdOption It's not the lighter that does it, though, it's the cigarette he drops in shock when he realizes he's beaten.]])
* In ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' the AntiHero protagonists never show slightest concern towards the police in wealthy industrialized nations when applying their trade of killing people for money. And indeed, the only time that the police interfere is when they are corrupt cops hired by an equally corrupt judge to protect himself from them. [[FridgeLogic You would think that he could have gotten perfectly legal police protection, under the circumstances.]]

* In ''Film/{{Snatch}} there are shootings, robberies, attempted robberies, kidnappings, hit and run, mob activity and no police until the very last few minutes.

* In Snatch there are shootings, robberies, attempted robberies, kidnappings, hit and run, mob activity and no police until the very last few minutes.

* There are no police in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'''s Beach City, even during a near-riot or an evacuation. Sure, there are the Crystal Gems for the really big things, but who saves you from ''[[DestructiveSavior them]]''?

** The ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'' episode "Three Hundred Big Boys" ends similarly, with Bender being beaten by the police for stealing a $10,000 cigar much earlier in the episode.

* While the player character and his allies in {{Battlefield Hardline}} are of course exceptions, almost every level involves a massive gunfight occurring in a major city without a badge in sight. The portagonists not calling for backup themselves could be justified as they, like their developers, are trying to be 80's {{cowboy cop}}s, but you'd think someone else would have the common sense to call 911. [[/folder]]

* Many animated adult sitcoms in general have characters comic atrocities in broad daylight leaving plenty of evidence and witnesses, but despite the cast usually having at least one major police character, they never fear any legal retaliation.