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* Inspector Li Ying from John Woo's ''Film/TheKiller'' is taken off the case of the HitmanWithAHeart that he's beginning to develop a bond with when he completely botches his attempt to capture him at the airport and brings in the wrong guy, allowing the killer to get away with his blinded girlfriend. He's taken off the case because the superintendent is convinced that Li is siding with the suspect rather than trying to bring him in.
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* Inspector Li Ying from John Woo's ''Film/TheKiller'' ''Film/TheKiller1989'' is taken off the case of the HitmanWithAHeart that he's beginning to develop a bond with when he completely botches his attempt to capture him at the airport and brings in the wrong guy, allowing the killer to get away with his blinded girlfriend. He's taken off the case because the superintendent is convinced that Li is siding with the suspect rather than trying to bring him in.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'', Bruce tells Terry to give back the Batsuit, [[AngerBornOfWorry gruffly]] trying to stop him from going after the Joker and [[spoiler:ending up dead, or worse, ending up like Tim Drake]].
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* ''Film/TenToMidnight'': After he admits he'd planted evidence against Stacy, Kessler's fired the same day.
* In ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'', [[ComicBook/TheQuestion Renee Montoya]] ends up doing this after her investigation of [[BigBad Roman Sionis]] breaks too many rules with nothing to show for it. [[LampshadeHanging Harley Quinn even narrates how]] [[GenreSavvy this happens to every good movie cop at some point, and is the point where they really start getting things done]]. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope This briefly turns out to not be the case]] as the movie shows Montoya [[DespairEventHorizon on the path to giving up]], [[DoubleSubverted but then her investigation gets her informed of a climactic rendezvous with Sionis after all]]. In spite of this, [[DudeWheresMyRespect she is (once again) denied credit for saving the day]] and is never reinstated, which leads her to forming the new Birds of Prey to fight crime herself]].
* The protagonist of ''Film/{{Cop}}'' is ordered to turn in his badge and gun by DaChief (who is portrayed as an uptight WASP, although he has good reasons to dislike his CowboyCop subordinate) for his continual reckless behavior, which has even made him a suspect in a murder investigation. He continues to hunt down the serial killer in his spare time, since he simply doesn't give a damn anymore.
* In ''Film/DayOfTheWolves'', the police chief of Wellerton is fired after he tries to arrest the mayor's son. This causes him to be not at the police station when the villains who are TakingOverTheTown arrive; allowing him to stage a DieHardOnAnX.
* ''Film/{{Dragnet}}'': Happens to Friday. However, he deserves it as he arrests the suspect in public and only has the testimony of an eyewitness who briefly saw the suspect. Captain Gannon then threatens Friday's partner with the same fate if he goes anywhere near the suspect.
* Happens at the end of the movie in ''Film/{{Dredd}}'', when rookie Judge Cassandra Anderson hands in her badge to Dredd, thinking that she's failed her probation. However Dredd passes her, having been impressed how she TookALevelInBadass during the course of the movie.
* The protagonist of ''Film/{{Cop}}'' is ordered to turn in his badge and gun by DaChief (who is portrayed as an uptight WASP, although he has good reasons to dislike his CowboyCop subordinate) for his continual reckless behavior, which has even made him a suspect in a murder investigation. He continues to hunt down the serial killer in his spare time, since he simply doesn't give a damn anymore.
* In ''Film/DayOfTheWolves'', the police chief of Wellerton is fired after he tries to arrest the mayor's son. This causes him to be not at the police station when the villains who are TakingOverTheTown arrive; allowing him to stage a DieHardOnAnX.
* ''Film/{{Dragnet}}'': Happens to Friday. However, he deserves it as he arrests the suspect in public and only has the testimony of an eyewitness who briefly saw the suspect. Captain Gannon then threatens Friday's partner with the same fate if he goes anywhere near the suspect.
* Happens at the end of the movie in ''Film/{{Dredd}}'', when rookie Judge Cassandra Anderson hands in her badge to Dredd, thinking that she's failed her probation. However Dredd passes her, having been impressed how she TookALevelInBadass during the course of the movie.
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* ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'': Happens to Friday in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragnet_(1987_film) parody film]]. However, he deserves it as he arrests the suspect in public and only has the testimony of an eyewitness who briefly saw the suspect. Captain Gannon then threatens Friday's partner with the same fate if he goes anywhere near the suspect.
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* ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'': Happens In ''Film/TheGuard'', Sergeant Gerry Boyle is told to Friday turn in his badge. Subverted when he refuses, turns out to have critical information regarding the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragnet_(1987_film) parody film]]. However, he deserves it as he arrests case and finally [[spoiler: proves to be the suspect in public and only has cop NOT on the testimony of an eyewitness who briefly saw take from the suspect. Captain Gannon then threatens Friday's partner with drug dealers]].
* ''Film/IRobot'': After shooting up, crashing, and beating thesame fate if he goes anywhere near crap out of two entire sixteen-wheelers' worth of robots, but having no evidence to prove it was self-defense, the suspect.chief orders Detective Spooner to turn in his badge.
* ''Film/IRobot'': After shooting up, crashing, and beating the
* ''Film/JamesBond'':
** Subverted at the beginning of ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''. After M takes Bond off the hunt for [[BigBad Blofeld]], Bond tells Moneypenny to write a memo tendering his resignation (presumably with the intent of pursuing Blofeld as a rogue agent). Moneypenny instead writes a memo requesting two weeks' leave.
** In ''Film/LicenceToKill'', Bond pretty much turns in his badge to go after the iguana-stroking villain who dumped his best friend into a shark pool. The attempt to resign is countered forcefully by M: "We're not a country club, 007!"
** Subverted at the beginning of ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''. After M takes Bond off the hunt for [[BigBad Blofeld]], Bond tells Moneypenny to write a memo tendering his resignation (presumably with the intent of pursuing Blofeld as a rogue agent). Moneypenny instead writes a memo requesting two weeks' leave.
** In ''Film/LicenceToKill'', Bond pretty much turns in his badge to go after the iguana-stroking villain who dumped his best friend into a shark pool. The attempt to resign is countered forcefully by M: "We're not a country club, 007!"
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* ''Film/JamesBond'':
** In ''Film/LicenceToKill'', Bond pretty much turns in his badge to go after the iguana-stroking villain who dumped his best friend into a shark pool. The attempt to resign is countered forcefully by M: "We're not a country club, 007!"
** Subverted at the beginning of ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''. After M takes Bond off the hunt for [[BigBad Blofeld]], Bond tells Moneypenny to write a memo tendering his resignation (presumably with the intent of pursuing Blofeld as a rogue agent). Moneypenny instead writes a memo requesting two weeks' leave.
* Ray Duquette in ''Film/WildThings'' is asked to do this after his second lawful shooting, due to the (well-founded) fear of DaChief that with that kind of luck, the shootings might not be so lawful after all. Of course, this isn't where the consequences end...
* They try to do this to Dirty Harry in ''Film/SuddenImpact''. After his harassment of an old mobster at his daughter's wedding results in a heart attack they order him to take a vacation. While on vacation some punks try to take him down with a molotov cocktail and he forces them off a pier to their deaths. They end his vacation, but send him out of town on another case.
* In ''Film/DayOfTheWolves'', the police chief of Wellerton is fired after he tries to arrest the mayor's son. This causes him to be not at the police station when the villains who are TakingOverTheTown arrive; allowing him to stage a DieHardOnAnX.
* In ''Film/TheGuard'', Sergeant Gerry Boyle is told to turn in his badge. Subverted when he refuses, turns out to have critical information regarding the case and finally [[spoiler: proves to be the only cop NOT on the take from the drug dealers]].
* ''Film/IRobot'': After shooting up, crashing, and beating the crap out of two entire sixteen-wheelers' worth of robots, but having no evidence to prove it was self-defense, the chief orders Detective Spooner to turn in his badge.
** In ''Film/LicenceToKill'', Bond pretty much turns in his badge to go after the iguana-stroking villain who dumped his best friend into a shark pool. The attempt to resign is countered forcefully by M: "We're not a country club, 007!"
** Subverted at the beginning of ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''. After M takes Bond off the hunt for [[BigBad Blofeld]], Bond tells Moneypenny to write a memo tendering his resignation (presumably with the intent of pursuing Blofeld as a rogue agent). Moneypenny instead writes a memo requesting two weeks' leave.
* Ray Duquette in ''Film/WildThings'' is asked to do this after his second lawful shooting, due to the (well-founded) fear of DaChief that with that kind of luck, the shootings might not be so lawful after all. Of course, this isn't where the consequences end...
* They try to do this to Dirty Harry in ''Film/SuddenImpact''. After his harassment of an old mobster at his daughter's wedding results in a heart attack they order him to take a vacation. While on vacation some punks try to take him down with a molotov cocktail and he forces them off a pier to their deaths. They end his vacation, but send him out of town on another case.
* In ''Film/DayOfTheWolves'', the police chief of Wellerton is fired after he tries to arrest the mayor's son. This causes him to be not at the police station when the villains who are TakingOverTheTown arrive; allowing him to stage a DieHardOnAnX.
* In ''Film/TheGuard'', Sergeant Gerry Boyle is told to turn in his badge. Subverted when he refuses, turns out to have critical information regarding the case and finally [[spoiler: proves to be the only cop NOT on the take from the drug dealers]].
* ''Film/IRobot'': After shooting up, crashing, and beating the crap out of two entire sixteen-wheelers' worth of robots, but having no evidence to prove it was self-defense, the chief orders Detective Spooner to turn in his badge.
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* ''Film/JamesBond'':
** In ''Film/LicenceToKill'', Bond pretty much turns in''Film/MajorGromPlagueDoctor''. Apparently this happens so often to Major Grom his badge to go after the iguana-stroking villain fellow police officers have a SideBet on whether [[TenMinuteRetirement he really will get fired this time]]. He gets chewed out by DaChief Fedor Prokopenko, who dumped his best friend into a shark pool. The attempt to resign is countered forcefully by M: "We're not a country club, 007!"
** Subverted at the beginning of ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''. After M takes Bond off the hunt for [[BigBad Blofeld]], Bond tells Moneypennyorders Grom to write a memo tendering out his resignation (presumably with the intent of pursuing Blofeld as a rogue agent). Moneypenny instead writes a memo requesting two weeks' leave.
* Ray Duquette in ''Film/WildThings'' is asked to do this after his second lawful shooting, due to the (well-founded) fear of DaChief that with that kind of luck, the shootings might not be so lawful after all. Of course, this isn't where the consequences end...
* They try to do this to Dirty Harry in ''Film/SuddenImpact''. After his harassment of an old mobster at his daughter's wedding results in a heart attack they order him to take a vacation. While on vacation some punks try to take him down with a molotov cocktailletter and he forces them off a pier to their deaths. They end his vacation, but send him out of town on another case.
* In ''Film/DayOfTheWolves'', the police chief of Wellerton is fired after he tries to arrest the mayor's son. This causes him to be not at the police station when the villains who are TakingOverTheTown arrive; allowing him to stage a DieHardOnAnX.
* In ''Film/TheGuard'', Sergeant Gerry Boyle is told to turnhand in his badge. Subverted But after he leaves Fedor crumples up his letter and hands back the badge the next day, as Grom is [[LikeASonToMe like a son to him]]. When Fedor is ordered to fire Grom for real halfway through the movie he's not happy, and Grom takes out the crumpled resignation from his drawer and signs it to spare him from having to do so.
* Happens in ''Film/MissCongeniality'' whenhe refuses, turns out to have critical information regarding the case and finally [[spoiler: proves to be the only cop NOT on the take Gracie correctly hypothesizes that [[spoiler:The original threat wasn't from the drug dealers]].
* ''Film/IRobot'': After shooting up, crashing,recently caught "The Citizen" but a copycat, and beating the crap out wants to investigate Cathy Morningside.]] {{Da Chief}} wants to hear nothing of two entire sixteen-wheelers' worth of robots, but having no evidence to prove it was self-defense, the chief orders Detective Spooner and tells her she can only stay as a civilian, prompting her to turn in her badge and sidearm.
* ''Film/NoNameOnTheBullet'': Deputy Miller resigns out of fear after seeing the dangerous gunman John Gant draw and knowing he couldn't beat him a fair fight (and might have to try with Sheriff Hastings gun hand shot) while Hastings himself eventually throws down hisbadge.badge out of disillusionment after failing to prevent violence in the town.
* Happens offscreen in ''Film/SawI''. David Tapp was discharged from the police force after his actions in pursuing Jigsaw inadvertently got his partner killed and himself severely injured.
** In ''Film/LicenceToKill'', Bond pretty much turns in
** Subverted at the beginning of ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''. After M takes Bond off the hunt for [[BigBad Blofeld]], Bond tells Moneypenny
* Ray Duquette in ''Film/WildThings'' is asked to do this after his second lawful shooting, due to the (well-founded) fear of DaChief that with that kind of luck, the shootings might not be so lawful after all. Of course, this isn't where the consequences end...
* They try to do this to Dirty Harry in ''Film/SuddenImpact''. After his harassment of an old mobster at his daughter's wedding results in a heart attack they order him to take a vacation. While on vacation some punks try to take him down with a molotov cocktail
* In ''Film/DayOfTheWolves'', the police chief of Wellerton is fired after he tries to arrest the mayor's son. This causes him to be not at the police station when the villains who are TakingOverTheTown arrive; allowing him to stage a DieHardOnAnX.
* In ''Film/TheGuard'', Sergeant Gerry Boyle is told to turn
* Happens in ''Film/MissCongeniality'' when
* ''Film/IRobot'': After shooting up, crashing,
* ''Film/NoNameOnTheBullet'': Deputy Miller resigns out of fear after seeing the dangerous gunman John Gant draw and knowing he couldn't beat him a fair fight (and might have to try with Sheriff Hastings gun hand shot) while Hastings himself eventually throws down his
* Happens offscreen in ''Film/SawI''. David Tapp was discharged from the police force after his actions in pursuing Jigsaw inadvertently got his partner killed and himself severely injured.
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* Played straight in the SoBadItsGood French film ''La Vengeance''. The problem? French policemen don't carry badges.
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* Played straight in ''Film/StarskyAndHutch'': Captain Doby chews Starsky out for chasing down a purse thief and firing his gun into a crowd. Starsky replies that Doby can have his badge if he wants and throws it on the SoBadItsGood French film ''La Vengeance''. The problem? French policemen don't carry badges.desk. When Doby actually tries to take the badge Starsky hurriedly snatches it back and mutters that he was just making a point.
* Happens at the start of ''Film/TheStoneKiller'' (1973). Creator/CharlesBronson plays a detective who has to hand in his gun and badge after a controversial shooting depicted in the ActionPrologue. Rather than wait to be cleared by an inquiry, he resigns and joins another police department on the other side of the country.
* They try to do this to Dirty Harry in ''Film/SuddenImpact''. After his harassment of an old mobster at his daughter's wedding results in a heart attack they order him to take a vacation. While on vacation some punks try to take him down with a MolotovCocktail and he forces them off a pier to their deaths. They end his vacation, but send him out of town on another case.
* They try to do this to Dirty Harry in ''Film/SuddenImpact''. After his harassment of an old mobster at his daughter's wedding results in a heart attack they order him to take a vacation. While on vacation some punks try to take him down with a MolotovCocktail and he forces them off a pier to their deaths. They end his vacation, but send him out of town on another case.
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* Happens in ''Film/MissCongeniality'' when Gracie correctly hypothesizes that [[spoiler:The original threat wasn't from the recently caught "The Citizen" but a copycat, and wants to investigate Cathy Morningside.]] {{Da Chief}} wants to hear nothing of it and tells her she can only stay as a civilian, prompting her to turn in her badge and sidearm.
* Happens at the start of ''Film/TheStoneKiller'' (1973). Creator/CharlesBronson plays a detective who has to hand in his gun and badge after a controversial shooting depicted in the ActionPrologue. Rather than wait to be cleared by an inquiry, he resigns and joins another police department on the other side of the country.
* Happens at the end of the movie in ''Film/{{Dredd}}'', when rookie Judge Cassandra Anderson hands in her badge to Dredd, thinking that she's failed her probation. However Dredd passes her, having been impressed how she TookALevelInBadass during the course of the movie.
* The protagonist of ''Film/{{Cop}}'' is ordered to turn in his badge and gun by DaChief (who is portrayed as an uptight WASP, although he has good reasons to dislike his CowboyCop subordinate) for his continual reckless behavior, which has even made him a suspect in a murder investigation. He continues to hunt down the serial killer in his spare time, since he simply doesn't give a damn anymore.
* ''Film/NoNameOnTheBullet'': Deputy Miller resigns out of fear after seeing the dangerous gunman John Gant draw and knowing he couldn't beat him a fair fight (and might have to try with Sheriff Hastings gun hand shot) while Hastings himself eventually throws down his badge out of disillusionment after failing to prevent violence in the town.
* In ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'', [[ComicBook/TheQuestion Renee Montoya]] ends up doing this after her investigation of [[BigBad Roman Sionis]] breaks too many rules with nothing to show for it. [[LampshadeHanging Harley Quinn even narrates how]] [[GenreSavvy this happens to every good movie cop at some point, and is the point where they really start getting things done]]. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope This briefly turns out to not be the case]] as the movie shows Montoya [[DespairEventHorizon on the path to giving up]], [[DoubleSubverted but then her investigation gets her informed of a climactic rendezvous with Sionis after all]]. In spite of this, [[DudeWheresMyRespect she is (once again) denied credit for saving the day]] and is never reinstated, which leads her to forming the new Birds of Prey to fight crime herself]].
* ''Film/TenToMidnight'': After he admits he'd planted evidence against Stacy, Kessler's fired the same day.
* ''Film/StarskyAndHutch'': Captain Doby chews Starsky out for chasing down a purse thief and firing his gun into a crowd. Starsky replies that Doby can have his badge if he wants and throws it on the desk. When Doby actually tries to take the badge Starsky hurriedly snatches it back and mutters that he was just making a point.
* Happens offscreen in ''Film/SawI''. David Tapp was discharged from the police force after his actions in pursuing Jigsaw inadvertently got his partner killed and himself severely injured.
* ''Film/MajorGromPlagueDoctor''. Apparently this happens so often to Major Grom his fellow police officers have a SideBet on whether [[TenMinuteRetirement he really will get fired this time]]. He gets chewed out by DaChief Fedor Prokopenko, who orders Grom to write out his resignation letter and hand in his badge. But after he leaves Fedor crumples up his letter and hands back the badge the next day, as Grom is [[LikeASonToMe like a son to him]]. When Fedor is ordered to fire Grom for real halfway through the movie he's not happy, and Grom takes out the crumpled resignation from his drawer and signs it to spare him from having to do so.
* Happens at the start of ''Film/TheStoneKiller'' (1973). Creator/CharlesBronson plays a detective who has to hand in his gun and badge after a controversial shooting depicted in the ActionPrologue. Rather than wait to be cleared by an inquiry, he resigns and joins another police department on the other side of the country.
* Happens at the end of the movie in ''Film/{{Dredd}}'', when rookie Judge Cassandra Anderson hands in her badge to Dredd, thinking that she's failed her probation. However Dredd passes her, having been impressed how she TookALevelInBadass during the course of the movie.
* The protagonist of ''Film/{{Cop}}'' is ordered to turn in his badge and gun by DaChief (who is portrayed as an uptight WASP, although he has good reasons to dislike his CowboyCop subordinate) for his continual reckless behavior, which has even made him a suspect in a murder investigation. He continues to hunt down the serial killer in his spare time, since he simply doesn't give a damn anymore.
* ''Film/NoNameOnTheBullet'': Deputy Miller resigns out of fear after seeing the dangerous gunman John Gant draw and knowing he couldn't beat him a fair fight (and might have to try with Sheriff Hastings gun hand shot) while Hastings himself eventually throws down his badge out of disillusionment after failing to prevent violence in the town.
* In ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'', [[ComicBook/TheQuestion Renee Montoya]] ends up doing this after her investigation of [[BigBad Roman Sionis]] breaks too many rules with nothing to show for it. [[LampshadeHanging Harley Quinn even narrates how]] [[GenreSavvy this happens to every good movie cop at some point, and is the point where they really start getting things done]]. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope This briefly turns out to not be the case]] as the movie shows Montoya [[DespairEventHorizon on the path to giving up]], [[DoubleSubverted but then her investigation gets her informed of a climactic rendezvous with Sionis after all]]. In spite of this, [[DudeWheresMyRespect she is (once again) denied credit for saving the day]] and is never reinstated, which leads her to forming the new Birds of Prey to fight crime herself]].
* ''Film/TenToMidnight'': After he admits he'd planted evidence against Stacy, Kessler's fired the same day.
* ''Film/StarskyAndHutch'': Captain Doby chews Starsky out for chasing down a purse thief and firing his gun into a crowd. Starsky replies that Doby can have his badge if he wants and throws it on the desk. When Doby actually tries to take the badge Starsky hurriedly snatches it back and mutters that he was just making a point.
* Happens offscreen in ''Film/SawI''. David Tapp was discharged from the police force after his actions in pursuing Jigsaw inadvertently got his partner killed and himself severely injured.
* ''Film/MajorGromPlagueDoctor''. Apparently this happens so often to Major Grom his fellow police officers have a SideBet on whether [[TenMinuteRetirement he really will get fired this time]]. He gets chewed out by DaChief Fedor Prokopenko, who orders Grom to write out his resignation letter and hand in his badge. But after he leaves Fedor crumples up his letter and hands back the badge the next day, as Grom is [[LikeASonToMe like a son to him]]. When Fedor is ordered to fire Grom for real halfway through the movie he's not happy, and Grom takes out the crumpled resignation from his drawer and signs it to spare him from having to do so.
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* Happens in ''Film/MissCongeniality'' when Gracie correctly hypothesizes that [[spoiler:The original threat wasn't from the recently caught "The Citizen" but a copycat, and wants to investigate Cathy Morningside.]] {{Da Chief}} wants to hear nothing of it and tells her she can only stay as a civilian, prompting her to turn in her badge and sidearm.
* Happens at the start of ''Film/TheStoneKiller'' (1973). Creator/CharlesBronson plays a detective who has to hand in his gun and badge after a controversial shooting depictedPlayed straight in the ActionPrologue. Rather than wait to be cleared by an inquiry, he resigns and joins another police department on the other side of the country.
* Happens at the end of the movie in ''Film/{{Dredd}}'', when rookie Judge Cassandra Anderson hands in her badge to Dredd, thinking that she's failed her probation. However Dredd passes her, having been impressed how she TookALevelInBadass during the course of the movie.
*SoBadItsGood French film ''Film/LaVengeance''. The protagonist of ''Film/{{Cop}}'' problem? French policemen don't carry badges.
* Ray Duquette in ''Film/WildThings'' isordered asked to turn in his badge and gun by DaChief (who is portrayed as an uptight WASP, although he has good reasons to dislike his CowboyCop subordinate) for his continual reckless behavior, which has even made him a suspect in a murder investigation. He continues to hunt down the serial killer in his spare time, since he simply doesn't give a damn anymore.
* ''Film/NoNameOnTheBullet'': Deputy Miller resigns out of fear after seeing the dangerous gunman John Gant draw and knowing he couldn't beat him a fair fight (and might have to try with Sheriff Hastings gun hand shot) while Hastings himself eventually throws down his badge out of disillusionment after failing to prevent violence in the town.
* In ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'', [[ComicBook/TheQuestion Renee Montoya]] ends up doingdo this after her investigation of [[BigBad Roman Sionis]] breaks too many rules with nothing his second lawful shooting, due to show for it. [[LampshadeHanging Harley Quinn even narrates how]] [[GenreSavvy this happens to every good movie cop at some point, and is the point where they really start getting things done]]. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope This briefly turns out to not be the case]] as the movie shows Montoya [[DespairEventHorizon on the path to giving up]], [[DoubleSubverted but then her investigation gets her informed (well-founded) fear of a climactic rendezvous with Sionis after all]]. In spite of this, [[DudeWheresMyRespect she is (once again) denied credit for saving the day]] and is never reinstated, which leads her to forming the new Birds of Prey to fight crime herself]].
* ''Film/TenToMidnight'': After he admits he'd planted evidence against Stacy, Kessler's fired the same day.
* ''Film/StarskyAndHutch'': Captain Doby chews Starsky out for chasing down a purse thief and firing his gun into a crowd. Starsky replies that Doby can have his badge if he wants and throws it on the desk. When Doby actually tries to take the badge Starsky hurriedly snatches it back and mutters that he was just making a point.
* Happens offscreen in ''Film/SawI''. David Tapp was discharged from the police force after his actions in pursuing Jigsaw inadvertently got his partner killed and himself severely injured.
* ''Film/MajorGromPlagueDoctor''. Apparently this happens so often to Major Grom his fellow police officers have a SideBet on whether [[TenMinuteRetirement he really will get fired this time]]. He gets chewed out byDaChief Fedor Prokopenko, who orders Grom to write out his resignation letter and hand in his badge. But that with that kind of luck, the shootings might not be so lawful after he leaves Fedor crumples up his letter and hands back all. Of course, this isn't where the badge the next day, as Grom is [[LikeASonToMe like a son to him]]. When Fedor is ordered to fire Grom for real halfway through the movie he's not happy, and Grom takes out the crumpled resignation from his drawer and signs it to spare him from having to do so.consequences end...
* Happens at the start of ''Film/TheStoneKiller'' (1973). Creator/CharlesBronson plays a detective who has to hand in his gun and badge after a controversial shooting depicted
* Happens at the end of the movie in ''Film/{{Dredd}}'', when rookie Judge Cassandra Anderson hands in her badge to Dredd, thinking that she's failed her probation. However Dredd passes her, having been impressed how she TookALevelInBadass during the course of the movie.
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* Ray Duquette in ''Film/WildThings'' is
* ''Film/NoNameOnTheBullet'': Deputy Miller resigns out of fear after seeing the dangerous gunman John Gant draw and knowing he couldn't beat him a fair fight (and might have to try with Sheriff Hastings gun hand shot) while Hastings himself eventually throws down his badge out of disillusionment after failing to prevent violence in the town.
* In ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'', [[ComicBook/TheQuestion Renee Montoya]] ends up doing
* ''Film/TenToMidnight'': After he admits he'd planted evidence against Stacy, Kessler's fired the same day.
* ''Film/StarskyAndHutch'': Captain Doby chews Starsky out for chasing down a purse thief and firing his gun into a crowd. Starsky replies that Doby can have his badge if he wants and throws it on the desk. When Doby actually tries to take the badge Starsky hurriedly snatches it back and mutters that he was just making a point.
* Happens offscreen in ''Film/SawI''. David Tapp was discharged from the police force after his actions in pursuing Jigsaw inadvertently got his partner killed and himself severely injured.
* ''Film/MajorGromPlagueDoctor''. Apparently this happens so often to Major Grom his fellow police officers have a SideBet on whether [[TenMinuteRetirement he really will get fired this time]]. He gets chewed out by
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* Played with in ''Film/{{SWAT}}''. After reckless actions rescuing hostages from a bank robbery leads to a civilian getting wounded, creating a PR nightmare and a hefty lawsuit against the department, [[DaChief Captain Fuller]] wants the people responsible gone. Lieutenant Velasquez, however, insists they should stay within the division, for a chance at redemption; Fuller relents just enough to assign them to the Gun Cage. Brian Gamble, who caused the whole problem in the first place, blows up and walks out; the other one, Jim Street, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment accepts the demotion calmly, but won't sell his partner out to get back on the team]].
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* Played with in ''Film/{{SWAT}}''.''Film/SWAT2003''. After reckless actions rescuing hostages from a bank robbery leads to a civilian getting wounded, creating a PR nightmare and a hefty lawsuit against the department, [[DaChief Captain Fuller]] wants the people responsible gone. Lieutenant Velasquez, however, insists they should stay within the division, for a chance at redemption; Fuller relents just enough to assign them to the Gun Cage. Brian Gamble, who caused the whole problem in the first place, blows up and walks out; the other one, Jim Street, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment accepts the demotion calmly, but won't sell his partner out to get back on the team]].
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* Happens offscreen in ''Film/SawI''. David Tapp was discharged from the police force after his actions inadvertently got his partner killed and himself severely injured.
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* Played straight in the SoBadItsGood French film ''La Vengeance''. The problem? [[CriticalResearchFailure French policemen don't carry badges]].
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* ''Film/MajorGromPlagueDoctor''. Apparently this happens so often to Major Grom his fellow police officers have a SideBet on whether [[TenMinuteRetirement he really will get fired this time]]. He gets chewed out by DaChief Fedor Prokopenko, who orders Grom to write out his resignation letter and hand in his badge. But after he leaves Fedor crumples up his letter and hands back the badge the next day, as Grom is [[LikeASonToMe like a son to him]]. When Fedor is ordered to fire Grom for real halfway through the movie he's not happy, and Grom takes out the crumpled resignation from his drawer and signs it to spare him from having to do so.
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* Happens at the start of the movie in ''The Stone Killer'' (1973). Creator/CharlesBronson plays a detective who has to hand in his gun and badge after a controversial shooting depicted in the ActionPrologue. Rather than wait to be cleared by an inquiry, he resigns and joins another police department on the other side of the country.
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* In ''Film/OsmosisJones'', Ozzy is asked by Mayor Phlegmming to hand in his badge after he and Drix accidentally destroy a zit while trying to capture Thrax. [[spoiler:He gets reinstated after finally defeating Thrax and saving Frank's life.]]
-->'''Jones:''' Figures. I finally do something right for Frank and I get fired.
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* Parodied near the end of ''WesternAnimation/WereBackADinosaursStory'', when [[spoiler:Stubbs the Clown resigns from Prof. Screweyes' circus and hands in his props. [[LongList All his props]]: "Here's my shoes, my nose, my horn, my buzzer, my fake arm, my bug-eye glasses, my backstage passes, my hat, my rabbit, his backstage passes, my fake fangs, a few birds, my pogo stick, my donkey ears, my extending tongue gag, my rubber chicken... ya can't even get these anymore... my lucky whale tooth, and a giant clam that opens to reveal the American flag held by a mermaid and her normal brother Richard!"]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Renaissance}}'''s CowboyCop main character gets told to do this as punishment for accusing DaChief of being on the take from the film's resident MegaCorp.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' features a variant: Judy Hopps voluntarily resigns from the ZPD after her remarks at the press conference inflames historic tension between predator and prey and alienates her new friend Nick Wilde. However, after a EurekaMoment, she ends up returning to Zootopia to solve the case as a civilian and ends up being reinstated to the ZPD afterwards.
* In ''Film/OsmosisJones'', Ozzy is asked by Mayor Phlegmming to hand in his badge after he and Drix accidentally destroy a zit while trying to capture Thrax. [[spoiler:He gets reinstated after finally defeating Thrax and saving Frank's life.]]
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* In ''Film/TheBigHeat'', the police commissioner, who is corrupt and in with the mob, does this to Glenn Ford's character in an effort to stop Ford's investigation.
* Brian Dennehy's character in ''Film/FXMurderByIllusion'' is told to turn in his badge and does so. Then he steals his superior's badge.
* ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'': Happens to Friday in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragnet_(1987_film) parody film]]. However, he deserves it as he arrests the suspect in public and only has the testimony of an eyewitness who briefly saw the suspect. Captain Gannon then threatens Friday's partner with the same fate if he goes anywhere near the suspect.
* It's being acted out in one scene of the 2003 ''[[Film/TheItalianJob2003 The Italian Job]]'' remake. Rob, whilst trying to drive through the city as fast as possible to time the escape route, is waiting at a light where he needs to make a left turn (green arrow only). Unfortunately, he is trapped behind an actor rehearsing the phrase "Give me your badge and your weapon; I don't want to see you anywhere near this case (pretends to crush cup)" in such a variety of different voices and emphases he fails to notice there's a green arrow, until the very last second when ''it's turning amber'' and Rob starts honking at him, so he's the only one that gets to go through, with a very disgruntled Rob saying, "Unbelievable" in disbelief. Also, the actor copies Rob's accent and decides to use that accent for the audition.
* Inspector Li Ying from John Woo's ''Film/TheKiller'' is taken off the case of the HitmanWithAHeart that he's beginning to develop a bond with when he completely botches his attempt to capture him at the airport and brings in the wrong guy, allowing the killer to get away with his blinded girlfriend. He's taken off the case because the superintendent is convinced that Li is siding with the suspect rather than trying to bring him in.
* Bud White from ''Film/LAConfidential'' fits the brutal-cop part of the trope perfectly, but his TurnInYourBadge moment is undercut by [[spoiler: the fact that DaChief only did it to get leverage over White when he recruited him as muscle for a criminal enterprise.]]
* {{Lampshade}}d by Danny Madigan in ''Film/LastActionHero''.
-->'''Danny:''' He only took your badge, because you destroyed more of the city than usual.
* ''Film/JamesBond'':
** In ''Film/LicenceToKill'', Bond pretty much turns in his badge to go after the iguana-stroking villain who dumped his best friend into a shark pool.
** Subverted at the beginning of ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''. After M takes Bond off the hunt for [[BigBad Blofeld]], Bond tells Moneypenny to write a memo tendering his resignation (presumably with the intent of pursuing Blofeld as a rogue agent). Moneypenny instead writes a memo requesting two weeks' leave.
* Ray Duquette in ''Film/WildThings'' is asked to do this after his second lawful shooting, due to the (well-founded) fear of DaChief that with that kind of luck, the shootings might not be so lawful after all. Of course, this isn't where the consequences end...
* They try to do this to Dirty Harry in ''Film/SuddenImpact''. After his harassment of an old mobster at his daughter's wedding results in a heart attack they order him to take a vacation. While on vacation some punks try to take him down with a molotov cocktail and he forces them off a pier to their deaths. They end his vacation, but send him out of town on another case.
* In ''Film/DayOfTheWolves'', the police chief of Wellerton is fired after he tries to arrest the mayor's son. This causes him to be not at the police station when the villains who are TakingOverTheTown arrive; allowing him to stage a DieHardOnAnX.
* In ''Film/TheGuard'', Sergeant Gerry Boyle is told to turn in his badge. Subverted when he refuses, turns out to have critical information regarding the case and finally [[spoiler: proves to be the only cop NOT on the take from the drug dealers]].
* ''Film/IRobot'': After shooting up, crashing, and beating the crap out of two entire sixteen-wheelers' worth of robots, but having no evidence to prove it was self-defense, the chief orders Detective Spooner to turn in his badge.
* ''Film/Shaft2000''. When Creator/SamuelLJackson's Shaft is requested to turn in his badge, he does so by throwing it like a shuriken, causing it to embed itself in the wall next to a judge's head. Awesome? Very much so.
* Played straight in ''Film/{{Showtime}}'', after the two protagonists (who are forced to be part of a cop reality show) cause a lot of damage to the city, DaChief (normally, a nice guy) tells one of them (a patrolman) that he's no longer a TV detective and is back on patrol. The other cop (played by Creator/RobertDeNiro) is suspended. Averted in that, when he asks if the chief wants his badge, the guy just tells him to get out of his office. Also, they don't immediately start following up on the case. Only when they see the latest episode of the show that they notice something strange that gives them a clue.
* Played straight in the SoBadItsGood French film ''La Vengeance''. The problem? [[CriticalResearchFailure French policemen don't carry badges]].
* In ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'''s opening, [[spoiler:Kirk gets demoted for violating the Prime Directive and then trying to hide it in his report]].
* Played with in ''Film/{{SWAT}}''. After reckless actions rescuing hostages from a bank robbery leads to a civilian getting wounded, creating a PR nightmare and a hefty lawsuit against the department, [[DaChief Captain Fuller]] wants the people responsible gone. Lieutenant Velasquez, however, insists they should stay within the division, for a chance at redemption; Fuller relents just enough to assign them to the Gun Cage. Brian Gamble, who caused the whole problem in the first place, blows up and walks out; the other one, Jim Street, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment accepts the demotion calmly, but won't sell his partner out to get back on the team]].
* Happens in ''Film/MissCongeniality'' when Gracie correctly hypothesizes that [[spoiler:The original threat wasn't from the recently caught "The Citizen" but a copycat, and wants to investigate Cathy Morningside.]] {{Da Chief}} wants to hear nothing of it and tells her she can only stay as a civilian, prompting her to turn in her badge and sidearm.
* Happens at the start of the movie in ''The Stone Killer'' (1973). Creator/CharlesBronson plays a detective who has to hand in his gun and badge after a controversial shooting depicted in the ActionPrologue. Rather than wait to be cleared by an inquiry, he resigns and joins another police department on the other side of the country.
* Happens at the end of the movie in ''Film/{{Dredd}}'', when rookie Judge Cassandra Anderson hands in her badge to Dredd, thinking that she's failed her probation. However Dredd passes her, having been impressed how she TookALevelInBadass during the course of the movie.
* The protagonist of ''Film/{{Cop}}'' is ordered to turn in his badge and gun by DaChief (who is portrayed as an uptight WASP, although he has good reasons to dislike his CowboyCop subordinate) for his continual reckless behavior, which has even made him a suspect in a murder investigation. He continues to hunt down the serial killer in his spare time, since he simply doesn't give a damn anymore.
* ''Film/NoNameOnTheBullet'': Deputy Miller resigns out of fear after seeing the dangerous gunman John Gant draw and knowing he couldn't beat him a fair fight (and might have to try with Sheriff Hastings gun hand shot) while Hastings himself eventually throws down his badge out of disillusionment after failing to prevent violence in the town.
* In ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'', [[ComicBook/TheQuestion Renee Montoya]] ends up doing this after her investigation of [[BigBad Roman Sionis]] breaks too many rules with nothing to show for it. [[LampshadeHanging Harley Quinn even narrates how]] [[GenreSavvy this happens to every good movie cop at some point, and is the point where they really start getting things done]]. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope This briefly turns out to not be the case]] as the movie shows Montoya [[DespairEventHorizon on the path to giving up]], [[DoubleSubverted but then her investigation gets her informed of a climactic rendezvous with Sionis after all]]. In spite of this, [[DudeWheresMyRespect she is (once again) denied credit for saving the day]] and is never reinstated, which leads her to forming the new Birds of Prey to fight crime herself]].
* ''Film/TenToMidnight'': After he admits he'd planted evidence against Stacy, Kessler's fired the same day.
* ''Film/StarskyAndHutch'': Captain Doby chews Starsky out for chasing down a purse thief and firing his gun into a crowd. Starsky replies that Doby can have his badge if he wants and throws it on the desk. When Doby actually tries to take the badge Starsky hurriedly snatches it back and mutters that he was just making a point.
* Happens offscreen in ''Film/SawI''. David Tapp was discharged from the police force after his actions inadvertently got his partner killed and himself severely injured.
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* Parodied near the end of ''WesternAnimation/WereBackADinosaursStory'', when [[spoiler:Stubbs the Clown resigns from Prof. Screweyes' circus and hands in his props. [[LongList All his props]]: "Here's my shoes, my nose, my horn, my buzzer, my fake arm, my bug-eye glasses, my backstage passes, my hat, my rabbit, his backstage passes, my fake fangs, a few birds, my pogo stick, my donkey ears, my extending tongue gag, my rubber chicken... ya can't even get these anymore... my lucky whale tooth, and a giant clam that opens to reveal the American flag held by a mermaid and her normal brother Richard!"]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Renaissance}}'''s CowboyCop main character gets told to do this as punishment for accusing DaChief of being on the take from the film's resident MegaCorp.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' features a variant: Judy Hopps voluntarily resigns from the ZPD after her remarks at the press conference inflames historic tension between predator and prey and alienates her new friend Nick Wilde. However, after a EurekaMoment, she ends up returning to Zootopia to solve the case as a civilian and ends up being reinstated to the ZPD afterwards.
* In ''Film/OsmosisJones'', Ozzy is asked by Mayor Phlegmming to hand in his badge after he and Drix accidentally destroy a zit while trying to capture Thrax. [[spoiler:He gets reinstated after finally defeating Thrax and saving Frank's life.]]
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* In ''Film/TheBigHeat'', the police commissioner, who is corrupt and in with the mob, does this to Glenn Ford's character in an effort to stop Ford's investigation.
* Brian Dennehy's character in ''Film/FXMurderByIllusion'' is told to turn in his badge and does so. Then he steals his superior's badge.
* ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'': Happens to Friday in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragnet_(1987_film) parody film]]. However, he deserves it as he arrests the suspect in public and only has the testimony of an eyewitness who briefly saw the suspect. Captain Gannon then threatens Friday's partner with the same fate if he goes anywhere near the suspect.
* It's being acted out in one scene of the 2003 ''[[Film/TheItalianJob2003 The Italian Job]]'' remake. Rob, whilst trying to drive through the city as fast as possible to time the escape route, is waiting at a light where he needs to make a left turn (green arrow only). Unfortunately, he is trapped behind an actor rehearsing the phrase "Give me your badge and your weapon; I don't want to see you anywhere near this case (pretends to crush cup)" in such a variety of different voices and emphases he fails to notice there's a green arrow, until the very last second when ''it's turning amber'' and Rob starts honking at him, so he's the only one that gets to go through, with a very disgruntled Rob saying, "Unbelievable" in disbelief. Also, the actor copies Rob's accent and decides to use that accent for the audition.
* Inspector Li Ying from John Woo's ''Film/TheKiller'' is taken off the case of the HitmanWithAHeart that he's beginning to develop a bond with when he completely botches his attempt to capture him at the airport and brings in the wrong guy, allowing the killer to get away with his blinded girlfriend. He's taken off the case because the superintendent is convinced that Li is siding with the suspect rather than trying to bring him in.
* Bud White from ''Film/LAConfidential'' fits the brutal-cop part of the trope perfectly, but his TurnInYourBadge moment is undercut by [[spoiler: the fact that DaChief only did it to get leverage over White when he recruited him as muscle for a criminal enterprise.]]
* {{Lampshade}}d by Danny Madigan in ''Film/LastActionHero''.
-->'''Danny:''' He only took your badge, because you destroyed more of the city than usual.
* ''Film/JamesBond'':
** In ''Film/LicenceToKill'', Bond pretty much turns in his badge to go after the iguana-stroking villain who dumped his best friend into a shark pool.
** Subverted at the beginning of ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''. After M takes Bond off the hunt for [[BigBad Blofeld]], Bond tells Moneypenny to write a memo tendering his resignation (presumably with the intent of pursuing Blofeld as a rogue agent). Moneypenny instead writes a memo requesting two weeks' leave.
* Ray Duquette in ''Film/WildThings'' is asked to do this after his second lawful shooting, due to the (well-founded) fear of DaChief that with that kind of luck, the shootings might not be so lawful after all. Of course, this isn't where the consequences end...
* They try to do this to Dirty Harry in ''Film/SuddenImpact''. After his harassment of an old mobster at his daughter's wedding results in a heart attack they order him to take a vacation. While on vacation some punks try to take him down with a molotov cocktail and he forces them off a pier to their deaths. They end his vacation, but send him out of town on another case.
* In ''Film/DayOfTheWolves'', the police chief of Wellerton is fired after he tries to arrest the mayor's son. This causes him to be not at the police station when the villains who are TakingOverTheTown arrive; allowing him to stage a DieHardOnAnX.
* In ''Film/TheGuard'', Sergeant Gerry Boyle is told to turn in his badge. Subverted when he refuses, turns out to have critical information regarding the case and finally [[spoiler: proves to be the only cop NOT on the take from the drug dealers]].
* ''Film/IRobot'': After shooting up, crashing, and beating the crap out of two entire sixteen-wheelers' worth of robots, but having no evidence to prove it was self-defense, the chief orders Detective Spooner to turn in his badge.
* ''Film/Shaft2000''. When Creator/SamuelLJackson's Shaft is requested to turn in his badge, he does so by throwing it like a shuriken, causing it to embed itself in the wall next to a judge's head. Awesome? Very much so.
* Played straight in ''Film/{{Showtime}}'', after the two protagonists (who are forced to be part of a cop reality show) cause a lot of damage to the city, DaChief (normally, a nice guy) tells one of them (a patrolman) that he's no longer a TV detective and is back on patrol. The other cop (played by Creator/RobertDeNiro) is suspended. Averted in that, when he asks if the chief wants his badge, the guy just tells him to get out of his office. Also, they don't immediately start following up on the case. Only when they see the latest episode of the show that they notice something strange that gives them a clue.
* Played straight in the SoBadItsGood French film ''La Vengeance''. The problem? [[CriticalResearchFailure French policemen don't carry badges]].
* In ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'''s opening, [[spoiler:Kirk gets demoted for violating the Prime Directive and then trying to hide it in his report]].
* Played with in ''Film/{{SWAT}}''. After reckless actions rescuing hostages from a bank robbery leads to a civilian getting wounded, creating a PR nightmare and a hefty lawsuit against the department, [[DaChief Captain Fuller]] wants the people responsible gone. Lieutenant Velasquez, however, insists they should stay within the division, for a chance at redemption; Fuller relents just enough to assign them to the Gun Cage. Brian Gamble, who caused the whole problem in the first place, blows up and walks out; the other one, Jim Street, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment accepts the demotion calmly, but won't sell his partner out to get back on the team]].
* Happens in ''Film/MissCongeniality'' when Gracie correctly hypothesizes that [[spoiler:The original threat wasn't from the recently caught "The Citizen" but a copycat, and wants to investigate Cathy Morningside.]] {{Da Chief}} wants to hear nothing of it and tells her she can only stay as a civilian, prompting her to turn in her badge and sidearm.
* Happens at the start of the movie in ''The Stone Killer'' (1973). Creator/CharlesBronson plays a detective who has to hand in his gun and badge after a controversial shooting depicted in the ActionPrologue. Rather than wait to be cleared by an inquiry, he resigns and joins another police department on the other side of the country.
* Happens at the end of the movie in ''Film/{{Dredd}}'', when rookie Judge Cassandra Anderson hands in her badge to Dredd, thinking that she's failed her probation. However Dredd passes her, having been impressed how she TookALevelInBadass during the course of the movie.
* The protagonist of ''Film/{{Cop}}'' is ordered to turn in his badge and gun by DaChief (who is portrayed as an uptight WASP, although he has good reasons to dislike his CowboyCop subordinate) for his continual reckless behavior, which has even made him a suspect in a murder investigation. He continues to hunt down the serial killer in his spare time, since he simply doesn't give a damn anymore.
* ''Film/NoNameOnTheBullet'': Deputy Miller resigns out of fear after seeing the dangerous gunman John Gant draw and knowing he couldn't beat him a fair fight (and might have to try with Sheriff Hastings gun hand shot) while Hastings himself eventually throws down his badge out of disillusionment after failing to prevent violence in the town.
* In ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'', [[ComicBook/TheQuestion Renee Montoya]] ends up doing this after her investigation of [[BigBad Roman Sionis]] breaks too many rules with nothing to show for it. [[LampshadeHanging Harley Quinn even narrates how]] [[GenreSavvy this happens to every good movie cop at some point, and is the point where they really start getting things done]]. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope This briefly turns out to not be the case]] as the movie shows Montoya [[DespairEventHorizon on the path to giving up]], [[DoubleSubverted but then her investigation gets her informed of a climactic rendezvous with Sionis after all]]. In spite of this, [[DudeWheresMyRespect she is (once again) denied credit for saving the day]] and is never reinstated, which leads her to forming the new Birds of Prey to fight crime herself]].
* ''Film/TenToMidnight'': After he admits he'd planted evidence against Stacy, Kessler's fired the same day.
* ''Film/StarskyAndHutch'': Captain Doby chews Starsky out for chasing down a purse thief and firing his gun into a crowd. Starsky replies that Doby can have his badge if he wants and throws it on the desk. When Doby actually tries to take the badge Starsky hurriedly snatches it back and mutters that he was just making a point.
* Happens offscreen in ''Film/SawI''. David Tapp was discharged from the police force after his actions inadvertently got his partner killed and himself severely injured.
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