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7	* PlayedForLaughs in one episode of ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'' when Koro-sensei lets himself be bribed with a photo of a bikini-clad woman during a game of Cops and Robbers.
8	* ''Manga/BlackLagoon'':
9	** It's quite plausible that the [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Triad]] leader Mr. Chang was one of these as a cop. Chang is a darker take on several Creator/JohnWoo characters, but his past as a cop seems to allude to Tequila from ''Film/HardBoiled''. Since Tequila fights gangsters and Chang is one, it stands to reason that he wasn't that honest of a cop.
10	** Chief Watsup arrested the Chief of Police in Roanapur. Not only is he on the take from the various cartels that run the city, but he has also used his authority to get an unfair advantage when collecting bounties put out by the cartels.
11	** When Revy was a girl living in a slum, [[spoiler:a cop apprehended her for the sole purpose of beating her up and then raping her]].
12	* In ''Manga/CityHunter'', there are quite a few cops who work with the {{Yakuza}}. In addition, Saeko may be an honest and competent cop, but as pointed out by her sister Reika in one memorable occasion, Ryo is a criminal (and she had a few troubles for helping him when another cop decided to take down City Hunter), and she also helped to [[FramingTheGuiltyParty frame a terrorist for a murder he didn't commit]].
13	* Dirty cops are omnipresent in ''Anime/CowboyBebop''. Jet Black was originally a cop, but "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession16BlackDogSerenade Black Dog Serenade]]" reveals that he quit the force after a hit on him was taken out [[spoiler:by his own partner]] because he was basically the only cop in the unit who ''wasn't'' dirty.
14	* In ''Manga/{{FAKE}}'', Dee's backstory reveals that [[spoiler:the man who Dee considered his adoptive father [[BrokenPedestal was a dirty cop]], and Dee resolved to become a better cop than he ever was]].
15	* In the CrapsackWorld of ''Manga/{{Gangsta}}'', crooked cops like Chad and Cody are honestly some of the most good-hearted people around. Yeah, they hire mercenaries to slaughter local troublemakers for the placation of powerful Mafia families, but at least they're doing so to keep the peace and prevent widespread slaughter. Less noble policemen are noted to accept bribes and clean up unwanted corpses.
16	* ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'': Onizuka's friend Saejima, a former [[JapaneseDelinquents delinquent]] like Onizuka himself, is so corrupt that he offers to sell Onizuka drugs or other contraband ''in the police station'' (they may have been the only ones there, and the drugs turn out to be fake, but still). He later got his own spinoff, ''Manga/InoHeadGargoyle''.
17	* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind'' has Leone Abbacchio. Before he became a member of Passione, he was a cop who became disillusioned by his job and began to take bribes. It came back to bite him later when one of the men he accepted a bribe from later shot and killed his partner.
18	* Akai and Kanie from ''Anime/Kite1998'' use their status as homicide detectives to lead the investigation of a series of professional murders away from the true criminals. They are also the ''employers'' of the true criminals. That's not all they're mixed up in, either -- Akai in particular is revealed to have been [[spoiler:raping and brainwashing Sawa, one of the child assassins who he and Kanie employ]].
19	* The titular main character of ''Manga/{{Kurokochi}}'' is an incredibly corrupt policeman who knows every dirty secret in his prefecture, allowing him to blackmail pretty much all local politicians. They all reluctantly bribe him, and he's become quite wealthy as a result. However, he has a redeeming quality in that he also uses his influence to help bring corrupt politicians to justice.
20	* ''Manga/MadBull34'' is a bizarre example -- as part of the BuddyCopShow dynamic, Officer "Sleepy" John Estes takes the CowboyCop's tendency to see justice done through venues outside the law to the extreme. He's running prostitution in his neighborhood, because the way he sees it, that stuff will always be there, and at least if he's in charge, he can keep it from getting out of hand and it keeps the girls safe. That said, [[spoiler:it's all part of a larger BatmanGambit]]. He's also ''really'' good at killing criminals. You won't want to watch him work, but you can't imagine what the city would be like without him.
21	* ''Manga/{{Monster}}'' has two of these: the two detectives who are hired by Johan to kill Nina's adopted parents and the ones from Prague, Commissioner Hamrlik, Chief Detective Batella, and Detective Janacek.
22	* In ''Manga/Naruto1997'', the Inspector and his subordinate turn out to be one, killing Takashi, stealing the painting, and framing Naruto for both.
23	* In one episode of ''Anime/NerimaDaikonBrothers'', Gadget Detective Yukika tries to catch the eponymous group by cooking up a rumor that the chief of police is in league with the yakuza, and the money from their dirty deals is in a vault under the station, knowing they'll fall right into her trap. However, when the NDB tunnel in, they find that the chief of police actually ''is'' in league with the yakuza, much to Yukika's surprise.
24	* The title characters of ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' kill a few of these over the course of the series.
25	* ''Manga/OnePiece'' naturally has a few in the Marines who extort their power over people, such as Nezumi in the Arlong arc, who is taking bribes from the titular ArcVillain to keep the Marines from answering the island's call for help, and [[spoiler:Vergo, a lackey of Doflamingo who infiltrated the Marines to cover Doflamingo's operations. He even made into the rank of ''Vice-Admiral'']].
26	* Ginza from ''Anime/SpeedGrapher'' is mostly a RabidCop, given her habit of "[[PoliceBrutality self-defensing]]" people (she actually uses it as a verb), but she's kind of a dirty cop as well. She's shown essentially committing insider trading based on the crimes going on, and because of her jealousy of Kagura, she abuses her authority to obstruct Saiga, the hero. By the end of the series, she has a HeelRealization and ends up a better person.
27	* ''Manga/StarStrikeItRich'': Ichika has no issues with stealing confiscated goods or using her previous position in the anti-organized crime unit to cover for [[{{Yakuza}} Hana's activities]]. Nozomi explicitly calls her one in the first chapter.
28	* Technically, he's a correction officer rather than a cop, but if anyone in ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' qualifies, it's Takasu. Among the unpleasant tropes that can be applied to him are TheBully, PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, BadLiar, SoreLoser, and CheatersNeverProsper. In fact, he's such scum that [[spoiler:his boss (Rex Godwin, the BigBad of the first season) [[EvenEvilHasStandards is disgusted with him]] and fires him after his brutal treatment of inmates becomes known]].

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