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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys'', despite the large size of the police force, they had spent years trying and failing to capture the titular gang, easily falling for their traps and disguises. Only the police chief can manage to keep up with them, but [[SympatheticInspectorAntagonist she always falls short]]. They only succeed during the Golden Dolphin heist when the gang's escape fails, and even that's short-lived when Marmalade has them taken to his compound for rehabilitation. [[spoiler:And when the gang is framed for stealing the meteorite, none of the police question it (with the chief talking over Mr. Wolf's pleas of innocence) and send them to an inescapable prison island, despite no direct evidence of them doing anything wrong -- including ''not having the meteorite''.]]
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* '''Police being prejudiced:''' If prejudice exists in a society, it probably exists in the police. This is a problem in many countries, with victims of {{Profiling}} and PoliceBrutality most often being those the cops are prejudiced against, such as black people in the United States. This may overlap with "lazy" in cases where the police simply blame "the usual suspects" from the disliked group rather than put any real effort into investigations.
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* '''Police being prejudiced:''' If prejudice exists in a society, it probably exists in the police. This is a problem in many countries, with victims of {{Profiling}} and PoliceBrutality most often being those the cops are prejudiced against, such as black people in the United States.against. This may overlap with "lazy" in cases where the police simply blame "the usual suspects" from the disliked group rather than put any real effort into investigations.
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* Parodied in ''WebVideo/GHOSTBLEEDTheBioHorror'' where 49 waves of police, all the officers and agents in the tristate area,[[spoiler: except Naomi Blaze die in the line of the duty to save Rita, who is actually the villain of the whole piece]] in the N-Obelisk.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMeetsTheBooBrothers'', Sheriff Rufus Buzby is utterly hapless and helpless to curtail any of the shenanigans happening at Beauregard Manor, whether it's Billy Bob Scroggins' RecklessGunUsage or the escaped circus ape. [[spoiler: As it turns out, the "Sheriff" we've been seeing isn't a real lawman at all, but the sheriff's EvilTwin, who posed as an officer (On top of pulling a ScoobyDooHoax) so he could search the mansion grounds for the Beauregard Bonanza.]]
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* ''WebAnimation/OnTheEdge'': Many of Shigeo's clients tried to report the criminals to the police only for the police not to do anything, forcing them to turn to Shigeo to get justice for themselves.
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* Averted HARD in ''Machinima/TheStoriesOfSodor'', where the police are not only competent, but the conflict of several episodes is solved by them.
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* Averted HARD in ''Machinima/TheStoriesOfSodor'', ''WebAnimation/TheStoriesOfSodor'', where the police are not only competent, but the conflict of several episodes is solved by them.
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* In ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' the police range from mostly effective (Jake Marshall, Angel Starr, Tyrell Badd) to corrupt ([[spoiler:Damon Gant, Lana Skye]]) to flat-out incompetent (Maggey Byrde, Mike Meekins, Dick Gumshoe). You spend the most time around the latter.
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* In ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' the police range from mostly effective (Jake Marshall, Angel Starr, Tyrell Badd) to corrupt ([[spoiler:Damon Gant, Lana Skye]]) Tobias Gregson, Ted Tonate]]) to flat-out incompetent (Maggey Byrde, Mike Meekins, Dick Gumshoe). You spend the most time around the latter.
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In addition to police, this trope also covers the security guards, watchmen, the coast guard (depending on whether they are given such powers under a civilian/military/paramilitary structure) and other people whose job is to protect others[[note]]or arrest/punish lawbreakers in an official capacity[[/note]]. In children's shows, it is related to AdultsAreUseless. They might not even make it to the police station, but just (correctly) assume that [[CassandraTruth no one would believe them]].
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In addition to police, this trope also covers the security guards, watchmen, the coast guard (depending on whether they are given such powers under a civilian/military/paramilitary structure) and other people whose job is to protect others[[note]]or others.[[note]]Or arrest/punish lawbreakers in an official capacity[[/note]]. capacity.[[/note]] In children's shows, it is related to AdultsAreUseless. They might not even make it to the police station, but just (correctly) assume that [[CassandraTruth no one would believe them]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys'', despite the large size of the police force, they had spent years trying and failing to capture the titular gang, easily falling for their traps and disguises. Only the police chief can manage to keep up with them, but [[SympatheticInspectorAntagonist she always falls short]]. They only succeed during the Golden Dolphin heist when the gang's escape fails, and even that's short-lived when Marmalade has them taken to his compound for rehabilitation. [[spoiler:And when the gang is framed for stealing the meteorite, none of the police question it (with the chief talking over Mr. Wolf's pleas of innocence) and send them to an inescapable prison island, despite no direct evidence of them doing anything wrong -- including ''not having the meteorite''.]]
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For the complete opposite, see PoliceBrutality, though they ''can'' easily be combined -- BadCopIncompetentCop being one example, where some cops are brutal and some are useless and some are both, and cops who are brutal but also useless -- as in the people they beat up and kill are innocent, while real criminals escape because they know how to play by the rules. When it's police driving ability that's in question, see HollywoodPoliceDrivingAcademy.
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For the complete opposite, see PoliceBrutality, though they ''can'' easily be combined -- BadCopIncompetentCop being one example, where some cops are brutal and some are useless and some are both, and cops who are brutal but also useless -- as in the people they beat up and kill are innocent, while real criminals escape because they know how to play by the rules. When it's police driving ability that's in question, see HollywoodPoliceDrivingAcademy.
HollywoodPoliceDrivingAcademy. Subtrope of ArtisticLicenseLawEnforcement.
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They treat you like an ace that can't beat a trey\\
A no-use number with no-use people\\
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* In ''TabletopGame/FengShui'', the Ascended are in control of the governments and other major agencies of the world, so if you're fighting them, ''don't'' expect help from the cops.
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* In ''TabletopGame/FengShui'', the Ascended are in control of the governments and other major agencies of the world, so if you're fighting them, ''don't'' expect help from the cops.cops -- the only cops that will help you are Maverick, Karate and other cops that are allied with the Dragons.
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* Discussed frequently in the True Crime episodes of ''WebVideo/BuzzfeedUnsolved''. A lot of the unsolved cases had their investigations bogged down by {{Dirty Cop}}s, incompetent officials, and people who just straight-up didn't do their jobs correctly. A lot of the series' scarier episodes are unnerving not just because of the grisly nature of the crimes, but because of how many families and friends of the victims will most likely ''never'' see justice [[AdultFear because of the neglect of the people who were supposed to help]].
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* Discussed frequently in the True Crime episodes of ''WebVideo/BuzzfeedUnsolved''. A lot of the unsolved cases had their investigations bogged down by {{Dirty Cop}}s, incompetent officials, and people who just straight-up didn't do their jobs correctly. A lot of the series' scarier episodes are unnerving not just because of the grisly nature of the crimes, but because of how many families and friends of the victims will most likely ''never'' see justice [[AdultFear because of the neglect of the people who were supposed to help]].help.
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* '''Police being hopelessly outmatched:''' The criminals are just too much for the police to handle. Perhaps organized crime is effectively in charge; perhaps society is breaking down and ''nobody'' is really in charge; perhaps the setting is one where some of the criminals are monsters, evil wizards, zombies, supervillains, etc. On a more normal level, it can be as simple as that the criminals are better equipped and armed than the police, which does sometimes occur in real life too.
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* '''Police being hopelessly outmatched:''' The criminals are just too much for the police to handle. Perhaps organized crime is effectively in charge; perhaps society is breaking down and ''nobody'' is really in charge; perhaps the setting is one where some of the criminals are monsters, evil wizards, zombies, supervillains, etc. On a more normal level, it can be as simple as that the criminals are [[CrooksAreBetterArmed better equipped and armed than the police, police]], which does sometimes occur in real life too.
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* Thompson and Thomson in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin''. One man they talk to gets nervous at mentions of the pickpocket they are looking for, evidently doesn't want police officers in his apartment, and when they are inside, they find dozens of wallets on the shelves. He [[BlatantLies claims he is a wallet collector]] and they ''[[CluelessDetective believe]]'' him.
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* Thompson and Thomson in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin''.''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin2011''. One man they talk to gets nervous at mentions of the pickpocket they are looking for, evidently doesn't want police officers in his apartment, and when they are inside, they find dozens of wallets on the shelves. He [[BlatantLies claims he is a wallet collector]] and they ''[[CluelessDetective believe]]'' him.
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* '''Police going after the wrong guy:''' Everyone will find themselves wanting to take shortcuts at work. In policing, a 'shortcut' would mean pinning a crime on the [[TheScapegoat guy]] right in front of you rather than to try and catch the real bad guy, who could be anywhere. Also, a lot of police departments measure officer performance by the number of arrests they have made and actions they have done. That can give incentives for officers to arrest the wrong guy or avoid doing things to ''prevent'' crime (which is generally agreed to be better than cleaning up after it).
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* '''Police going after the wrong guy:''' Everyone will find themselves wanting to take shortcuts at work. In policing, a 'shortcut' would mean pinning a crime on the [[TheScapegoat guy]] right in front of you rather than to try and catch the real bad guy, who could be anywhere. Also, a lot of police departments measure officer performance by the number of arrests they have made and actions they have done. That can give incentives for officers to arrest the wrong guy or avoid doing things to ''prevent'' crime (which is generally agreed to be better than cleaning up after it). This can be portrayed sympathetically (protagonist is convincingly framed by the real villains) as well as negatively.
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* In ''[[Pinball/WHODunnit WHO dunnit]]'', a high-profile murder at a prominent hotel-casino doesn't warrant any attention from the police. It's up to the player's HardboiledDetective to solve the case.
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* In ''[[Pinball/WHODunnit WHO dunnit]]'', ''Pinball/WhoDunnit1995'', a high-profile murder at a prominent hotel-casino doesn't warrant any attention from the police. It's up to the player's HardboiledDetective to solve the case.
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* In ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'', the police and security in the game only serve two roles - an inconvenience to the characters when they're trying to investigate after-hours (until [[{{Yakuza}} Seiji]] or [[FriendOnTheForce Ooe]] use their connections to get rid of them), or as [[RedShirt fodder]] for the murderous spirits.
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* In ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'', the police and security in the game only serve two roles - an inconvenience to the characters when they're trying to investigate after-hours (until [[{{Yakuza}} Seiji]] or [[FriendOnTheForce Ooe]] use their connections to get rid of them), or as [[RedShirt fodder]] for the murderous spirits. They also do absolutely nothing to stop the human criminals (with the exception of Yasuko). [[spoiler:Kaneko]] being starved to death by her village, Miroku kidnapping and mutilating little girls, and the Sumii Group covering up an arson, embezzling money from the company, and murdering someone who knew too much? They ignore it. Even the spirit [[VigilanteWoman Killer Peach]], [[spoiler:the victim of the Sumii murder]], laments how useless the police are, to the point of killing [[spoiler:Detective Ooe]] if the latter insists that Peach leave the case she is pursuing to the police.
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** The cops interrogate the protagonist and the girls when the yacht comes back to port about the mass quantities of drugs on board, but they apparently never check out the registered owner of the boat.
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** The cops interrogate the protagonist and the girls when the yacht comes back to port about the mass quantities of drugs on board, but they apparently never check out the registered owner of the boat.
** Also, Morgan gets off scot-free after stealing a jet ski just by laying low for a while, even though there’s still supposedly a warrant out for her arrest.
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* '''Police being lazy:''' This image is common in the United States, where every town has to employ its own officers and therefore have enough to respond on a busy day. Some things police do in RealLife understandably ''seem'' lazy or useless to outside observers, too, when they actually aren't -– [[DonutMessWithACop like sitting in their car eating donuts]][[note]]as anyone who has worked any security can tell you, this is a side effect of having a job where most of it is ''waiting for something to happen'' as opposed to jobs where earning money is dependent on action[[/note]] or a crowd of them arriving and standing around for a simple traffic stop -- you can't (like a quiet day at your job) send police home just because no one is breaking the law -- they still may be needed at a moment's notice!
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* '''Police being lazy:''' This image is common in the United States, where every town has to employ its own officers and therefore have enough to respond on a busy day. Some things police do in RealLife understandably ''seem'' lazy or useless to outside observers, too, when they actually aren't -– -- [[DonutMessWithACop like sitting in their car eating donuts]][[note]]as anyone who has worked any security can tell you, this is a side effect of having a job where most of it is ''waiting for something to happen'' as opposed to jobs where earning money is dependent on action[[/note]] or a crowd of them arriving and standing around for a simple traffic stop -- you can't (like a quiet day at your job) send police home just because no one is breaking the law -- they still may be needed at a moment's notice!
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* Twice in ''VisualNovel/{{Melody}}'':
** Campus security sees Melody climbing out of Steve’s dorm room (presumably with her guitar in hand), and they don’t do anything to stop her.
** When the cops find Melody drag-racing another driver, she manages to lose them - and judging by the fact that they never pay a visit to either her or Arnold, they never managed to get her license plate number.
** Campus security sees Melody climbing out of Steve’s dorm room (presumably with her guitar in hand), and they don’t do anything to stop her.
** When the cops find Melody drag-racing another driver, she manages to lose them - and judging by the fact that they never pay a visit to either her or Arnold, they never managed to get her license plate number.
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* '''Police being lazy:''' This image is common in the United States, where every town has to employ its own officers and therefore have enough to respond on a busy day. Some things police do in RealLife understandably ''seem'' lazy or useless to outside observers, too, when they actually aren't – [[DonutMessWithACop like sitting in their car eating donuts]][[note]]as anyone who has worked any security can tell you, this is a side effect of having a job where most of it is ''waiting for something to happen'' as opposed to jobs where earning money is dependent on action[[/note]] or a crowd of them arriving and standing around for a simple traffic stop -- you can't (like a quiet day at your job) send police home just because no one is breaking the law -- they still may be needed at a moment's notice!
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* Justified in episode four of ''Podcast/MysteryShow'', when Starlee goes to a police station and meets a lieutenant who tells her that no, he's not allowed to run a stranger's license plate and give Starlee her personal information just because Starlee is curious. Then subverted when Starlee's friend Darren has a police contact who is willing to help.
* One of the major factors in Carly Parker starting the ''Podcast/{{Rabbits}}'' podcast to document her investigation into the disappearance of her childhood friend, Yumiko, is that the police assumed her disappearance was her deliberately running away to escape the academic pressures of a Japanese immigrant household. Putting aside that this stereotypical view is ''not'' an accurate description of Yumiko's parents, it also means they have never taken the investigation seriously enough for Carly. She notes multiple times that her insistence that there is more to it only seems to annoy them.
* One of the major factors in Carly Parker starting the ''Podcast/{{Rabbits}}'' podcast to document her investigation into the disappearance of her childhood friend, Yumiko, is that the police assumed her disappearance was her deliberately running away to escape the academic pressures of a Japanese immigrant household. Putting aside that this stereotypical view is ''not'' an accurate description of Yumiko's parents, it also means they have never taken the investigation seriously enough for Carly. She notes multiple times that her insistence that there is more to it only seems to annoy them.
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* The Sheriff's Secret Police from ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale''. In "Glow Cloud", when a giant glowing cloud [[RainOfSomethingUnusual starts raining dead animals on Night Vale]], they suggest that citizens "run directly at the cloud, shrieking and waving your arms, just to see what it does". In the same episode, they dismiss complaints about illegal vehicle searches by pointing out that [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem "our backwards court system will uphold any old authoritarian rule made up on the fly by unsupervised gun-carrying thugs of a shadow government".]]
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* The Sheriff's Secret Police from ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale''. In "Glow Cloud", Justified in Episode 4 of ''Podcast/MysteryShow'', when Starlee goes to a giant glowing cloud [[RainOfSomethingUnusual starts raining dead animals on Night Vale]], police station and meets a lieutenant who tells her that no, he's not allowed to run a stranger's license plate and give Starlee her personal information just because Starlee is curious. Then subverted when Starlee's friend Darren has a police contact who is willing to help.
* One of the major factors in Carly Parker starting the ''Podcast/{{Rabbits}}'' podcast to document her investigation into the disappearance of her childhood friend, Yumiko, is that the police assumed her disappearance was her deliberately running away to escape the academic pressures of a Japanese immigrant household. Putting aside that this stereotypical view is ''not'' an accurate description of Yumiko's parents, it also means theysuggest have never taken the investigation seriously enough for Carly. She notes multiple times that citizens "run directly at the cloud, shrieking and waving your arms, just to see what it does". In the same episode, they dismiss complaints about illegal vehicle searches by pointing out her insistence that [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem "our backwards court system will uphold any old authoritarian rule made up on the fly by unsupervised gun-carrying thugs of a shadow government".]]there is more to it only seems to annoy them.
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* The Sheriff's Secret Police from ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale''. In "Glow Cloud", when a giant glowing cloud [[RainOfSomethingUnusual starts raining dead animals on Night Vale]], they suggest that citizens "run directly at the cloud, shrieking and waving your arms, just to see what it does". In the same episode, they dismiss complaints about illegal vehicle searches by pointing out that [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem "our backwards court system will uphold any old authoritarian rule made up on the fly by unsupervised gun-carrying thugs of a shadow government".]]
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* Given how prevalent the military version is in ZombieApocalypse fiction, it's worth noting that it's averted in ''TabletopGame/UnhallowedMetropolis''. The main deciding factor in whether a country or region still exists is whether or not there was a swift and effective military response, whether it consisted of actual military strikes to curtail the Animates, erecting fortifications, or simply fleeing to more defensible geography.
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* Given how prevalent the military version is in ZombieApocalypse fiction, it's In ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'', any Keeper worth noting that it's averted their salt will invoke this trope. If the Investigators see something shady going down like a cult gathering, calling the police is the very worst thing they could possibly do. At ''best'', the coppers will be merely in ''TabletopGame/UnhallowedMetropolis''. The main deciding factor in whether a country or region still exists is whether or not there was a swift over their heads and effective military response, whether it consisted of actual military strikes unable to curtail explain or combat the Animates, erecting fortifications, or simply fleeing to more defensible geography.threat. At worst, [[DirtyCop the local police may already be cultists themselves]].
* In ''TabletopGame/FengShui'', the Ascended are in control of the governments and other major agencies of the world, so if you're fighting them, ''don't'' expect help from the cops.
* Given how prevalent the military version is in ZombieApocalypse fiction, it's worth noting that it's averted in ''TabletopGame/UnhallowedMetropolis''. The main deciding factor in whether a country or region still exists is whether or not there was a swift and effective military response, whether it consisted of actual military strikes to curtail the Animates, erecting fortifications, or simply fleeing to more defensible geography.
* Given how prevalent the military version is in ZombieApocalypse fiction, it's worth noting that it's averted in ''TabletopGame/UnhallowedMetropolis''. The main deciding factor in whether a country or region still exists is whether or not there was a swift and effective military response, whether it consisted of actual military strikes to curtail the Animates, erecting fortifications, or simply fleeing to more defensible geography.
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* In ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'', any Keeper worth their salt will invoke this trope. If the Investigators see something shady going down like a cult gathering, calling the police is the very worst thing they could possibly do. At ''best'', the coppers will be merely in over their heads and unable to explain or combat the threat. At worst, [[DirtyCop the local police may already be cultists themselves]].
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* In ''TabletopGame/FengShui'', the Ascended are in control of the governments and other major agencies of the world, so if you're fighting them, ''don't'' expect help from the cops.
* In ''VisualNovel/MarcoAndTheGalaxyDragon'', a lone Galaxy Police officer joins the protagonists during the final battle. He gets defeated almost instantly, whereas everyone else is holding their own against [[BigBad Astaroth]]'s forces.
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* In ''VisualNovel/MarcoAndTheGalaxyDragon'', a lone Galaxy Police officer joins the protagonists during the final battle. He gets defeated almost instantly, whereas everyone else is holding their own against [[BigBad Astaroth]]'s forces.
* The police in the Website/{{GoAnimate}} Grounded videos seem to have something of a HairTriggerTemper, as they will instantly peg a character with jail time for littering if they so much as walk up to a piece of paper on the ground. Other times, they just outright arrest people for little to no reason or show a bias towards the trouble-making kids' parents (or basically anyone ''but'' the trouble-makers for that matter), sometimes even arresting the kids just for talking to them. Outside of that, the police will instantly come to arrest someone if they are simply asked to without complaint, even if they are being called to arrest a kid for smashing their sibling's [=iPod=].
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* The police in the Website/{{GoAnimate}} Grounded videos seem to have something of a HairTriggerTemper, as they will instantly peg a character with jail time for littering if they so much as walk up to a piece of paper on the ground. Other times, they just outright arrest people for little to no reason or show a bias towards the trouble-making kids' parents (or basically anyone ''but'' the trouble-makers for that matter), sometimes even arresting the kids just for talking to them. Outside of that, the police will instantly come to arrest someone if they are simply asked to without complaint, even if they are being called to arrest a kid for smashing their sibling's [=iPod=].
* ''WebAnimation/PuffinForest'': In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mr1fXAR4Sc That time our characters when to New York City]], the character characters killed several people with bows and arrows and somehow the police never caught them.
* ''WebAnimation/PuffinForest'': In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mr1fXAR4Sc That time our characters when to New York City]], the character characters killed several people with bows and arrows and somehow the police never caught them.
* ''WebAnimation/PuffinForest'': In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mr1fXAR4Sc That time our characters when to New York City]], the character characters killed several people with bows and arrows and somehow the police never caught them.
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* In ''WebVideo/TheWithVoicesProject'', the Human Child actually thinks to call 911 with the cell phone Toriel gave him, in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYSE6wBQtQY Undertale With Voices: Pacifist.]] Unfortunately, thanks to the magical barrier in place on Mt. Ebott, the cops can do nothing but wish him the best in his new life underground.
* If they were living in reality and not a RuleOfFunny psycho-world, most of Website/ChannelAwesome would have been in jail or mental homes by now. Specific examples would be [[WebVideo/BumReviews Chester A. Bum]] and WebVideo/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses, as they can get out of any trouble by using the insanity defense. The ''Literature/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'' review did open with the reveal that the Critic was serving time in the "Internet State Penitentiary"... for doing a really bad Let's Play.
* If they were living in reality and not a RuleOfFunny psycho-world, most of Website/ChannelAwesome would have been in jail or mental homes by now. Specific examples would be [[WebVideo/BumReviews Chester A. Bum]] and WebVideo/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses, as they can get out of any trouble by using the insanity defense. The ''Literature/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'' review did open with the reveal that the Critic was serving time in the "Internet State Penitentiary"... for doing a really bad Let's Play.
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* In ''WebVideo/TheWithVoicesProject'', the Human Child actually thinks to call 911 with the cell phone Toriel gave him, in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYSE6wBQtQY Undertale With Voices: Pacifist.]] Unfortunately, thanks to the magical barrier in place on Mt. Ebott, the cops can do nothing but wish him the best in his new life underground.
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I don’t think it’s beneficial for this to be here, particularly in a section discussing police laziness. While not technically incorrect, this factoid exists on the internet as little more than a “Redditorism” for enraged people to try and show how hopelessly corrupt/evil/corporate/greedy the United States is, usually in comparison to supposedly more ‘enlightened’ countries, and pretty much always without putting in any effort to actually understand why this legal decision exists or the reasoning behind it. Here is the short version: Citizens do not have a right to legal recompense merely because crime exists. Citizens cannot say “The police have a legal duty to prevent crime occurring to me. Yet, crime exists. Therefore, the police have failed in their legal duty to prevent crime, and I am entitled to restitution.”As far as I am aware, there is no society in the world where victims of crime are entitled to restitution from the state merely because they are victims of crime. And therefore there is no society where police have a legal duty to prevent crime to individuals. Furthermore, this by no means implies that police officers and departments are insulated from administrative or criminal penalties for dereliction of duty, incompetence, negligence, etc, nor that police are given discretion to enforce the law whenever they like. Indeed, the legal decision explicitly mentions police officers facing up to two years in prison for failing to make a justified arrest. Because it's not practical to discuss all this on the main page, I think the best option is simply to remove it.
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* '''Police being lazy:''' This image is common in the United States, where every town has to employ its own officers and therefore have enough to respond on a busy day. Some things police do in RealLife understandably ''seem'' lazy or useless to outside observers, too, when they actually aren't – [[DonutMessWithACop like sitting in their car eating donuts]][[note]]as anyone who has worked any security can tell you, this is a side effect of having a job where most of it is ''waiting for something to happen'' as opposed to jobs where earning money is dependent on action[[/note]] or a crowd of them arriving and standing around for a simple traffic stop -- you can't (like a quiet day at your job) send police home just because no one is breaking the law -- they still may be needed at a moment's notice! Finally, per case law, and charters and job requirements of some police departments (specifically at least the NYPD), [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia police have no Constitutional duty]] [[http://www.copblock.org/27067/police-have-no-duty-to-protect-you/ to protect citizens from harm]], and some police follow this to the letter, viewing their role as only to make arrests and issue fines, not to actually investigate or even save you from a criminal attack.
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* '''Police being lazy:''' This image is common in the United States, where every town has to employ its own officers and therefore have enough to respond on a busy day. Some things police do in RealLife understandably ''seem'' lazy or useless to outside observers, too, when they actually aren't – [[DonutMessWithACop like sitting in their car eating donuts]][[note]]as anyone who has worked any security can tell you, this is a side effect of having a job where most of it is ''waiting for something to happen'' as opposed to jobs where earning money is dependent on action[[/note]] or a crowd of them arriving and standing around for a simple traffic stop -- you can't (like a quiet day at your job) send police home just because no one is breaking the law -- they still may be needed at a moment's notice! Finally, per case law, and charters and job requirements of some police departments (specifically at least the NYPD), [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia police have no Constitutional duty]] [[http://www.copblock.org/27067/police-have-no-duty-to-protect-you/ to protect citizens from harm]], and some police follow this to the letter, viewing their role as only to make arrests and issue fines, not to actually investigate or even save you from a criminal attack.notice!
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* In ''TabletopGame/FengShui'', the Ascended are in control of the governments and other major agencies of the world, so if you're fighting them, ''don't'' expect help from the cops.
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->'''Q:''' Why do the ''Politsiya'' always go around in groups of three?\\
'''A:''' One can read, one can write, and one keeps an eye on the two dangerous intellectuals.
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'''A:''' One can read, one can write, and one keeps an eye on the two dangerous intellectuals.
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Don't you see how late they’re reactin'\\
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'''A:''' One can read, one can write,
They don't care 'cause they get paid anyway\\
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** Maggey's less incompetent than ''horrendously unlucky''.
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** Though Maggey's less incompetent than ''horrendously unlucky''.''[[BornUnlucky horrendously unlucky]]''.
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* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'': Discussed in an early scene, where the students trapped in Hope's Peak express hope that the police are trying to rescue them from imprisonment. Monokuma shows up and says that [[TheWorfEffect the police are only good for getting their asses kicked to show how dangerous the villain is]].
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* In ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'', any Keeper worth their salt will invoke this trope. If the Investigators see something shady going down like a cult gathering, calling the police is the very worst thing they could possibly do. At ''best'', the coppers will be merely in over their heads and unable to explain or combat the threat. At worst, [[DirtyCop the local police may already be cultists themselves]].
