History Main / RabidCop

** The cop in the (ironically named) episode, "Unstable" made Elliot much more calm and normal by comparison.

** Dana Lewis is also an example of this. Though she did have a running gag where, in every episode she was featured Elliot would end up being hurt in some way, the episode "Penetration" ends with her chasing down her rapist and cornering him in a warehouse with her gun drawn, and she actually tries to shoot the guy. The episode "Secrets Exhumed" ends up with her being arrested and thrown in prison for 25 years when it's revealed that long ago she killed her ex-boyfriend's girlfriend out of jealousy and spite, and [[TheAtoner became a cop as a way to try and redeem herself and do good for society.]]

** Elliot Stabler can be a ''very'' violent person during his interrogations, especially when ItsPersonal or, as the father of four children, he comes up against anybody who WouldHurtAChild. This tendency earned him the FanNickname Un-Stabler, most likely because Elliot can reach a boiling point so hot that multiple people have to come physically restrain him. No wonder him and IAB were so well-acquainted. Many theorized the series would not end until he actually killed someone, ending his massive fall from grace... and ironically, he did end up off the show due to a killing in the precinct, although it was A) a 'clean' (wholly justified) shoot of someone that was shooting up the holding cell, and B) happened to be a 14 year old girl he was wholly sympathetic with. He couldn't take the guilt and handed in his resignation letter shortly afterward.

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* Depending on how you view him, Joe Arpaio. Similarly, David Clarke.
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** Elliot Stabler can be a ''very'' violent person during his interrogations, especially when ItsPersonal. This tendency earned him the FanNickname Un-Stabler, most likely because Elliot can reach a boiling point so hot that multiple people have to come physically restrain him. No wonder him and IAB were so well-acquainted. Many theorized the series would not end until he actually killed someone, ending his massive fall from grace... and ironically, he did end up off the show due to a killing in the precinct, although it was A) a 'clean' (wholly justified) shoot of someone that was shooting up the holding cell, and B) happened to be a 14 year old girl he was wholly sympathetic with. He couldn't take the guilt and handed in his resignation letter shortly afterward.

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* [[https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/09/police-officers-who-hit-their-wives-or-girlfriends/380329/ A lot of American police officers]] admit to beating their spouses, and police organizations in the United States are well known for the institutional descendants of both [[https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/civil-rights-reimagining-policing/how-you-start-is-how-you-finish/ Slave Catchers and Strike breakers.]]
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* John Walker from ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'' proves to be unique example in Episode three, when he assaults a civilian who he knows helped the people he’s looking for. [[spoiler: He also brutally murders an unarmed man, who while a terrorist, was begging for his life and wasn’t responsible for his friend Lemar‘s (accidental) death.]]

* John Walker from ''Series/TheFalconandTheWinterSoldier'' proves to be unique example in Episode three, when he assaults a civilian who he knows helped the people he’s looking for.

* Tsurugi Kinjo of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaAnother'' doesn't start off as one, but quickly [[SanitySlippage snaps under the pressure of the Killing Game]]. He starts off endorsing the [[CruelAndUnusualDeath executions]] of murderers, then proposes [[BetrayalByInaction abandoning those unwilling to follow his increasingly draconian rules]], and eventually escalates into telling another one of his classmates [[SuicideDare to kill herself]]. Predictably, everyone else begins [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating hating his guts]].

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* Corrupt DEA agent Norman Stansfield from ''Film/TheProfessional'' not only kills an entire family but also uses his position to have a foothold in the drug trade and has ties to organized crime syndicates no less.

* ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'', also created by KurtSutter, has Lee Toric, a former U.S. Marshal, and ATF Agent June Stahl

* Manny Pardo from ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami2WrongNumber'' starts off as a mere CowboyCop with little regard for protocol, but as the game progresses he starts showing off more Jerkass tendencies. He becomes a full-on RabidCop when he [[spoiler: executes an unarmed and surrendering Tony.]] It's also hinted at that he's [[spoiler: the Miami Mutilator.]]

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** Perhaps [[ExaggeratedTrope the ultimate example]] is Judge Dredd's nemesis, Judge Death. He starts off his time in his reality's judge force [[HangingJudge executing perps for minor crimes]] (untied shoelaces, breach of noise regulations, loitering...). ''And he only gets worse''. Eventually, he reasons that all crime is committed by the living, [[AllCrimesAreEqual therefore life is a crime]]. Cue his willing transformation into an undead killing machine, the extermination of his world's entire population, and his attempts to do the same to Dredd's universe.

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* This can be TruthInTelevision on occasion. It's hard to not to find a list of incidents where PoliceBrutality is involved.

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* [[Creator/TakeshiKitano Detective Azuma]], the titular ''Film/ViolentCop''[note]The movie is also Kitano's directorial debute[/note] is more of a VigilanteMan than an actual policeman. Azuma operates on a BlueAndOrangeMorality and upholds it with extreme violence regardless of the law. His MO is to simply terrify local hoodlums into turnig themselves in before he beats them to death. His colleagues treat him with a mix of disgust and admiration. Unsurprisingly, this approach works well against local JapaneseDelinquents but is completely useless against well-organized and connected crime syndicates who have most of his department on the take. [[spoiler: Most humiliatingly, Kikuchi, Azuma's rookie patrner who spent most of the movie being bullied by him, eventually lashes out by betraying Azuma to the mob and becoming a full-blown DirtyCop after his death.]]

* [[Creator/TakeshiKitano Detective Azuma]], the titular ''Film/ViolentCop'' (the movie is also Kitano's directorial debute) is more of a VigilanteMan than an actual policeman. Azuma operates on a BlueAndOrangeMorality and upholds it with extreme violence regardless of the law. His MO is to simply terrify local hoodlums into turnig themselves in before he beats them to death and his colleagues treat him with a mix of disgust and admiration. Unsurprisingly, this approach works well against local JapaneseDelinquents but is completely useless against well-organized and connected crime syndicates who have most of his department on the take. [[spoiler: Most humiliatingly, his rookie patrner who spent most of the movie bullied by him, eventually lashes out by betraying Azuma to the mob and becomes a full-blown DirtyCop after his death.]]

* ''Series/CSIMiami'': From a comparative and statistical point of view (broken down in [[ClickHello people he personally threatened to hurt if they didn't stand down]], who [[KarmicDeath accidentally died]] when he tried to bring them in (and a couple he ''actually'' allowed to die), who he killed personally in self-defense, who he hurt when they hit his BerserkButton and/or threathened in various ways), Horatio Caine was an example of this trope among the leaders of the CSI teams (Grissom, Taylor, et al).

** Elliot Stabler can be a ''very'' violent person during his interrogations, especially when ItsPersonal. This tendency earned him the FanNickname Un-Stabler, most likely because Elliot can reach a boiling point so hot that multiple people have to come physically restrain him. No wonder him and IAB were so well-acquainted. Many theorized the series would not end until he actually killed someone, ending his massive fall from grace... and ironically, he did end up off the show due to a killing in the precinct, althrough it was A) a 'clean' (wholly justified) shoot of someone that was shooting up the holding cell, and B) happened to be a 14 year old girl he was wholly sympathetic with. He couldn't take the guilt and handed in his resignation letter shortly afterward.