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* ''Webcomic/UnOrdinary'': The Authorities talk a good talk but don't seem to actually care about anything unless they see it as a threat to the hierarchy which keeps them in power, to which their response is to have their agents disguise themselves and murder those who aren't acting properly in their place and then frame it as a killing done by criminals the Authorities are investigating.
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* In #Killstagram, cops come to Remi's door because her friend Jia has been missing for two days. Remi says she got texts from Jia the night before asking for Remi's address, hands over her phone, and says someone tried to break in last night. The homicide cop sees all the social media Like notifications, ''lectures Remi on her social media addiction'', tells her about infuencer-targeting kidnapper[[note]]Both Jia and Remi are influencers. Jia's apartment was left bloody. The cop even calls it "gruesome".[[/note]] instead of caring about the ''obvious clue'', says the break-in should be reported to another department, and [[PoliceAreUseless continues to lecture her about leaking her personal info online]]. If nothing else, the cops should ''check the cell towers Jia's phone pinged''. [[ArtisticLicenseLawEnforcement And this is a story set in and created by someone from South Korea]], where the cops do that sort of thing ''all the time''. The scene ends after the lecture, with no evidence the cop cared about the clues at ''any'' point, even if his priorities were in the wrong order.
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* In #Killstagram, cops come to Remi's door because her friend Jia has been missing for two days. Remi says she got texts from Jia the night before asking for Remi's address, hands over her phone, and says someone tried to break in last night. The homicide cop sees all the social media Like notifications, ''lectures Remi on her social media addiction'', tells her about infuencer-targeting kidnapper[[note]]Both Jia and Remi are influencers. Jia's apartment was left bloody. The cop even calls it "gruesome".[[/note]] instead of caring about the ''obvious clue'', says the break-in should be reported to another department, and [[PoliceAreUseless continues to lecture her about leaking her personal info online]].online. If nothing else, the cops should ''check the cell towers Jia's phone pinged''. [[ArtisticLicenseLawEnforcement And this is a story set in and created by someone from South Korea]], where the cops do that sort of thing ''all the time''. The scene ends after the lecture, with no evidence the cop cared about the clues at ''any'' point, even if his priorities were in the wrong order.
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* In #Killstagram, influencer Jia gets kidnapped and brutalized for the location of her influencer friend Remi. The killer uses Jia's thumbprint to unlock Jia's phone and text Remi. After he attacks Remi but can't get through her front door, Remi faints, and wakes up the next morning when the cops knock on her door to investigate Jia's disappearance. When Remi makes a statement at the station, she learns Jia's been missing for two days. Remi says she got texts from Jia the night before and hands over her phone, but the cop gets distracted by all the social media Like notifications, ''lectures Remi on her social media addiction'' and tells her about the killer instead of caring about the ''obvious clue''. When Remi says someone tried to break in last night, the cop says that should be reported to another department, and continues to lecture her about leaking her personal info online. If nothing else, the cops should check the cell towers Jia's phone pinged. [[DidNotDoTheResearch And this is a story set in and created by someone from South Korea]], where the cops do that sort of thing ''all the time''. The scene ends after the lecture, with no indication that the cop cared about the clue at any point.
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* In #Killstagram, influencer Jia gets kidnapped and brutalized for the location of cops come to Remi's door because her influencer friend Remi. The killer uses Jia's thumbprint to unlock Jia's phone and text Remi. After he attacks Remi but can't get through her front door, Remi faints, and wakes up the next morning when the cops knock on her door to investigate Jia's disappearance. When Remi makes a statement at the station, she learns Jia's Jia has been missing for two days. Remi says she got texts from Jia the night before and asking for Remi's address, hands over her phone, but the and says someone tried to break in last night. The homicide cop gets distracted by sees all the social media Like notifications, ''lectures Remi on her social media addiction'' and addiction'', tells her about the killer infuencer-targeting kidnapper[[note]]Both Jia and Remi are influencers. Jia's apartment was left bloody. The cop even calls it "gruesome".[[/note]] instead of caring about the ''obvious clue''. When Remi clue'', says someone tried to break in last night, the cop says that break-in should be reported to another department, and [[PoliceAreUseless continues to lecture her about leaking her personal info online. online]]. If nothing else, the cops should check ''check the cell towers Jia's phone pinged. [[DidNotDoTheResearch pinged''. [[ArtisticLicenseLawEnforcement And this is a story set in and created by someone from South Korea]], where the cops do that sort of thing ''all the time''. The scene ends after the lecture, with no indication that evidence the cop cared about the clue clues at any point.''any'' point, even if his priorities were in the wrong order.
** Also, when Remi opened the door for the cops, she said "Thank God you're here!" and none of the ''three'' cops outside asked her about that, apparently. They just told her about Jia's disappearance, then we cut to the station.
** Also, when Remi opened the door for the cops, she said "Thank God you're here!" and none of the ''three'' cops outside asked her about that, apparently. They just told her about Jia's disappearance, then we cut to the station.
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* In #Killstagram, influencer Jia gets kidnapped and brutalized for the location of her influencer friend Remi. The killer uses Jia's thumbprint to unlock Jia's phone and text Remi. After he attacks Remi but can't get through her front door, Remi faints, and wakes up the next morning when the cops knock on her door to investigate Jia's disappearance. When Remi makes a statement at the station, she learns Jia's been missing for two days. Remi says she got texts from Jia the night before and hands over her phone, but the cop gets distracted by all the social media Like notifications, ''lectures Remi on her social media addiction'' and tells her about the killer instead of caring about the ''obvious clue''. When Remi says someone tried to break in last night, the cop says that should be reported to another department, and continues to lecture her about leaking her personal info online. If nothing else, the cops should check the cell towers Jia's phone pinged. [[DidNotDoTheResearch And this is a story set in and created by someone from South Korea]], where the cops do that sort of thing ''all the time''. The scene ends after the lecture, with no indication that the cop cared about the clue at any point.
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* ''Webcomic/CoolAndNewWebComic'' has Femorafreack the police officer. [[SuperCop While he does have moments of badassery]], he is terrible at his job. Best exemplified in [[https://mspfa.com/?s=14113&p=115 this page]], where he comes across a gigantic blood trail that [[SociopathicHero Jhon]] caused:
-->'''JHON:''' [[BlatantLies theyre is no murder here, so pleas move alogn]]\\
'''FEMORAFREACK:''' ok
-->'''JHON:''' [[BlatantLies theyre is no murder here, so pleas move alogn]]\\
'''FEMORAFREACK:''' ok
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* Every example of the police in ''Webcomic/DrugsAndKisses'', much to the delight of the main characterscharacters.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', the cops are rarely of any help with the paranormal activity that occurs in Moperville. Mall cops [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2015-08-20 especially so]].
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', the cops are rarely of any help with the paranormal activity that occurs in Moperville. Mall cops [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2015-08-20 especially so]].
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* ''Webcomic/JoeVsElanSchool'': After Joe is recaptured and on his way back to [[JuvenileHell Elan School]], the goons who recaptured him stop at a gas station. Joe screams at a nearby state trooper that he's being kidnapped. When the trooper comes over to investigate, the goons namedrop Elan owner [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections Jay Cirri]], and the trooper is immediately frightened into letting them go.
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* If you consider teachers to be the police on a school playground, ''Webcomic/OzyAndMillie'' has an example of this. In one storyline, Millie is repeatedly pushed into a mud puddle by the local bully, and the nearby teacher does nothing in response. But when Millie snaps and hits the bully in retaliation, the teacher is immediately there to punish her.
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* In ''Webcomic/RasputinCatamite'', The local police seems lazy, adverse to paperwork, hideously bigoted and corrupt.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'', Ethan calls 911 after his Roadblock poster and Roadblock action figure start sexually harassing him. He gets hung up on almost immediately, as you might expect.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'', Ethan calls 911 after his Roadblock poster and Roadblock action figure start sexually harassing him. He gets hung up on almost immediately, as you might expect.
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* In''Webcomic/RasputinCatamite'', The local ''WebComic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'', the police seems lazy, adverse refuse to paperwork, hideously bigoted deal with "freaky [[CensorBox WOOF!]] going down at the cemetery" and corrupt.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'', Ethan calls 911 after his Roadblock poster[[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/23p21/ make the mayor take care of it instead.]] But [[BlatantLies not because the mayor is a main character and Roadblock action figure start sexually harassing him. He the police aren't...nope.]] The rest of the times they really ought to be doing something, the police don't even offer an excuse.
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'''Policeman:''' This looks bad. All right, prepare to open fire.\\
'''Yoshi the Raptor:''' RAAAATCH!\\
'''Gordito:''' Hold your fire. Give him a chance.\\
'''Policeman:''' Okay, forget this. I don't do dinosaurs.\\
'''AltText:''' Ninjas, zombies, giant lumberjacks, SURE. I signed up for that! But I draw the line at dinosaurs.
** The doctor himself is a walking example, because thanks to a special deal, they aren't allowed to touch him if he [[RuleOfFunny getshung up back to his office and shouts "BASE!" before they catch him]].
* ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'': the police have been muzzled by a state law that all crimes committed by people onalmost immediately, as you might expect.TV are ignored to protect the entertainment business. Notably, the closest [[HeroicComedicSociopath Axel]] came to being actually punished for his many, many crimes against humanity was before he was on TV.
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* In ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'', Ethan calls 911 after his Roadblock poster
-->(While the titular doctor is battling someone with Paul Bunyan's disease)\\
'''Policeman:''' This looks bad. All right, prepare to open fire.\\
'''Yoshi the Raptor:''' RAAAATCH!\\
'''Gordito:''' Hold your fire. Give him a chance.\\
'''Policeman:''' Okay, forget this. I don't do dinosaurs.\\
'''AltText:''' Ninjas, zombies, giant lumberjacks, SURE. I signed up for that! But I draw the line at dinosaurs.
** The doctor himself is a walking example, because thanks to a special deal, they aren't allowed to touch him if he [[RuleOfFunny gets
* ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'': the police have been muzzled by a state law that all crimes committed by people on
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* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' has two local cops named Baskin and Robbin (as opposed to the two recurring federal agents, Ben and Jerry) who diligently ignore all the seemingly nonsensical "crank calls" they keep getting about flying saucers, unicorns, dragons, robots, and the like. [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/314 Like so.]]
** The SpacePolice [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/855 are useless too.]]
** The SpacePolice [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/855 are useless too.]]
* Every example of the police in ''Webcomic/DrugsAndKisses'', much to the delight of the main characters
* Subverted in ''Webcomic/{{Girly}}''. The C.P.D. even outdo the actual superhero most of the time, [[FakeUltimateHero not that that's very hard]]. In the later arcs, they're practically a BadassArmy.
* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' has two local cops named Baskin and Robbin (as opposed to the two recurring federal agents, Ben and Jerry) who diligently ignore all the seemingly nonsensical "crank calls" they keep getting about flying saucers, unicorns, dragons, robots, and the like. [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/314 Like so.]]
** The SpacePolice [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/855 are useless, too.]]
* [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in ''Webcomic/KiwiBlitz'', as a kid Reed Bahia's mother explained that the police were always useless in the stories [[LampshadeHanging to make things more interesting for the hero]]. And now in the present day [[JustifiedTrope the police don't have a big enough budget to deal with all of the costumed villains running around]].
* ''Webcomic/LatchkeyKingdom'' zig-zags this regarding Rex, the Police Marshall/only officer. In "Usurped", he's portrayed as too lazy to prevent the king from being usurped right in front of him, but later on, he's shown as highly effective at dealing with crooks and proactive with finding people lost in the Weird Woods. Perhaps it's just an instance of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness.
* In ''Webcomic/MayonakaDensha'' whenever the police show up they only serve to make the situation worse or just don't do anything at all. Then again, they are being lead by the man himself, InspectorLestrade.
* In ''Webcomic/RasputinCatamite'', The local police seems lazy, adverse to paperwork, hideously bigoted and corrupt.
* Subverted in ''Webcomic/{{Girly}}''. The C.P.D. even outdo the actual superhero most of the time, [[FakeUltimateHero not that that's very hard]]. In the later arcs, they're practically a BadassArmy.
* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' has two local cops named Baskin and Robbin (as opposed to the two recurring federal agents, Ben and Jerry) who diligently ignore all the seemingly nonsensical "crank calls" they keep getting about flying saucers, unicorns, dragons, robots, and the like. [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/314 Like so.]]
** The SpacePolice [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/855 are useless, too.]]
* [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in ''Webcomic/KiwiBlitz'', as a kid Reed Bahia's mother explained that the police were always useless in the stories [[LampshadeHanging to make things more interesting for the hero]]. And now in the present day [[JustifiedTrope the police don't have a big enough budget to deal with all of the costumed villains running around]].
* ''Webcomic/LatchkeyKingdom'' zig-zags this regarding Rex, the Police Marshall/only officer. In "Usurped", he's portrayed as too lazy to prevent the king from being usurped right in front of him, but later on, he's shown as highly effective at dealing with crooks and proactive with finding people lost in the Weird Woods. Perhaps it's just an instance of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness.
* In ''Webcomic/MayonakaDensha'' whenever the police show up they only serve to make the situation worse or just don't do anything at all. Then again, they are being lead by the man himself, InspectorLestrade.
* In ''Webcomic/RasputinCatamite'', The local police seems lazy, adverse to paperwork, hideously bigoted and corrupt.
* In ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', this trope was played straight (and mercilessly lampshaded) with [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20051009.html the police during the 2005 Schlocktober arc]]. In the aftermath of the short arc, the heroes' lawyer manages to get all charges for their handful of less-than-legal actions dropped by threatening the cops with a bundle of legitimate lawsuits, "including false arrest, dereliction of duty, excessive force, and incompetence. I like to think of it as the 'impersonating a police force suit.'"
* ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' got Art who despite repeated cases of CassandraTruth didn't learn and still tried to call the police whenever something wrong happens. Later, Pip [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=465 mocked him]] for [[AesopAmnesia still trying]].
* In ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'', Ethan calls 911 after his Roadblock poster and Roadblock action figure start sexually harassing him. He gets hung up on almost immediately, as you might expect.
* ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' got Art who despite repeated cases of CassandraTruth didn't learn and still tried to call the police whenever something wrong happens. Later, Pip [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=465 mocked him]] for [[AesopAmnesia still trying]].
* In ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'', Ethan calls 911 after his Roadblock poster and Roadblock action figure start sexually harassing him. He gets hung up on almost immediately, as you might expect.
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* In the WebComic [[http://zeera.comicgenesis.com ''Zeera the Space Pirate,'']] Zeera at one point tries to go straight and joins the space cops, only to discover that the space police are so corrupt that piracy was actually a more honest career choice, and she reverts to being a pirate. Since then, she has met a few cops who ''are'' honest and are trying to reform the organization.
* In ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', this trope was played straight (and mercilessly lampshaded) with [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20051009.html the police during the 2005 Schlocktober arc]]. In the aftermath of the short arc, the heroes' lawyer manages to get all charges for their handful of less-than-legal actions dropped by threatening the cops with a bundle of legitimate lawsuits, "including false arrest, dereliction of duty, excessive force, and incompetence. I like to think of it as the 'impersonating a police force suit.'"
* In ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', this trope was played straight (and mercilessly lampshaded) with [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20051009.html the police during the 2005 Schlocktober arc]]. In the aftermath of the short arc, the heroes' lawyer manages to get all charges for their handful of less-than-legal actions dropped by threatening the cops with a bundle of legitimate lawsuits, "including false arrest, dereliction of duty, excessive force, and incompetence. I like to think of it as the 'impersonating a police force suit.'"
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* ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' got Art who despite repeated cases of CassandraTruth didn't learn and still tried to call the police whenever something wrong happens. Later, Pip [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=465 mocked him]] for [[AesopAmnesia still trying]].
* Subverted in ''Webcomic/{{Girly}}''. The C.P.D. even outdo the actual superhero most of the time, [[FakeUltimateHero not that that's very hard]]. In the later arcs, they're practically a BadassArmy.
* ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'': the police have been muzzled by a state law that all crimes committed by people on TV are ignored to protect the entertainment business. Notably, the closest [[HeroicComedicSociopath Axel]] came to being actually punished for his many, many crimes against humanity was before he was on TV.
* In ''Webcomic/MayonakaDensha'' whenever the police show up they only serve to make the situation worse or just don't do anything at all. Then again, they are being lead by the man himself, InspectorLestrade.
* [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in ''Webcomic/KiwiBlitz'', as a kid Reed Bahia's mother explained that the police were always useless in the stories [[LampshadeHanging to make things more interesting for the hero]]. And now in the present day [[JustifiedTrope the police don't have a big enough budget to deal with all of the costumed villains running around]].
* In ''[[WebComic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja Dr McNinja]]'', the police refuse to deal with "freaky [[CensorBox WOOF!]] going down at the cemetery" and [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/23p21/ make the mayor take care of it instead.]] But [[BlatantLies not because the mayor is a main character and the police aren't...nope.]] The rest of the times they really ought to be doing something, the police don't even offer an excuse.
-->(While the titular doctor is battling someone with Paul Bunyan's disease)\\
'''Policeman:''' This looks bad. All right, prepare to open fire.\\
'''Yoshi the Raptor:''' RAAAATCH!\\
'''Gordito:''' Hold your fire. Give him a chance.\\
'''Policeman:''' Okay, forget this. I don't do dinosaurs.\\
'''AltText:''' Ninjas, zombies, giant lumberjacks, SURE. I signed up for that! But I draw the line at dinosaurs.
** The doctor himself is a walking example, because thanks to a special deal, they aren't allowed to touch him if he [[RuleOfFunny gets back to his office and shouts "BASE!" before they catch him]].
* Every example of the police in ''Webcomic/DrugsAndKisses'', much to the delight of the main characters
* Averted in ''Webcomic/XWhy'' where the police manage to do there job [[http://xwhy.comicgenesis.com/d/20100825.html here]] and [[http://xwhy.comicgenesis.com/d/20081205.html here]].
* Subverted in ''Webcomic/{{Girly}}''. The C.P.D. even outdo the actual superhero most of the time, [[FakeUltimateHero not that that's very hard]]. In the later arcs, they're practically a BadassArmy.
* ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'': the police have been muzzled by a state law that all crimes committed by people on TV are ignored to protect the entertainment business. Notably, the closest [[HeroicComedicSociopath Axel]] came to being actually punished for his many, many crimes against humanity was before he was on TV.
* In ''Webcomic/MayonakaDensha'' whenever the police show up they only serve to make the situation worse or just don't do anything at all. Then again, they are being lead by the man himself, InspectorLestrade.
* [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in ''Webcomic/KiwiBlitz'', as a kid Reed Bahia's mother explained that the police were always useless in the stories [[LampshadeHanging to make things more interesting for the hero]]. And now in the present day [[JustifiedTrope the police don't have a big enough budget to deal with all of the costumed villains running around]].
* In ''[[WebComic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja Dr McNinja]]'', the police refuse to deal with "freaky [[CensorBox WOOF!]] going down at the cemetery" and [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/23p21/ make the mayor take care of it instead.]] But [[BlatantLies not because the mayor is a main character and the police aren't...nope.]] The rest of the times they really ought to be doing something, the police don't even offer an excuse.
-->(While the titular doctor is battling someone with Paul Bunyan's disease)\\
'''Policeman:''' This looks bad. All right, prepare to open fire.\\
'''Yoshi the Raptor:''' RAAAATCH!\\
'''Gordito:''' Hold your fire. Give him a chance.\\
'''Policeman:''' Okay, forget this. I don't do dinosaurs.\\
'''AltText:''' Ninjas, zombies, giant lumberjacks, SURE. I signed up for that! But I draw the line at dinosaurs.
** The doctor himself is a walking example, because thanks to a special deal, they aren't allowed to touch him if he [[RuleOfFunny gets back to his office and shouts "BASE!" before they catch him]].
* Every example of the police in ''Webcomic/DrugsAndKisses'', much to the delight of the main characters
* Averted in ''Webcomic/XWhy'' where the police manage to do there job [[http://xwhy.comicgenesis.com/d/20100825.html here]] and [[http://xwhy.comicgenesis.com/d/20081205.html here]].
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* ''Webcomic/LatchkeyKingdom'' zig-zags this regarding Rex, the Police Marshall/only officer. In "Usurped", he's portrayed as too lazy to prevent the king from being usurped right in front of him, but later on, he's shown as highly effective at dealing with crooks and proactive with finding people lost in the Weird Woods. Perhaps it's just an instance of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness.
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* ''Webcomic/LatchkeyKingdom'' zig-zags this regarding Rex, Averted in ''Webcomic/XWhy'' where the Police Marshall/only officer. police manage to do there job [[http://xwhy.comicgenesis.com/d/20100825.html here]] and [[http://xwhy.comicgenesis.com/d/20081205.html here]].
* In"Usurped", he's portrayed as too lazy to prevent the king from WebComic [[http://zeera.comicgenesis.com ''Zeera the Space Pirate,'']] Zeera at one point tries to go straight and joins the space cops, only to discover that the space police are so corrupt that piracy was actually a more honest career choice, and she reverts to being usurped right in front of him, but later on, he's shown as highly effective at dealing with crooks a pirate. Since then, she has met a few cops who ''are'' honest and proactive with finding people lost in are trying to reform the Weird Woods. Perhaps it's just an instance of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness.organization.
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** The SpacePolice [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20141115.html [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/855 are useless too.]]
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* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' has two local cops named Baskin and Robbin (as opposed to the two recurring federal agents, Ben and Jerry) who diligently ignore all the seemingly nonsensical "crank calls" they keep getting about flying saucers, unicorns, dragons, robots, and the like. [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20081230.html Like so.]]
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* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' has two local cops named Baskin and Robbin (as opposed to the two recurring federal agents, Ben and Jerry) who diligently ignore all the seemingly nonsensical "crank calls" they keep getting about flying saucers, unicorns, dragons, robots, and the like. [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20081230.html [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/314 Like so.]]
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* ''Webcomic/{{Supercrash}}'': Police of Norandopolis (the setting of the series) aren't very fond of superheroes and treat them with utter disdain despite clearly not being equipped to handle most of the threats to the city such as monsters. Granted in Oliver (a.k.a Supercrash)'s first encounter with them, they did catch a thief and arrested Oliver alongside him when the thief tried to claim him as an accomplice (didn't help that Oliver mistook him for a fellow hero). While they let Oliver go, it wasn't without humiliation via forcing him to dance while they shot at his feet. In the second encounter, however, Oliver tries to get them to help Jennifer after she faints [[spoiler: from having to defend herself against her henchgirls who rebelled on her]], but all they do is mock him for forgetting to bring in her assailants and laugh in his face, forcing him to carry Jennifer out of their HQ in a huff.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Supercrash}}'': Police of Norandopolis (the setting of the series) aren't very fond of superheroes and treat them with utter disdain despite clearly not being equipped to handle most of the threats to the city such as monsters. Granted in Oliver (a.k.a Supercrash)'s first encounter with them, they did catch a thief and arrested Oliver alongside him when the thief tried to claim him as an accomplice (didn't help that Oliver mistook him for a fellow hero). While they let Oliver go, it wasn't without humiliation via forcing him to dance while they shot at his feet. In the second encounter, however, Oliver tries to get them to help Jennifer after she faints [[spoiler: from having to defend herself against her henchgirls who rebelled on her]], but all they do is mock him for forgetting to bring in her assailants and laugh in his face, forcing him to carry Jennifer out of their HQ in a huff.huff.
* ''Webcomic/LatchkeyKingdom'' zig-zags this regarding Rex, the Police Marshall/only officer. In "Usurped", he's portrayed as too lazy to prevent the king from being usurped right in front of him, but later on, he's shown as highly effective at dealing with crooks and proactive with finding people lost in the Weird Woods. Perhaps it's just an instance of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness.
* ''Webcomic/LatchkeyKingdom'' zig-zags this regarding Rex, the Police Marshall/only officer. In "Usurped", he's portrayed as too lazy to prevent the king from being usurped right in front of him, but later on, he's shown as highly effective at dealing with crooks and proactive with finding people lost in the Weird Woods. Perhaps it's just an instance of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness.
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* In ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' the two-man police force in Podunkton actively discourages people from reporting crimes. Deputy Edsel is a straight example, whose first response in the face of an emergency is to say, "[[http://www.say “[[https://static.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=061120 com/comics/900/061120e.png.pagespeed.ce.84x4CKbYkD.png Somebody should call the police!]]" Officer Tod, however, is actually quite skilled, but he prefers to just let [[VigilanteMan Oasis]] chop criminals into little pieces, while he gets paid for doing absolutely nothing.
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* In ''Webcomic/RasputinCatamite'', The local police seems lazy, adverse to paperwork, hideously bigoted and corrupt.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'', Ethan calls 911 after his Roadblock poster and Roadblock action figure start sexually harassing him. He gets hung up on almost immediately, as you might expect.
* In ''Bitmap World'', the security guards at Macrohard [[http://www.bitmapworld.com/comic/issue111/ stand around doing nothing]] while equipment is being stolen, then [[http://www.bitmapworld.com/comic/issue112/ complain that they might get hurt]] when they're sent to take care of it.
** The actual police [[http://bitmapworld.com/comic/issue283/ are even worse.]]
* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' has two local cops named Baskin and Robbin (as opposed to the two recurring federal agents, Ben and Jerry) who diligently ignore all the seemingly nonsensical "crank calls" they keep getting about flying saucers, unicorns, dragons, robots, and the like. [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20081230.html Like so.]]
** The SpacePolice [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20141115.html are useless too.]]
* In the Webcomic/CiemWebcomicSeries , the police are either [[HanlonsRazor pathetically incompetent or else actively working for the villains]].
* ''Webcomic/DaisyOwl'' [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2008-07-14 tackles this one]]:
-->'''Daisy:''' This isn't like [dad] at all. We need to go find him.\\
'''Cooper:''' Shouldn't we call the police?\\
'''Daisy:''' Yeah, sure. And then we can have ice cream with a nice lady from the DSS. And she'll ask us why Daddy's not home, and why he's an owl, and [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal why he doesn't wear pants]], ''and so on''.
* ''Webcomic/RezzAndCoBountyHunters'': The Galachron Peace Keepers are an organization tasked with enforcing the law in an entire solar system, but use [[ForInconveniencePressOne a bad IVR system]] that lands the protagonists in jail along with the actual criminal.
* In ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' the two-man police force in Podunkton actively discourages people from reporting crimes. Deputy Edsel is a straight example, whose first response in the face of an emergency is to say, "[[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=061120 Somebody should call the police!]]" Officer Tod, however, is actually quite skilled, but he prefers to just let [[VigilanteMan Oasis]] chop criminals into little pieces, while he gets paid for doing absolutely nothing.
** When Zoë tries to tell some apparently less dishonest policemen that she was kidnapped into a building that turned into a rampaging ground for "zombgeeks" (don't ask), she runs into a downright parodic version of the trope. Sure, her story is extremely implausible, but the policemen are also ignoring the fact that when they went to check it out, "a rocketship made of mucus and unidentifiable bits burst through the roof." Apparently they thought this wasn't anything unexpected because "it's a Monday."
* In the WebComic [[http://zeera.comicgenesis.com ''Zeera the Space Pirate,'']] Zeera at one point tries to go straight and joins the space cops, only to discover that the space police are so corrupt that piracy was actually a more honest career choice, and she reverts to being a pirate. Since then, she has met a few cops who ''are'' honest and are trying to reform the organization.
* In ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', this trope was played straight (and mercilessly lampshaded) with [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20051009.html the police during the 2005 Schlocktober arc]]. In the aftermath of the short arc, the heroes' lawyer manages to get all charges for their handful of less-than-legal actions dropped by threatening the cops with a bundle of legitimate lawsuits, "including false arrest, dereliction of duty, excessive force, and incompetence. I like to think of it as the 'impersonating a police force suit.'"
* ''Webcomic/SuicideForHire''; the cops [[CrapsackWorld never seem to get anywhere]]. A rash of gruesome teen deaths goes unheralded by the news and not investigated in any detail, and acts of violence in public go ignored, such as when Autumn pulls a knife and attacks another girl at the prom. They did respond and do their best to deal with a case of domestic violence (the author of the comic has been trained to work with victims of domestic violence and didn't want to make light of it) but the victim's non-compliance meant they couldn't convict the attacker.
* ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' got Art who despite repeated cases of CassandraTruth didn't learn and still tried to call the police whenever something wrong happens. Later, Pip [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=465 mocked him]] for [[AesopAmnesia still trying]].
* Subverted in ''Webcomic/{{Girly}}''. The C.P.D. even outdo the actual superhero most of the time, [[FakeUltimateHero not that that's very hard]]. In the later arcs, they're practically a BadassArmy.
* ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'': the police have been muzzled by a state law that all crimes committed by people on TV are ignored to protect the entertainment business. Notably, the closest [[HeroicComedicSociopath Axel]] came to being actually punished for his many, many crimes against humanity was before he was on TV.
* In ''Webcomic/MayonakaDensha'' whenever the police show up they only serve to make the situation worse or just don't do anything at all. Then again, they are being lead by the man himself, InspectorLestrade.
* [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in ''Webcomic/KiwiBlitz'', as a kid Reed Bahia's mother explained that the police were always useless in the stories [[LampshadeHanging to make things more interesting for the hero]]. And now in the present day [[JustifiedTrope the police don't have a big enough budget to deal with all of the costumed villains running around]].
* In ''[[WebComic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja Dr McNinja]]'', the police refuse to deal with "freaky [[CensorBox WOOF!]] going down at the cemetery" and [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/23p21/ make the mayor take care of it instead.]] But [[BlatantLies not because the mayor is a main character and the police aren't...nope.]] The rest of the times they really ought to be doing something, the police don't even offer an excuse.
-->(While the titular doctor is battling someone with Paul Bunyan's disease)\\
'''Policeman:''' This looks bad. All right, prepare to open fire.\\
'''Yoshi the Raptor:''' RAAAATCH!\\
'''Gordito:''' Hold your fire. Give him a chance.\\
'''Policeman:''' Okay, forget this. I don't do dinosaurs.\\
'''AltText:''' Ninjas, zombies, giant lumberjacks, SURE. I signed up for that! But I draw the line at dinosaurs.
** The doctor himself is a walking example, because thanks to a special deal, they aren't allowed to touch him if he [[RuleOfFunny gets back to his office and shouts "BASE!" before they catch him]].
* Every example of the police in ''Webcomic/DrugsAndKisses'', much to the delight of the main characters
* Averted in ''Webcomic/XWhy'' where the police manage to do there job [[http://xwhy.comicgenesis.com/d/20100825.html here]] and [[http://xwhy.comicgenesis.com/d/20081205.html here]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Supercrash}}'': Police of Norandopolis (the setting of the series) aren't very fond of superheroes and treat them with utter disdain despite clearly not being equipped to handle most of the threats to the city such as monsters. Granted in Oliver (a.k.a Supercrash)'s first encounter with them, they did catch a thief and arrested Oliver alongside him when the thief tried to claim him as an accomplice (didn't help that Oliver mistook him for a fellow hero). While they let Oliver go, it wasn't without humiliation via forcing him to dance while they shot at his feet. In the second encounter, however, Oliver tries to get them to help Jennifer after she faints [[spoiler: from having to defend herself against her henchgirls who rebelled on her]], but all they do is mock him for forgetting to bring in her assailants and laugh in his face, forcing him to carry Jennifer out of their HQ in a huff.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'', Ethan calls 911 after his Roadblock poster and Roadblock action figure start sexually harassing him. He gets hung up on almost immediately, as you might expect.
* In ''Bitmap World'', the security guards at Macrohard [[http://www.bitmapworld.com/comic/issue111/ stand around doing nothing]] while equipment is being stolen, then [[http://www.bitmapworld.com/comic/issue112/ complain that they might get hurt]] when they're sent to take care of it.
** The actual police [[http://bitmapworld.com/comic/issue283/ are even worse.]]
* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' has two local cops named Baskin and Robbin (as opposed to the two recurring federal agents, Ben and Jerry) who diligently ignore all the seemingly nonsensical "crank calls" they keep getting about flying saucers, unicorns, dragons, robots, and the like. [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20081230.html Like so.]]
** The SpacePolice [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20141115.html are useless too.]]
* In the Webcomic/CiemWebcomicSeries , the police are either [[HanlonsRazor pathetically incompetent or else actively working for the villains]].
* ''Webcomic/DaisyOwl'' [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2008-07-14 tackles this one]]:
-->'''Daisy:''' This isn't like [dad] at all. We need to go find him.\\
'''Cooper:''' Shouldn't we call the police?\\
'''Daisy:''' Yeah, sure. And then we can have ice cream with a nice lady from the DSS. And she'll ask us why Daddy's not home, and why he's an owl, and [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal why he doesn't wear pants]], ''and so on''.
* ''Webcomic/RezzAndCoBountyHunters'': The Galachron Peace Keepers are an organization tasked with enforcing the law in an entire solar system, but use [[ForInconveniencePressOne a bad IVR system]] that lands the protagonists in jail along with the actual criminal.
* In ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' the two-man police force in Podunkton actively discourages people from reporting crimes. Deputy Edsel is a straight example, whose first response in the face of an emergency is to say, "[[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=061120 Somebody should call the police!]]" Officer Tod, however, is actually quite skilled, but he prefers to just let [[VigilanteMan Oasis]] chop criminals into little pieces, while he gets paid for doing absolutely nothing.
** When Zoë tries to tell some apparently less dishonest policemen that she was kidnapped into a building that turned into a rampaging ground for "zombgeeks" (don't ask), she runs into a downright parodic version of the trope. Sure, her story is extremely implausible, but the policemen are also ignoring the fact that when they went to check it out, "a rocketship made of mucus and unidentifiable bits burst through the roof." Apparently they thought this wasn't anything unexpected because "it's a Monday."
* In the WebComic [[http://zeera.comicgenesis.com ''Zeera the Space Pirate,'']] Zeera at one point tries to go straight and joins the space cops, only to discover that the space police are so corrupt that piracy was actually a more honest career choice, and she reverts to being a pirate. Since then, she has met a few cops who ''are'' honest and are trying to reform the organization.
* In ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', this trope was played straight (and mercilessly lampshaded) with [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20051009.html the police during the 2005 Schlocktober arc]]. In the aftermath of the short arc, the heroes' lawyer manages to get all charges for their handful of less-than-legal actions dropped by threatening the cops with a bundle of legitimate lawsuits, "including false arrest, dereliction of duty, excessive force, and incompetence. I like to think of it as the 'impersonating a police force suit.'"
* ''Webcomic/SuicideForHire''; the cops [[CrapsackWorld never seem to get anywhere]]. A rash of gruesome teen deaths goes unheralded by the news and not investigated in any detail, and acts of violence in public go ignored, such as when Autumn pulls a knife and attacks another girl at the prom. They did respond and do their best to deal with a case of domestic violence (the author of the comic has been trained to work with victims of domestic violence and didn't want to make light of it) but the victim's non-compliance meant they couldn't convict the attacker.
* ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' got Art who despite repeated cases of CassandraTruth didn't learn and still tried to call the police whenever something wrong happens. Later, Pip [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=465 mocked him]] for [[AesopAmnesia still trying]].
* Subverted in ''Webcomic/{{Girly}}''. The C.P.D. even outdo the actual superhero most of the time, [[FakeUltimateHero not that that's very hard]]. In the later arcs, they're practically a BadassArmy.
* ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'': the police have been muzzled by a state law that all crimes committed by people on TV are ignored to protect the entertainment business. Notably, the closest [[HeroicComedicSociopath Axel]] came to being actually punished for his many, many crimes against humanity was before he was on TV.
* In ''Webcomic/MayonakaDensha'' whenever the police show up they only serve to make the situation worse or just don't do anything at all. Then again, they are being lead by the man himself, InspectorLestrade.
* [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in ''Webcomic/KiwiBlitz'', as a kid Reed Bahia's mother explained that the police were always useless in the stories [[LampshadeHanging to make things more interesting for the hero]]. And now in the present day [[JustifiedTrope the police don't have a big enough budget to deal with all of the costumed villains running around]].
* In ''[[WebComic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja Dr McNinja]]'', the police refuse to deal with "freaky [[CensorBox WOOF!]] going down at the cemetery" and [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/23p21/ make the mayor take care of it instead.]] But [[BlatantLies not because the mayor is a main character and the police aren't...nope.]] The rest of the times they really ought to be doing something, the police don't even offer an excuse.
-->(While the titular doctor is battling someone with Paul Bunyan's disease)\\
'''Policeman:''' This looks bad. All right, prepare to open fire.\\
'''Yoshi the Raptor:''' RAAAATCH!\\
'''Gordito:''' Hold your fire. Give him a chance.\\
'''Policeman:''' Okay, forget this. I don't do dinosaurs.\\
'''AltText:''' Ninjas, zombies, giant lumberjacks, SURE. I signed up for that! But I draw the line at dinosaurs.
** The doctor himself is a walking example, because thanks to a special deal, they aren't allowed to touch him if he [[RuleOfFunny gets back to his office and shouts "BASE!" before they catch him]].
* Every example of the police in ''Webcomic/DrugsAndKisses'', much to the delight of the main characters
* Averted in ''Webcomic/XWhy'' where the police manage to do there job [[http://xwhy.comicgenesis.com/d/20100825.html here]] and [[http://xwhy.comicgenesis.com/d/20081205.html here]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Supercrash}}'': Police of Norandopolis (the setting of the series) aren't very fond of superheroes and treat them with utter disdain despite clearly not being equipped to handle most of the threats to the city such as monsters. Granted in Oliver (a.k.a Supercrash)'s first encounter with them, they did catch a thief and arrested Oliver alongside him when the thief tried to claim him as an accomplice (didn't help that Oliver mistook him for a fellow hero). While they let Oliver go, it wasn't without humiliation via forcing him to dance while they shot at his feet. In the second encounter, however, Oliver tries to get them to help Jennifer after she faints [[spoiler: from having to defend herself against her henchgirls who rebelled on her]], but all they do is mock him for forgetting to bring in her assailants and laugh in his face, forcing him to carry Jennifer out of their HQ in a huff.
