Cops and Detectives

''Please sit down. We'd like to ask you a few questions.''

Who are we''? We're detectives; the folks who solve those mysteries you see on TV and read about in the paper. Most of us are what you'd call Seekers. Now, if you'll just answer a few--''

''What? You want more info? Alright, I'll let you ask just one more thing, but I'm really supposed to ask the questions. We come in all shapes and sizes, from meddling kids to sweet old ladies to grizzled PIs. Some of us can tell if you're guilty just by looking at the dust on your shoe. Some of us... can't. Take a look down and see our many faces. See Crime and Punishment Tropes for the stuff we do and Sliding Scale of Law Enforcement for how we're portrayed.''

Now, about your whereabouts last night...

Did you contrast this with Organized Crime Tropes on the night of the 15th?

Tropes:

 * Amateur Sleuth
 * Atonement Detective
 * Bad Cop Incompetent Cop
 * Born Detective
 * By the Book Cop
 * Da Chief
 * Black Boss Lady
 * Clueless Deputy
 * Clueless Detective
 * The Commissioner Gordon
 * Cop Boyfriend
 * Cop and Scientist
 * Les Cops Sportif (French police)
 * Cowboy Cop
 * Defective Detective
 * Detective Animal
 * Detectives Follow Footprints
 * Detective Mole
 * Detective Patsy
 * Dirty Cop
 * Dirty Harriet
 * The Exotic Detective
 * Fair Cop
 * FBI Agent
 * Friend On the Force
 * Gentleman Detective
 * Good Cop Bad Cop
 * Great Detective
 * Hammerspace Police Force
 * Hardboiled Detective
 * Hello Again Officer
 * The Inspector
 * Inspector Javert
 * Inspector Lestrade
 * Inspector Oblivious
 * Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist
 * Interdisciplinary Sleuth
 * Internal Affairs
 * Interpol Special Agent
 * Intrepid Reporter
 * Kid Detective
 * Killer Cop
 * Lemming Cops
 * Lesbian Cop
 * Little Old Lady Investigates
 * Magician Detective
 * Meddlesome Patrolman
 * Mystery Magnet
 * Mystery Writer Detective
 * New York City Cops (the NYPD)
 * Noble Bigot With a Badge
 * Occult Detective
 * Officer O Hara
 * Old Fashioned Copper
 * One Riot One Ranger
 * Phone in Detective
 * Pinkerton Detective
 * Police Are Useless
 * Private Detective
 * The Profiler
 * Rabid Cop
 * Scotland Yard (the Metropolitan Police Service)
 * The Sheriff
 * Snooping Little Kid
 * Suspiciously Idle Officers
 * SWAT Team
 * Time Police
 * Traffic Wardens
 * Undercover Cop Reveal
 * Undercover Model
 * US Marshal
 * Vampire Detective Series