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* Once every few novels of the ''[[In Death]]'' series, someone is bound to bring a box of donuts into "Cop Central." Usually it's intrepid reporter Nadine Furst, who routinely bribes her way into Eve Dallas's office by this method, but sometimes it's just "someone brought donuts."
* In the [[Tamora Pierce]] novel [[Tortall Universe|Bloodhound]], Beka Cooper, a Guardswoman (or "Provost's Dog"), dines on "fried dough spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg", which she later describes as "dough knots".
* Rare British example: The Ankh-Morpork City Watch, in the ''[[Discworld]]'' novels. Captain Vimes has a doughnut at Harga's House of Ribs in ''[[
* Everyone Jo knows from [[Da Chief]] to her cabbie buddy Gary knows her favourite types of drink and her favourite pastries from the local donut shop in [[The Walker Papers]].
* The shtekeleh, a Filipino-style Chinese donut in ''[[The Yiddish Policemen's
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== [[Video Games]] ==
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{{quote|'''Motorcycle Cop''': [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Sandwich|What a waste of a good donut.]] OK, let's roll!}}
** Also, the first two Officer Tenpenny missions have you meeting him at a donut shop.
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* In Michigan, a Police Station had bought and run a donut shop that was on the verge of closing down. They called it, "Cops & Doughnuts". [https://web.archive.org/web/20090926021735/http://blog.taragana.com/n/cops-doughnuts-for-laughs-and-to-help-community-police-in-mich-town-buy-bakery-99499/ Link]
* In the 90s, Atlanta-area radio DJs Randy and Spiff had a "contest" called "Cop In, Cop Out", wherein they scouted a donut shop, then challenged the caller to guess whether there was a policeman in the store or not. Saying "Cop In" was pretty much a sure thing.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130707153805/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3197/is_7_53/ai_n27946249/ This article] for those that didn't click it, it's a story about a donut delivery truck being hijacked and chased by a minimum of nine officers from four agencies in a half-dozen cruisers! Also, the company donated the stolen donuts to the arresting officers.
* A joke once detailed that when a Cop goes to Hell, he must make a decision: Bullets or Donuts.
* An Alberta city in the early 90s saw an internal police memo leaked to the press where, to avoid people believing this trope by seeing the Tim Horton's parking lot full of police cars, officers were asked to park down the street and walk.
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* Tim Hortons, far and away from the largest coffee, baked goods and fast-food chain in [[Canada]], was founded by the hockey player Tim Horton, but his first investor and franchisee were Ron Joyce, a police constable who frequented Horton's shop on his beat. After Horton's death, Joyce took over the chain and expanded it into the empire it is today.
** Instead of paying for security, Tim Hortons offers free menu items to members of Law Enforcement, encouraging police to frequent time.
* "[https://web.archive.org/web/20161029105006/http://www.memecenter.com/fun/332493/police-bait-donuts Happy International Donut Day]!"
* A [https://web.archive.org/web/20080611170448/http://www.wsaw.com/home/headlines/12905402.html Wisconsin thief] opted to steal a random automobile to make a getaway. His choice... a truck with donuts. It was even featured on [[World's Dumbest...]].
* When a truck of [https://lawandcrime.com/crazy/no-words-police-mourn-burnt-krispy-kreme-truck-all-donuts-were-lost/ donuts] in Kentucky was destroyed by fire, the police were left "in mourning". it went viral.
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