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Badges in many cop shows are generic, with just the words "Police" and the car decals are the same. Police forces may well be fictional, even if they are in a real place. |
Badges in many cop shows are generic, with just the words "Police" and the car decals are the same. Police forces may well be fictional, even if they are in a real place. |
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Related is a British TV trope in which London bobbies' epaulette numbers will have a letter "O" in their two letter |
Related is a British TV trope in which London bobbies' epaulette numbers will have a letter "O" in their two letter code—e.g. SO 171 (Reg Hollis in ''[[The Bill]]''). There are no divisions with "O" in their two letter code in the [[Real Life]] Metropolitan Police. |
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* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''[[Police Squad!]]''; marked police cruisers are seen only in the background; they are highly official-looking black-and-white full-size sedans, very authentic except that the door decals read "POLICE CAR". |
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''[[Police Squad!]]''; marked police cruisers are seen only in the background; they are highly official-looking black-and-white full-size sedans, very authentic except that the door decals read "POLICE CAR". |
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* When ''[[Myth Busters]]'' tested a story of a police badge stopping a bullet, they got test badges from the company that makes the real thing, but genericised. |
* When ''[[Myth Busters]]'' tested a story of a police badge stopping a bullet, they got test badges from the company that makes the real thing, but genericised. |
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* This trope is how the title character of ''Furuhata Ninzaburou'' catches on that {{spoiler|the supposed police officer he is talking to is an imposter}} |
* This trope is how the title character of ''Furuhata Ninzaburou'' catches on that {{spoiler|the supposed police officer he is talking to is an imposter}}—the other man doesn't notice that the badge Furuhata shows him {{spoiler|is a prop (long story)}}. |
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