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Line 2: 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. Related is a British TV trope in which London bobbies' epaulette numbers will have a letter "O" in their two letter ~~code -- e~~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. {{examples}} Line 20: * [[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". * 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. * 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~~—the other man doesn't notice that the badge Furuhata shows him {{spoiler\|is a prop (long story)}}. {{reflist}}

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