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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 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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* ''[[Life On Mars]]'' tried to avert this - then realised too late that Greater Manchester Police are ''not'' the Metropolitan Police. As a result, Sam Tyler's badge is digitally genericised on the DVD release.
* The crew of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' call attention to this when the "Desert Patrol" shows up in ''Eegah''.
* [[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 other man doesn't notice that the badge Furuhata shows him {{spoiler|is a prop (long story)}}.
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