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''New York City cops''<br />
''New York City cops''<br />
''They ain't too smart!"''|'''[[The Strokes (Music)|The Strokes]]''' "New York City Cops" (2001)}}
 
Okay, not exactly true. New York's Finest are, in [[Real Life|reality]], plenty competent, with a few exceptions. In fiction, however, the NYPD are usually portrayed as gritty dudes more than willing to [[Cowboy Cop|bend a few rules]] to get what they want, not particularly interested in the particulars.
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Another major leap in this trend of localization began in 1994, under Mayor Giuliani. His plan granted more power to individual precincts to make localized decisions, harsh punishment for relatively minor infractions like public urination and graffiti tagging, and what some have claimed amounts to ''de facto'' racial profiling. These and other less political factors contributed to a significant drop in criminal activity (at least on paper) and, more recently, to the lowest violent crime rate of any major city in the United States. It also led to an increase in allegations of civil rights abuses and [[Police Brutality|misconduct]].
 
[[The War Onon Terror|Since September 11th]] (when the NYPD lost 23 officers), extra [[Crazy Prepared|equipment]] has been added to the patrol officer's belt, including a gas mask. Even reality-intensive portrayals of the NYPD may [[Reality Is Unrealistic|neglect this detail]], as it looks completely ridiculous and clumsy -- and as told by many cops forced to wear the stuff, it ''is''. In addition, the NYPD now occasionally posts paramilitary troops (complete with body armor and assault rifles) outside major shopping locations, subway and rail stations, and other potential terrorist targets. They also have had undercover officers sent along with the FBI and CIA, thanks to one of the chiefs being ex-CIA and interested in counter-terrorism.
 
A common accompanying character is the wise-cracking New York cop, perhaps best illustrated by the late Jerry Orbach's Lennie Briscoe in ''[[Law and Order]]''.
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== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[FAKE (Manga)|FAKE]]'': Is about two detectives in the fictional 27th precinct.
 
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* ''[[Cop Land]]''
* ''[[The Dark Knight]]'': Gotham PD appears to be based on them. The uniforms, badges, patches, and cruisers look very similar.
* ''[[Die Hard (Film)|Die Hard]]''
** ''[[Die Hard With a Vengeance]]''
** ''[[Live Free or Die Hard]]''
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* ''[[The French Connection]]''
** ''[[French Connection II]]''
* One of Jason's victims in ''[[Friday the 13th (Filmfilm)|Friday the 13 th]] Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan'' was a cop who tried to help the protagonists.
* ''[[Fritz the Cat (Animationanimation)|Fritz the Cat]]''
* ''[[Gangs of New York]]''
* ''[[The Hard Way]]''
* ''[[Inside Man]]''
* ''[[Little Nicky]]''
* Matt Cordell of ''[[Maniac Cop (Film)|Maniac Cop]]'' films is a former one.
* ''[[Men in Black (Filmfilm)|Men in Black]]''
{{quote| "N-Y-P-D means I will kNock Your Punk-ass Down!"}}
* ''[[Money Train]]''
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* ''[[One Good Cop]]''
* ''[[Prince of the City]]''
* ''[[Q and& A (Literature)|Q&A]]''
* ''[[Ransom]]''
* ''[[Rumble in The Bronx]]''
* ''[[Serpico]]''
* ''[[Sgt Kabukiman NYPD|Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.]]''
* ''[[Shaft]]''
* ''[[Summer Of Sam]]''
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* ''[[The Seven-Ups]]''
* ''[[The Usual Suspects]]''
* ''[[The Warriors (Filmfilm)|The Warriors]]''
* ''[[We Own The Night]]''
* ''[[World Trade Center]]''
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* ''[[Law and Order|Law & Order]]''
** ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
** ''[[Law and Order: Criminal Intent|Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]''
** ''Law & Order: Trial by Jury''
* ''[[Life On Mars (TV)|Life On Mars]]'' (US version)
* ''[[McCloud]]''
* ''[[Miami Vice]]'' - One of the two leads is a former Bronx cop who winds up in Miami tracking down his brother's murderer.
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* ''[[New Amsterdam]]''
* ''[[New York Undercover]]''
* ''[[NYC 22 (TV)|NYC 22]]''
* ''[[NYPD|N.Y.P.D.]]''
* ''[[NYPD Blue]]''
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Parasite Eve]]''
* ''[[Fahrenheit (2005 video game)]]'' (''Indigo Prophecy'' in North America), being a murder mystery set in [[New York City]], naturally features a lot of these, and two of the four player characters are investigators themselves. The beat cops do not wear typical NYPD uniformed, instead being costumed in some alternate universe blue and yellow fashion statement.
* ''[[Max Payne (Video Gameseries)|Max Payne]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]''. As the LCPD in any game featuring Liberty City.
* ''[[True Crime: New York City]]''
 
== Western Animation ==
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