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{{quote|'''[[By ~~the~~ Book Cop|FBI Agent Norman Jayden]]''': Blake, you are an [[Ax Crazy|unbalanced]], [[Rabid Cop|psychopathic]] [[Jerkass|asshole]]!<br />

{{quote|'''[[By-The-Book Cop|FBI Agent Norman Jayden]]''': Blake, you are an [[Ax Crazy|unbalanced]], [[Rabid Cop|psychopathic]] [[Jerkass|asshole]]!<br />

'''Lieutenant Carter Blake''': I'll take that [[Insult Backfire|as a compliment]].|''[[Heavy Rain]]''}}

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Compare/contrast the (presumed) sympathetic [[Cowboy Cop]].

== Film ==

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* Dennis Peck from ''[[Internal Affairs]]'' ...see Alonzo.

* David Kujan pulls this on Verbal Kint a couple of times in ''[[The Usual Suspects]]''. ("I've got immunity now." "''NOT FROM ME! There IS no immunity from me, you piece of shit!''")

* Most of the [[Perp Sweating]] scenes in the South Korean film ''[[Memories of Murder]]'', which is [[But It Really Happened|based on real events]], fall into this category.

* Most of the [[Perp Sweating]] scenes in the South Korean film ''[[Memories of Murder]]'', which is [[But It Really Happened!|based on real events]], fall into this category.

* Bud White of ''[[LA Confidential]]'' , hands down...to the point he frightens the officer trying to play 'bad cop', as well as the suspect.

* [[Transformers Film Series|"ARE YOU USERNAME 'LADIESMAN217'?!?!"]]

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** Before Andy Sipowicz, there was Mick Belker on ''[[Hill Street Blues]]''. Dude even barked and growled like a rabid dog.

** And, lest we forget, bit people on a regular basis.

* ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]'''s Elliot Stabler can cross into [[Rabid Cop]] territory, especially when [[~~Its~~ Personal]]. Which is roughly every other week. This tendency earned him the [[Fan Nickname]] Un-Stabler.

* ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]'''s Elliot Stabler can cross into [[Rabid Cop]] territory, especially when [[It's Personal]]. Which is roughly every other week. This tendency earned him the [[Fan Nickname]] Un-Stabler.

** Most likely because Elliot is increasingly unstable and psychotic. That series will NOT end until he actually kills someone, ending his massive fall from grace.

** The cop in the (ironically named) "Unstable" made Elliot look normal.

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** Yeah, about him getting away in the end, he doesn't because he isn't mentioned in the news.

** There's a bright side: he doesn't in the bad endings. {{spoiler|If Ethan is killed while Norman is alive, he gets [[Turn in Your Badge|suspended and investigated]]. Not only him, but also his boss, Captain Perry. Or, in the "Uploaded" ending, he ends up getting haunted by Norman's "ghost" for the rest of his life}}. [[Bittersweet Ending|Sweet justice]].

* There's a lot of back-and-forth about whether Saren Arterius of ''[[Mass Effect]]'' is a [[Complete Monster]] or a [[Well Intentioned Extremist]], but he really fits this trope better than either. As a Spectre, he's essentially a Council space cop with no strings attached, and he plays it to the hilt - making frequent usage of the [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]], pursuing his own ambitions on the side and pinning the collateral damage on people he doesn't like. He's the same sadistic, racist government law officer we've seen in many other works - just relocated to a sci-fi setting.

* There's a lot of back-and-forth about whether Saren Arterius of ''[[Mass Effect]]'' is a [[Complete Monster]] or a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]], but he really fits this trope better than either. As a Spectre, he's essentially a Council space cop with no strings attached, and he plays it to the hilt - making frequent usage of the [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]], pursuing his own ambitions on the side and pinning the collateral damage on people he doesn't like. He's the same sadistic, racist government law officer we've seen in many other works - just relocated to a sci-fi setting.

* Agent Nightingale in ''[[Alan Wake]]'' really fits in this trope. Though the source for his jerkassery is found in [[All There in the Manual|his back story]].

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* This is parodied in ''[[The Boondocks]]'' where a [[Rabid Cop]] violently accuses and assaults [[Butt Monkey]] Tom Debuoir for a crime that he obviously didn't commit before being forced out by the nice cop. He then rushed in 5 seconds later to assault Tom again.

* The titular character from the [[Adult Swim]] show ''[[Assy McGee]]'' is an extremely violent parody of a [[Rabid Cop]] (and a [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]]) despite being, as his name suggests, a pair of ass cheeks.

* ''[[Iron Man Armored Adventures]]'' gives us their take on the NYCPD and the inexplicability of [[Family Friendly Firearms]] at the same time. Doppelganger!Tony has just shot at unarmed people at a party with a laser gun and rushed off. The real Tony Stark is taken in for questioning, and one of the officers is like this, complete with banging on the table and yelling, "Did your friends give you the lasers?!"

* ''[[Iron Man Armored Adventures]]'' gives us their take on the NYCPD and the inexplicability of [[Family-Friendly Firearms]] at the same time. Doppelganger!Tony has just shot at unarmed people at a party with a laser gun and rushed off. The real Tony Stark is taken in for questioning, and one of the officers is like this, complete with banging on the table and yelling, "Did your friends give you the lasers?!"

* Though not technically a cop, Lock-Up from ''[[Batman the Animated Series]]'' definitely counts.