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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.
Related is a British TV trope in which London bobbies' epaulette numbers will have a letter "O" in their two letter
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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".
* 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}}
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