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== [[Comic Books]] ==

* A major theme in ''[[Batman: Year One]]'' is that most of the police department is ~~corrupt -- this~~ is given as an explicit reason why it's necessary for Bruce Wayne to don a bat costume and terrorize criminals, as often some of the people he beats up happen to be cops who are in on the crime. The first real progress he makes is when he finds out that Gordon ''can'' be trusted, creating a legitimate outlet to fight crime.

* A major theme in ''[[Batman: Year One]]'' is that most of the police department is corrupt—this is given as an explicit reason why it's necessary for Bruce Wayne to don a bat costume and terrorize criminals, as often some of the people he beats up happen to be cops who are in on the crime. The first real progress he makes is when he finds out that Gordon ''can'' be trusted, creating a legitimate outlet to fight crime.

* In ''[[Sin City]]'', the police force is so corrupt, it's actually shocking when people find a cop who is clean. In the first story, police death squads are sent after Marv in order to silence him after he's framed for murder. In ''That Yellow Bastard'' almost the entire police force are willing to protect a pedophile [[Serial Killer]] son of a senator, going so far as to frame one of their own (probably the only ''good'' cop of the entire bunch). In ''The Big Fat Kill'', a recently killed [[Domestic Abuser]] is exposed as being a hero cop, which is bad news for Old Town (because {{spoiler|the truce between the girls and the cops forbids the girls to kill cops that wander into their territory, in exchange for the girls being allowed to protect their own and keep the cops and the mob out}}). In ''Hell And Back'', the cops are in league with an assassin guild. At least in ''Hell and Back'' the police chief briefly rediscovers his morals long enough to help the protagonist finish off the assassins/human traffickers.

== [[Film]] ==

* ''[[Fletch]]''. Police Chief Karlin and some of his officers are running the local drug ring, so Fletch can't go to them for help.

* In ''[[Date Night]]'', this is the reason why Phil and Claire end up ditching the police station mid-interview to conduct their own ~~investigation -- they~~ see their kidnappers walking in and getting some coffee, and are not at all sure they're safe being around any longer. It later becomes relevant information that the whole police force isn't in on it as {{spoiler|the plot is resolved when Holbrook contacts someone he knows he can trust to organize the final operation}}.

* In ''[[Date Night]]'', this is the reason why Phil and Claire end up ditching the police station mid-interview to conduct their own investigation—they see their kidnappers walking in and getting some coffee, and are not at all sure they're safe being around any longer. It later becomes relevant information that the whole police force isn't in on it as {{spoiler|the plot is resolved when Holbrook contacts someone he knows he can trust to organize the final operation}}.

* ''[[Pineapple Express]]'' has this when Dale sees that a police officer in uniform is present when Ted murders a rival ~~criminal -- and~~ puts some bullets in him herself just to be sure. Since Dale's a process server, he really should have someone he can talk to about this, but on the other hand, his chronically being high doesn't do wonders for his judgment. Hilariously, he's arrested later ~~on -- and~~ the beat officer actually believes his story because it explains iffy problems in the department. {{spoiler|Saul completely screws this up by [[Stop Helping Me!|helping Dale escape.]]}}

* ''[[Pineapple Express]]'' has this when Dale sees that a police officer in uniform is present when Ted murders a rival criminal—and puts some bullets in him herself just to be sure. Since Dale's a process server, he really should have someone he can talk to about this, but on the other hand, his chronically being high doesn't do wonders for his judgment. Hilariously, he's arrested later on—and the beat officer actually believes his story because it explains iffy problems in the department. {{spoiler|Saul completely screws this up by [[Stop Helping Me!|helping Dale escape.]]}}

* The bad guys in the remake of ''[[Assault on Precinct 13]]''.

* ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'' - the {{spoiler|Chief of Police}} turns out to be in on the bizarre "accidents" surrounding the town.