There is always the loud Captain, the rules following close to retirement guy and the disillusioned young cop willing to break the rules to bring justice to the streets.
Excellent police movie cliches gentlemen…very well done. I see you’ve studied your police movies quite closely and I gave all of you a thumbs up! You did, however, leave off one cliche from police movies from the thirties and forties that I’ve always liked. To wit…”If you foul up once more I’ll have you walking a beat again.”
Unless the cops are there to kill you for posting a mean Tweet.
the chalk outline is a movie trope. cops just fill out paperwork.
also in movies most cops are a week away from retirement and are more concerned with South African policics and the tuna industry.
There is always the loud Captain, the rules following close to retirement guy and the disillusioned young cop willing to break the rules to bring justice to the streets.
“I got the mayor chewin’ my ass. You’re off the case as of this minute, do you understand? Just one more screw-up, and I’ll have your badge!”
P.S. — That wasn’t a comment on cop movie cliches. That was just a quote of an email I got from IMAO.
Excellent police movie cliches gentlemen…very well done. I see you’ve studied your police movies quite closely and I gave all of you a thumbs up! You did, however, leave off one cliche from police movies from the thirties and forties that I’ve always liked. To wit…”If you foul up once more I’ll have you walking a beat again.”
I love the old standards.
I’m handing this case over to someone else. You’re too personally involved.
And I want a complete report on my desk in the morning.
Now get out of my sight! Take a few weeks off, have a little vacation.
All classics.