Police drama cliches

[LilyAnn13]

For a bit of Sunday fun
I'll go first....
One of the female cops has a bad sister who is a drug addict or something like that, or a male cop has a drug addict brother.
Who's next?

A 'policing styles' clash between the Superintendent and his Inspector, or the Inspector and the Sergeant. One is always an old school Gene Hunt cop and the other a modern Sam Tyler cop!

Where the criminal leans forward in the interview facing down the detective claiming ‘we are same you n me - THE SAME, you may not want to admit it but it’s true…

Haha and the officer really doesn’t like that and the when the criminal insults the victim from his past that the officer just can’t forget then he loses it and has to be held back and dun dun dunnnn now we know that the current case is connected to the old case that gave the officer PTSD.

Also, when we get to the penultimate episode, that’s when we realise that one of the beloved policemen from the office is actually being blackmailed and is part of the crime. But he will have a last-minute redemption when he is shot trying to finally do the right thing.

But also, A homely, self sacrificing, doormat, martyr adoring Nan who patiently waits for the protagonist to get home after seeing to the kids and leaving a nice casserole on the side. Usually sitting waiting ready to leave when the protagonist gets home at around midnight but then happily takes Cardi off and sits back down when they are called back to work (or called away by affair partner) four seconds after walking though the door..

DCI’s and superintendents going out speaking to witnesses and interviewing suspects. As if!

Always come home with a crap ready meal from a local shop because they have no food they will look at it sigh and drink a bottle of wine instead

Having a massive kitchen island despite earning 42k

Pulling a bottle of sauv blanc out of the fridge after a stressful day to drink at aforementioned island

Love these! Esp from people who actually work in police

The perpetrator suddenly shouts out a confession at the end of a court room episode, after being grilled by the prosecutor, and says something like "it wasn't supposed to happen like that!"

Yes the kitchens!!

or the one night stand prone female detective who lives alone in a sparse flat with no clean blouses and an empty fridge bar a bottle of white and a beer for the lover who’s name she shall never know as he will be booted out after the act despite being super hot and super keen -( and usually massively out of her league looks wise)

One of the cops is a single parent with a teen going off the rails, but they've not noticed as they are always at work.

One of the lead detectives has a secret addiction to diazepam which comes in an orange pot. And it has an instant effect apparently

There’s always a parking space outside any home or business regardless of whether it’s by the coast or in a suburban street in the middle of London.

Yes and they will always get the casting, clothes and manner of speech a decade or so out with regards to the teen..

Middle class actors playing working class parts - usually criminals/pimps/ prostituted women/ single mums or substance abusers getting the speech pattern, accent, slang, vernacular way off.

toe curling

Haha yes, they never have to have three attempts at squeezing into the one parking space on the next road over, on a road lined with parked cars on both sides!

Yes, which they ultimately smash at the end after an epiphany by flushing their tablets of choice down the toilet - bingo - problem solved !

The detective is just about to retire when he's drafted to investigate one more crime...

If it's a Scandi police drama, the lead female will have long, messy blonde hair, a string of failed relationships, social / communication issues, a good- looking male partner and, although they might flirt, don't end up on bed together. She'll also have a fabulous apartment and a bit of a drink problem.

Leaping put of cars and into action and never pausing to lock the car doors. See also leaving car doors wide open

Or fuck about on the RinGo app…

No-one ever thinks the perp might escape out the back. All the cops charge in through the front door and then seem surprised when the criminal leaps out the bathroom window and goes over the back fence.

Pathologists can tell the sex of a child skeleton by the "pelvis" even though you can't actually do this pre- puberty. Oh and the SOCO is also the fingerprint expert and analyses DNA and checks blood spatter patterns and ...

Getting a message and looking down at your non-apple, non-android phone with nondescript messaging app with exaggerated bubble text. Bonus points for messages still coming in.

Pathologist and detective always have ‘history’ or sexual tension