POLICE
- Police Captains/lieutenants are always angry at their star detective and yell at him, threatening suspension if he doesn’t drop the case.
- Only after the detective has been suspended can he properly crack the case.
- Many police chiefs are in constant contact with their city’s mayor who will often “chew their ass out” about a single criminal investigation out of the thousands going on in a city. (note: See “I Married an Axe Murderer” for a hilarious send-up of the “mean chief” cliché.)
- The police will never question the hero, even if he kills lots of bad guys
- The cops never show up during massive gun battles in city streets that involve bystanders and exploding cars. After the fact, you might just hear a siren in the distance.
- More murders always happen during the investigation of the first one. The last living suspect is the murderer.
- Most homicide detectives are brooding, near-crazed loners, most likely divorced or widowed, borderline alcoholics. Of course, there are more respectable-looking detectives, but they are inept and not nearly as tough as their mentally-troubled colleagues.
- Many detectives are recruited directly from the police academy, therefore accounting for youthful “seasoned detectives” (see “Speed,” “Kuffs,” “Stakeout”).
- If you are a senior detective and are assigned a new partner, for some reason the department always partners you up with someone who is the complete opposite of you.
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