Television Why are cops in TV shows/movies always so dumb

SteveJ

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"You're off the case, Kerplunkski!"
 

lsd

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Most police iv seen in real life are dumb . Actually all police iv encountered are thick and being Irish iv encountered a lot
 

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I think you're forgetting Nicholas Angel, Sanford's finest.

#MakeSanfordGreatAgain
 

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Considering the epic blunders constantly witnessed in extremely serious real life cases, I wouldn't hold TV cops in lower regard.
 

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I think it’s authority figures on the whole. Police, Government officials, they all seem to be really stupid and obtuse in basically all movies and shows where they aren’t the main characters.