Police quotes

“- Samantha Harper: You're down in New York consulting with Lou Gerstner or the head of GE telling them how to buy South American countries but on the weekends, you fly back up here to hang out with the cop, do cop things, maybe go to cop mixers...
- Katie Burke: I like the cop.
- Samantha Harper: Yeah, um, I can see that.”
Zooey Deschanel - Samantha Harper
Katie Holmes - Katie Burke

“We could call the cops, Richard, but you know where we'd be spending our weekend. In some... goddamned hot police station answering questions we don't know the answers to.”
Andrew McCarthy - Larry Wilson

“- Beatrice: Have you made any progress?
- Victor: I will.
- Beatrice: I know. Because I realize now that if I call the police and tell them what I saw, it's not prison you're afraid of. It's that you won't get to finish your revenge.”
Noomi Rapace - Beatrice
Colin Farrell - Victor

“Whatever happened to your father doesn't mean it's gonna happen to you. You're a great cop. You'd make a terrific detective. It's a gift. Don't throw it away.”

Denzel Washington - Lincoln Rhyme

“- Kyle Fisher: I'm calling the police.
- Robert Boyd: So help me God, you touch that fuckin' phone, I'll bury you with them!”

Jon Favreau - Kyle Fisher
Christian Slater - Robert Boyd

“- Steven Seton: Let me out of here!
- Joyce Russel: Yeah, I'll let you out just as soon as the cops get here.”

Andrew Freeman - Steven Seton
Lori Lethin - Joyce Russel

“Before you get any half-baked ideas about calling in the cavalry, just remember we're gonna be watching you every step of the way. And we'll be listening to our police scanners. And if we see anything unusual, an unmarked car or truck, or if we see you talking to anyone who even remotely smells like a cop... well, you can just keep your fucking...” (continue)(continue reading)
J. T. Walsh - Red Barr

“- Dianne Wainford: What sort of policeman are you?
- Dr. Alex Cross: I'm a forensic psychologist. It's a fancy way of saying I'm a guy who walks into a room like that and determines the hows and whys.”
Deborah Strang - Dianne Wainford
Morgan Freeman - Dr. Alex Cross

“- Roman: Someone is trying to ruin my movie. Someone wants to kill my movie.
- Detective Wallace: We'll talk about your movie down at the station. All right, this is the scene where you come with us.”
Scott Foley - Roman Bridger
Josh Pais - Wallace

“No cop's gonna arrest a guy with a $600 suit on.”
Jim Bray - Bobby James

“- Helen Lyle: What's with the arsenal, Bernadette? We're only going eight blocks.
- Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh: You're the one who got us dressed up like cops.
- Helen Lyle: I said just dress up conservatively.
- Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh: Yeah, well we look like cops.”

Virginia Madsen - Helen Lyle
Kasi Lemmons - Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh

“- Peoples Hernandez: You're not a cop anymore.
- John Shaft: Do you think that makes me less dangerous, or more dangerous?”
Jeffrey Wright - Peoples Hernandez
Samuel L. Jackson - John Shaft

“- Hawkins: I'm Sheriff Hawkins. I don't believe we've met.
- Malone: We haven't.”
Kenneth McMillan - Hawkins
Burt Reynolds - Malone

“- Ray: So you've used the door, the building's still intact, people are happy you've arrived, they feel safe now, there's an officer there and he's done a good job, so you might want to tell him he's done a good job.
- John Hancock: What the hell did I have to come for, Ray, if he's done a good job?”

Jason Bateman - Ray
Will Smith - John Hancock

“This is the LAPD. We're the most hated cops in all the free world. My own mama's ashamed of me. She tells everybody I'm a drug dealer.”
Chris Tucker - Carter

“This is bullshit. I'm stuck between a pimp and a hard place. Donna, man down! Eleven thirty: pimp in distress!”

Katt Williams - Money Mike

“- Frank the Pug: How about we do the good cop, bad cop routine? You can interrogate the witness, and I growl. Grrrrr...
- Jay: Wait, how about we do the good cop, dumb dog thing, and you just shut up?”
Tim Blaney - Frank the Pug
Will Smith - Jay

“- Thad Beaumont: Sounds like the police have been in touch.
- Reggie Delesseps: They wanted me to confirm that you were a man of good character. I lied and told them that you were.”
Timothy Hutton - Thad Beaumont
Julie Harris - Reggie Delesseps

“- Motorcycle Cop: Where's the fire?
- Dallas: [lying] This kid fell off his motorcycle, I'm taking him to the hospital.
- Motorcycle Cop: Is he hurt bad?
- Dallas: How should I know? I ain't no doc.
[Motorcycle Cop goes away]”

Ed Jackson - Motorcycle Cop
Matt Dillon - Dallas Winston

“Behind my badge is a heart like yours. I bleed, I think, I love, and yes I can be killed. And although I am but one man, I have thousands of brothers and sisters who are the same as me. They will lay down their lives for me, and I them. We stand watch together. The thin-blue-line, protecting the prey from the predators, the good from the bad. We...” (continue)(continue reading)
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brian Taylor

- Colonel Ilya Pavel Kazak: When did she become a "they"?
- Rosa: She is with the cop. And he's very good. He took out our whole goddamn team!
Steven Berkoff - Colonel Ilya Pavel Kazak
Jenette Goldstein - Rosa

“- Kate Rainwood: Parnell said that your department was shit, and that you're a...
- John Fitzgerald: A what?
- Kate Rainwood: A punk nigger with his nose up the brass's ass.”
Laila Robins - Kate Rainwood
Badja Djola - John Fitzgerald

“- Assistant U.S. Atty. Rick Cappalino: There was never a hint of corruption in that office. Maybe you know something I don't. Danny, you called me. So why are you here? If you know anything about lawyers or D.A.'s I would love to hear it. Is it common practice to sell narcotics in the narcotics division?
- Detectove Daniel Ciello: Where do you...” (continue)(continue reading)
Norman Parker - Assistant U.S. Atty. Rick Cappalino
Treat Williams - Detective Daniel Ciello

“You have the right to remain silent, so shut the fuck up, okay? You have the right to an attorney. If you can't afford an attorney, we'll provide you with the dumbest fucking lawyer on earth. If you get Johnny Cochrane, I'll kill ya!”
Chris Rock - Detective Lee Butters

“A lot of people talk about police corruption. Stolen drugs, crooked cops: makes you think are all cops bad? I don't think so. Sometimes you have to walk in the darkness, to bring the truth to light.”
DMX - Latrell Walker