Who are your favorite movie or TV cops?

TV: Columbo, Kojak Movies: Dirty Harry, Mel Gibson's cop in "Lethal Weapon."

Favorite TV cops: Furuhata Ninzaburo, and Robert Goren on "Law and Order: Criminal Intent". Favorite movie cop: Probably Marge Gunderson in "Fargo," brilliantly played by Frances McDormand.

Jimmy McNulty in The Wire (one of the most brillant TV show ever)

Vic Mackey in The Shield (as good as The Wire)

Since those 2 TV series ended, I did not find any great cop TV show.

Not really a cop but, Manimal.

Jack Frost

The Sweeny by a country mile. Looks dated now but was ground breaking then.

Ironside and Cobra (Sly Stallone)

Super Troopers!

CHiPs!

Norman Stansfield, the crooked cop from Leon

Freddy Newandyke, Mr. Orange from Reservoir Dogs

Detective Frank Drebin from The Naked Gun

Officer Dibble.

Oh and Serpico and Rick Deckard

Dirty Harry. Miniskirt Police. Officer Barbrady Police Chief Wiggum

Why does Jack Frost get a thumbs-down?

Cracker

Gene Hackman in Mississippi Burning, and Denzel in Training Day.

TV: Stabler and Benson from Law and Order SVU, Columbo Movies: Serpico, John McLain from Die Hard, Detective Fields from The Raven (because...Luke Evans)

Interpol Inspector Koichi Zenigata from Lupin the Third

Hot Fuzz!

TV - original Z-Cars coppers (Smith, Weir, Steel and Lynch).

Film - Dredd (well, he IS the Law)

Not sure if it qualifies as a "cop" TV show, but Magnum P.I. is about the only one I watched regularly, same goes with Grissom and C.S.I. Las Vegas (not Miami or New York).

Movies: "In the Heat of the Night" 1967, both Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger.

Also, Jackie Gleason in "Smokey and the Bandit" as Buford T. Justice: "[to his son] There's no way, no way that you came from my loins. Soon as I get home, first thing I'm gonna do is punch yo mamma in da mouth!"

Taggart.

And, because he is in the news, Nick Conklin (as played by Michael Douglas) in Black Rain.

Movies: Steiger-Potier in "In the Heat of the Night," and Steve McQueen in "Bullit."

TV: Craig Stevens in "Peter Gunn" (great jazz theme music) and the entire crew of "Hawaii 5-0" (likewise re the music)

Books (you should have asked): Ross McDonald's Lew Archer, Robert van Gulik's Tang-dynasty magistrate Judge Dee, Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch

On Japanese TV: Toyama no Kinsan, Onihei Hankacho, Ooka Echizen, Zenigata Heiji and of course the Col. Sanders look-alike, Mito Komon.

Keystones!

T.J. Hooker!

Marshal Raylan Givens. Detective Charlie Crews. Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle. Inspector Kurt Wallandar. And of course: Boss, Jipan, Macaroni, Gori & Scotch.

Jack Regan in the Sweeney

Shut it!

Someone put something in my drink last night.....Alcohol

Jack Regan

Regan: "put them away, love... your boyfriend's nicked!"

Robocop

Good to see some appreciate Jack Regan. Clint was cool, but the sight of the late, great John Thaw sprinting down the street out of breath in flares and a kipper tie trying to nick someone is one of my fondest childhood memories.

"Book him, Danno." McGarrett from Hawaii Five-O. The original, that is. Jack Lord was ultracool.

Andy Griffith and Barney Fife FTW! :p

Brit cop dramas do a great job with female cops. Helen Mirren (Prime Suspect), Gillian Anderson (The Fall), Kelly Reilly (Above Suspicion). Any of these.

Kommissar Rex.

"Robocop"

Dang, I forgot all about him!

TV reporter: Robocop, do you have any message for the children of the city?

Robocop ( looking straight at the camera ): Stay out of trouble.

We're the Sweeny and we missed our dinner.

Kojak!