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hi everyone,have you people ever felt the way cops are portrayed throughout KR are pretty lame,lazy?this is one of a few -tive points in the KR series.what do you say?

i liked in that episode where the cops are checking the speeds people are doing on that quiet road and KITT is in auto-cruise and does a jump really quickly and from what I remember I think they say "maybe its not a car"

James_kr wrote:i liked in that episode where the cops are checking the speeds people are doing on that quiet road and KITT is in auto-cruise and does a jump really quickly and from what I remember I think they say "maybe its not a car"

what ep's that in?

On the other hand, the cops were generally portrayed as baddies (with all those car chases) or incompetant (sp?).

Why cops are portrayed as baddies or lazy kind?

I personally hated the "it takes two to make an argument" sheriff from "A Good Day At White Rock." The same actor appeared again in "Circus Knights" but thankfully wasn't as irritating.

Knight4life wrote:Why cops are portrayed as baddies or lazy kind?

Probably the writers found it interesting to show cops as baddies because they wanted to do something different at the time. It was kind of the same thing the writers in Dukes of hazzard and the A-Team were probably thinking where the cops were bad. I think that the general audience see police as the "good guys" but it becomes very interesting to see the cops as baddies in shows like these where the hero tries to exploit the bad cops. It's always fun to see the hero capture the bad or currupt cops at the end of the episode because it shows how good the hero really is.

"In a world of criminals who operate above the law"

The police are the law and when they abuse their powers, it can be hard for the average citizens (innocent, helpless, powerless ) to stand up for themeselves. There is no-one the people can turn to so illustrates the opening words well

Knight2000 wrote:

James_kr wrote:i liked in that episode where the cops are checking the speeds people are doing on that quiet road and KITT is in auto-cruise and does a jump really quickly and from what I remember I think they say "maybe its not a car"

what ep's that in?

On the other hand, the cops were generally portrayed as baddies (with all those car chases) or incompetant (sp?).

Its in Season 1 the episode is the one where Michael is with that terrorist group its also the first one i have seen with the t-tops taken off KITT's roof. Michael was pretending he was Doogen in that episode.

James_kr wrote:

Knight2000 wrote:

James_kr wrote:i liked in that episode where the cops are checking the speeds people are doing on that quiet road and KITT is in auto-cruise and does a jump really quickly and from what I remember I think they say "maybe its not a car"

what ep's that in?

On the other hand, the cops were generally portrayed as baddies (with all those car chases) or incompetant (sp?).

Its in Season 1 the episode is the one where Michael is with that terrorist group its also the first one i have seen with the t-tops taken off KITT's roof. Michael was pretending he was Doogen in that episode.

It's the episode Inside Out. The scene in mention is in the begining of the episode. Michael is fighting with Doogan inside of KITT and they turbo boost over a truck in the road. That's where the cops see KITT and say

Cop 1: What was that?
Cop 2: It's a Pontiac.

KR portrayed many corrupted cops too. Remember that moron of a sherriff in The Rotten Apples? I think he is the most annoying bad guy in the whole series. The guy was not much older than me (I'm 20) and still speaking to Michael like if he was an idiotic kid. If I were in Michael's place, I would have kicked that guy's ass. As it tuned out, the sherriff was one of the bad guys...
And there was that other cop in Good Day in White Rock. Man, was he a jerk! At least Michael could prove for him that the town was in danger.
And remember the corrupted Army Officers in Deadley Manuevers? Boy, I thought this was a taboo back in the days of the Cold War!

a lot of them try to frame them

There's such a thing as crooked cops who unfortunately abuse their law-enforcement capabilities, so I'm glad they had stories of crooked cops, because corruption does exist in law enforcement.
I'm sure there were cops who weren't so crooked, even if they weren't featured on "Knight Rider" as much....

it makes people watch out for cops doing things like that so its a useful lesson.

The crooked/annoying cops made for conflict in the plot. They were always getting in Michael's way and tried to make him out as the bad guy. It also made for some funny moment. We all know how much KITT hated impound lots.

Michael himself was a cop before he "died". The cops aren't always shown as bad guys...case in point: the episode where Michael lost his memory and reverted to Michael Long after an explosion, and he went back to his old police station. One of the officers or detectives knew what was going on and knew to call Devon (so apparently the Foundation had some people on the inside who helped to fake Michael's death and who knew what really happened. Then there was a S3 episode where he worked with his old partner for a bit.

There's such a thing as crooked cops

"I have been a real cop, 35 years worth, you cant live on that the rest of your life, especially when the scum you put away have condo's in hawaii,
so what's wrong with a little stolen property? i deserve it!"

(white line warriers)


that dumb cop in the rotten apples kind of reminded me of buford T justice's son from smokey and the bandit

Well, it's obvious why the cops were made to appear lame on the show. I mean, if the cops were shown doing their jobs and good, it would distract the audience and it would also take the wind out of KITT and Michael's sails. I mean, KITT and Michael were the focus of the show, going around and catching the bad guys. What'd be the point of KITT and Michael being there if the cops were doing their jobs correctly?

CB2001 wrote:Well, it's obvious why the cops were made to appear lame on the show. I mean, if the cops were shown doing their jobs and good, it would distract the audience and it would also take the wind out of KITT and Michael's sails. I mean, KITT and Michael were the focus of the show, going around and catching the bad guys. What'd be the point of KITT and Michael being there if the cops were doing their jobs correctly?

True, imagine if 10 mins into the show, the cops had the case solved and the criminals locked up

Wizster wrote:

CB2001 wrote:Well, it's obvious why the cops were made to appear lame on the show. I mean, if the cops were shown doing their jobs and good, it would distract the audience and it would also take the wind out of KITT and Michael's sails. I mean, KITT and Michael were the focus of the show, going around and catching the bad guys. What'd be the point of KITT and Michael being there if the cops were doing their jobs correctly?

True, imagine if 10 mins into the show, the cops had the case solved and the criminals locked up

Michael would have more time to spend with his lady friend of the week. Poor KITT...

i think the cops were from the Smokey and the Bandit films as they never seem to catch anything LOL

I've always noticed that, Knight Rider LOVES the corrupt cops.

i think the cops were from the Smokey and the Bandit films as they never seem to catch anything LOL

"did you see that? they went right through our roadblock"
"you sumbitches couldn't close an umbrella!"