Often policemen who oppose the Cowboy Cop are revealed to be Dirty Cops, scared that he's going to shake up the system they've worked so hard to manipulate in their favor. As a result of his flagrant rule-breaking, Internal Affairs hates the Cowboy Cop with a passion.
In a SWAT Team type situation where the cops are expected to shoot to kill, he does not care about human shields or property damage and will more often than not almost level the place to take down the suspects (especially with a car or truck), with extreme lethal force.Ĭowboy Cops are almost always asked to Turn in Your Badge by Da Chief, at which point they usually become a Vigilante Man in regards to whatever bad guy they are after for either the rest of the movie or until they get their badge back. He will usually be a detective, as a beat cop is much less likely to be intimately involved in a case's full duration.
