Police officer

A police officer (also known as a policeman or policewoman, and constable in some forces, particularly in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth nations) is a warranted employee of a police force. In the United States "officer" is the formal name of the lowest police rank; in many other countries "officer" is a generic term not specifying a particular rank, and the lowest rank is often "constable". Police officers are generally charged with the apprehension of criminals and the prevention and detection of crime, and the maintenance of public order. Police officers may be sworn to an oath, and have the power to arrest people and detain them for a limited time, along with other duties and powers. In the Scanners film franchise, Sam Staziak is a member of the Los Angeles police department gifted with great psychokinetic abilities. He can perceive the thoughts of others and project waves of kinetic energy that can cripple an adversary, thus earning him the nickname Scanner Cop. The most well-known police officer in science fiction however is Alex Murphy, aka, RoboCop. In Detroit, Michigan of the near future, Alex Murphy is fatally wounded in a shootout with a criminal gang led by Clarence Boddicker. Thanks to the technological wizardry of Omini Consumer Products however, they are able to save Murphy's life by turning him into a cyborg powerhouse dubbed RoboCop. Gifted with enhanced strength and versatility, RoboCop becomes a one-man police squad systematically taking down all of Boddiker's gang members and uncovering the secret link between his enemies and OCP.

Doctor Who

 * "An Unearthly Child": A foot patrolman took a stroll past 76 Totter's Lane, where he took curious note of a police call box in the middle of the I.M. Foreman Junkyard. He could not have known that this particular call box was actually the TARDIS.