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In every police precinct, you'll have several stereotypical types of cops. The most common of these will always be the O'Hara, the cop with the whimsical Irish accent who usually stands in the sidelines, offering recycled stereotypical quips about St. Patrick and the shores of Oireland. Compare Irish Priest, the other stereotypically Irish profession in American fiction. Examples of Officer O'Hara include:

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  • In every police precinct, you'll have several stereotypical types of cops. The most common of these will always be the O'Hara, the cop with the whimsical Irish accent who usually stands in the sidelines, offering recycled stereotypical quips about St. Patrick and the shores of Oireland. Compare Irish Priest, the other stereotypically Irish profession in American fiction. Examples of Officer O'Hara include:
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  • In every police precinct, you'll have several stereotypical types of cops. The most common of these will always be the O'Hara, the cop with the whimsical Irish accent who usually stands in the sidelines, offering recycled stereotypical quips about St. Patrick and the shores of Oireland. Truth in Television, as in New York, Boston and Chicago Irishmen were disproportionately represented in the police -- massively. (This is the reason they called it the "Paddy Wagon", and why "shamus" (Séamas) became slang for detective.) Around 1900, five-sixths of the NYPD was Irish. A large wave of Irish immigrants in the 19th century coincided with the time when major cities started establishing "professional" police forces, and police work was one of the few jobs open to Irish immigrants at the time. In Real Life, police forces offer many opportunities for recent immigrants, and they sign up, partly to protect their own people. Because early police work closely resembled thuggery, it was not a prestigious position, and because poorly paid police were vulnerable to corruption, the police were widely despised. It did not take long for the urban police and The Irish Mob to become partners. Mostly a Discredited Trope these days. Of course, Irish-American cops still show up frequently (noticeably in The Departed in which nearly all the cop characters are Boston Irish--and all of the criminals are part of The Irish Mob), but the just-off-the-boat accent and whimsy are long gone -- except somewhat in Historical Fiction. Compare Irish Priest, the other stereotypically Irish profession in American fiction. Examples of Officer O'Hara include:
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