The PC who's not so PC. A British police officer who entered the force before the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. There is something of a spectrum within this trope, with the unifying theme being a hankering for direct policing methods unhampered by such niceties as paperwork and the rights of suspects. Or, come to that, the feelings of victims. British cop shows found many intermediates between these extremes and often had characters representing different versions within the same show. May make use of the Gene Hunt Interrogation Technique. See also Noble Bigot with a Badge.