Not really, but there's a long history of media that puts police on a pedestal in a fight against darkness. The more cynical would call it propaganda, but I th

Not really, but there's a long history of media that puts police on a pedestal in a fight against darkness. The more cynical would call it propaganda, but I think there's more to it than that: it dates back to old westerns and draws from a rich history of hero literature. The police became a subject of that pre-existing tradition.