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The Thin Blue Line is a colloquial term for police forces. It may refer to the police as a "line" standing between good and evil (citizens and perpetrators), or may refer to the "line" that separates the police as in in-group from everyone else (with positive, negative or mixed connotations, depending on the person using the expression).

It may refer more specifically to:

The Thin Blue Line (emblem), an emblem representing the camaraderie of police officers
The Thin Blue Line (TV series), a British sitcom set in a police station, starring Rowan Atkinson, David Haig and Serena Evans
The Thin Blue Line (film), a 1988 documentary film by Errol Morris concerning the murder of a police officer
The Thin Blue Line, a 1966 documentary film by William Friedkin about the police and the problems they encounter

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-'''The Thin Blue Line''' is a colloquial term for police forces. It may refer to the police as a "line" standing between good and evil (citizens and perpetrators), or may refer to the "line" that separates the police as in [[in-group]] from everyone else (which may be positive for many reasons, or negative in cases where a rogue officer may exploit it to avoid accountability).
+'''The Thin Blue Line''' is a colloquial term for police forces. It may refer to the police as a "line" standing between good and evil (citizens and perpetrators), or may refer to the "line" that separates the police as in [[in-group]] from everyone else (with positive, negative or mixed connotations, depending on the person using the expression).
 It may refer more specifically to:

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See also