You know, the 1940s detective in the suit and tie and the overcoat who would pull a notebook out of his blazer pocket and suck on a cigar. Now days cops look roided up or fat and their uniform is militarized. Cops back then didn't even have bulletproof vests?
Everyone dressed like that back then. I do regret that it has changed. Hats are very important, protection from the sun used to be valued and now people are actively killing themselves all the time. This is where the "white people age poorly" meme comes from
>>16545709No one wants to get their three-piece suit dry-cleaned smelling like blood and shit.t. cop
>>16545719Blame Kennedy for this.
>>16545721Are you guys even allowed to wear your dress uniforms in the field anymore?
>>16545709Detective still wear plain clothes dumbass.
>>16545709>1940s detectiveThat trope is based off of private investigators. who are not cops
>>16545709>>16545799This is how American Police actually dressed up back then
>>16545764They wear jeans, t-shirts, muscle-fit under armour tops etc, they do not wear suits, ties and hats. They also vape and do not smoke cigars or pipes anymore.
>>16545709>Cops back then didn't even have bulletproof vests?Because Kevlar wouldn't have been invented for a few more decades back then
>>16545815All those detectives behind the police
>>16545815Insane how literally everything in the USA was aesthetically superior in the past People looked slimmer, dressed better, architecture was nicer, cities were actually cities and not highway pitstops, etc. It even still looked okay up until 1970 or so, and that's when everything goes to shit in every single aspect. I'm not even being a Chuddy "VGH the black people did this!" because black Americans also dressed the same as whites back then and in other countries, such as Brazil, they also dressed themselves to a higher standard (pic related)
As every fucking question in this god forbidden place; TIME
>Retards think uncomfortable and restrictive clothing would be good for police work
>>16545898They essentially still wear "restrictive" clothing
>>16545914It's just regular work pants and dress shirt
>>16545930And that is just as "restrictive" as this >>16545815
>>16545937How is that more restrictive then a dress coat? I've worn those before and their really baggy and heavy
>>16545944He is wearing the coat for warmth
>>16545959OkIt still doesn't make it any less cumbersome
>>16545961He take it off whenever he needs to
>>16545968Retard it's literally part of his uniform he can't just take it off
>Not appreciating 80s sleazecore
>>16545709cops are tatted up gang members now.
>>16546035Yeah, I'd say that this stuff only ever fell out of fashion in the 2000s, and even then you were expected to wear slacks and dress jackets if you went anywhere that would require them. The current trend towards utter slobbishness only became a majority over the past 15 years. It'll correct.
>>16545709>How come cops don't dress like this anymore?Because why the fuck would they? The literal whole meaning of "plain clothes" in a police context is to wear the dress of an ordinary citizen.If coppers start wearing clothes 80 years out of fashion they are NOT wearing plain clothes anymore. If they want to stand out they can (and ought) just wear their uniform.
>>16545755Nope, what I get issued is something like a cross between an ACU and Crye G3, but with shorter sleeves, and a baseball cap.
>>16545914Pic is all NYPD does. They sit around looking at their phones in their squad cars and shoot the shit with other cops. Then they expect six figure salaries, pensions, and expect not to have to put their lives on the line.
>>16546035I always thought police leather jackets were /fa/ as fuck. Which departments were they issued to? Are they still a thing?
>why don't copsprobably the same reason people in general don't dress that way anymore
>>16546106if you look at pics from the 70s-80s detectives are dressed in the fashions of that era and always have porno 'staches.
>>16545842>They wear jeans, t-shirts, muscle-fit under armour tops etcMaybe in the town of Redneckistan, Kentucky they do. As others in the thread have said, they dress like the local population.
>>16545709he's an undercover cop and no one dresses like that anymore
>>16547419Cole Phelps was not an undercover cop
>>16545709Occasionally, an undercover officer or detective may be found wearing the stereotypical/old-fashioned types of clothes with a suit and hat, or a sports coat and hat, but nowadays, it is either much older men in the various police forces who take to that look, or the younger set influenced by hipsters that partially revived it. Most of the time, these officers and detectives just wear more current-looking clothes, maybe slightly behind the times in fashion, but not all the way back to the 1940s or 1950s noir era.
>>16545815How are we meant to respect public institutions when they look stupid and lazy instead of cool like this
this game was the bomb diggity
>>16547820>Do you fuck young boys Valdez
>>16545709we have mass production of clothes now so we all wear the jeans tshirt combination
>>16546310Go apply then anon, maybe you can lead by example and reform the NYPD and clean up NYC while you're at it.
>>16545709>everyone dressed nice and has self-respect>police have enough money to live decent life, even beat walkers on the wrong side of the tracks>no bulletproof vests because no militarized police, no police state>cops actively form gangs to purge and kill the mob, murderers, pimps, pornographers >they call out left-leaning scum openlyNoticing again, are we goy?
>>16545858>tall detective on the left with eyes hidden in shadow, his intentions a mystery >grizzled old detective on the right with the cane investigating the cop's ass
>>16545709Beat it tuts, these streets ain't like what it used to be...
>>16545864>Insane how literally everything in the USA was aesthetically superior in the past>Posts Brazil
>>16549478Not him but that's clear Americanization desu
>>16545815In LA Noire you play as a detective for 99% of the game, literally the first mission is you as a beat cop in a uniform
