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The Wire has it, though it's not a card exactly like this, it's just a detective's card. If I remember right, Omar tries to use it to avoid being thrown in jail.

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That is an absolutely and totally different situation — Omar has the card as a reward for having done the justice system itself a big favour, as opposed to nepotism. Still morally questionable as it’s very unofficial, but he has been given it for contributing to society in general — by a person (DA?) whose job it is to make decisions like that — rather than being related to a cop.

Oh indeed. A man must have a code.

Cop in my family. Using the business card is exactly how I was told to do this for traffic tickets.

I get that the scene in The Wire had to do with being an informant (IIRC), but it's also important to distinguish that it's not always presented as a ridiculous "Get out of jail free" card.

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