Police-themed shmups?

[xxx1993]

What are some shmups out there that has a cop protagonist or has the police force as the protagonists? I can only think of Armed Police Unit Gallop, Armed Police Batrider, and Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire.

[pestro87]

Ginga Force

[KAI]

I think soukyuugurentai it's about some kind of police group.

[Gespenst]

I think soukyuugurentai it's about some kind of police group.

I felt it's more like a PMC group than anything else.

[schleichfahrt]

If you count "singer turned crime sweeper" as police, then Jet Buster qualifies.

[BulletMagnet]

The game's not totally police-themed, but Officer Garterbelt in Bullet Soul even has the trademark spinny light on her ship.

[xxx1993]

Ginga Force

Ginga Force is police-themed?

[Durandal]

Armed Police Batrider and Armed Police Unit Gallop obviously

[xxx1993]

I already mentioned those two.

[xxx1993]

The game's not totally police-themed, but Officer Garterbelt in Bullet Soul even has the trademark spinny light on her ship.

I thought her name was Yun?

[pestro87]

Ginga Force

Ginga Force is police-themed?

On the first Chapter, Brown says that you could say that MSS is equivalent to the Police. MSS is the the special forces that the main protagonist works for.

[xxx1993]

I noticed. So it’s kinda like the JUNKER team from Snatcher or the FBI? Right? Or the Main Force Patrol from Mad Max?

[Stevens]

More of a run 'n gun, but the theme fits:

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[Despatche]

Shikigami no Shiro kinda counts? Maybe? (most of) the main characters are supposed to be private investigators. Something like that.

[xxx1993]

I do recall hearing Kohtaro Kuga was said to be a freelance detective. And if I remember, Gennojo Hyuga works in the same agency as Kohtaro, right?

[Nate]

Gate of Thunder.

[mamboFoxtrot]

kinda reaching here for material, but on the bonus disc for Dezaemon Kids with all the DZ Plus games on it, one of them is Psychic Police P-PO! Scramble (サイキック·警察のP-PO！スクランブル), where you play as a flying anime dude who I guess is a police officer

[xxx1993]

Hmm, I should look up that Dazaemon game.

[FRO]

Not specifically police-themed in the strictest sense, but the first stage of Einhander has you facing off with police.

[xxx1993]

Oh yeah, I noticed. Especially that big blue mini-boss robot.

[BPzeBanshee]

Aren't the girls out of the Battlemania games cops?

[BareKnuckleRoo]

VICE: Project Doom/Gun-Dec has two shmup themed levels. They're short n' sweet, but pretty fun nevertheless.

Not police-based per se, but the Spy Hunter and Super Spy Hunter games are closer to a law enforcement, car themed game than most shmups are.

[xxx1993]

Isn’t Spy Hunter spy themed? I know it uses the Peter Gunn theme (Peter Gunn is a detective show) but look at the car, it looks like something out of James Bond. Although Knight Rider did have KITT, and that one was police themed.