Police Chief Joe

Police Chief Joe in Cops Noir

Police Chief Joe is the former chief of police appearing first in Cops 1/2: The Gas Crisis and its prequel Cops: Noir. Joe was removed from the position following the events of Cops 1/2 after it was revealed he had been investing in Giuseppe Linguine's illegal gas selling enterprise. In Cops: Noir he is also seen to be guilty of insider trading after he is informed of RC Cola's nefarious intentions leading to him selling his stocks. This crime was overlooked by the cops at the time leading to the general agreement he should have been arrested years ago.

## In Cops 1/2

In the Gas Crisis Police Chief Joe is first seen after Officer Bernard is killed by Giuseppe Linguine. He assigns Officer Colten his new partner, Officer O'Harris and does not seem to distraught by Bernard's death. It has later been understood that he assigned O'Harris to Colten because of his belief that he was merely an inexperienced Irish fool that would hinder Colten's ability. He appears again after the cops return to inform the chief that they discovered Linguine was illegally selling gas. Joe is initially unconcerned since gas was pretty cheap but then the 1979 oil crisis occurred overnight. The next chief Joe is in a frenzy demanding the officers learn more about the perpetrator.

By this point however Joe had already contacted Linguine and was preparing a businesses deal with him where he would invest and turn a blind eye to his enterprise in exchange for a high percentage of profits. Joe had kept the information of when and where to meet Linguine in his previous criminal record and forgot to properly hide it. He also still underestimated O'Harris and Coltens competence and dedication as O'Harris has shown to possess an eye for detail. The two return with their findings to the chief who is shocked that they managed to discover this. Realizing they may jeopardize his operation he ordered them to take a break and cease investigating for now until he came up with a plan to divert them further. In doing this he also underestimated Colten's growing ability in planning leading to their decision to conduct a sting operation using O'Harris as a decoy acting that very night when the chief went to met with Linguine.

The chief later appears in a disguise as he finalizes his deal with Linguine as he is seen walking off without any gas. When Linguine is soon after chased the chief also attempts to run away but is pursued by O'Harris and is unable to run away due to his over consumption of sugary RC Colas. He is incapacitated by the officer's baton and then loses his wig revealing his true identity. O'Harris then arrests him and knocks him out before dealing with Linguine, and is later brought to jail ending his career and is replaced by Police Chief Benjamin.

## In Cops: Noir

Joe briefly appears in this video after he is first called by Colten following the discovery of Dr. RC Cola's lab. Joe appears in his office as the cops further explain what they have uncovered. He is drinking his new favorite drink, RC Cola, at his desk when they frantically tell him it was poisoned to kill children. Joe spits out the drink at the officers and reads the evidence they found. Joe is outraged and asked for more evidence but the cops had not found any. Joe realized this would not be enough to stop production since the public had also fallen in love with the drink so he demanded the officers find more evidence before they issued a warning to the public or else they may be in, "Deep Trouble". He then tells the officers to leave so he may sell his RC Cola stocks which is the illegal act of insider trading that for some reason the officers overlooked. He then waits for the officers to leave before sipping from his cola once more since he figured it only poisoned children he would be unaffected.

## Trivia

- Police Chief Joe is always wearing shorts that do not match his better dressed torso. This is often unseen since he spends most of his time on camera sitting behind a desk. This can be seen however at the end of Cops 1/2 when he goes to make a deal with Giuseppe and is chased by the cops. The main reasoning behind this is Joe before his scenes has always been hanging out in his room in his usual outfit of a t-shirt and shorts and then just throws on the jacket and hat since he doesn't like pants.

- In Cops 1/2 the chief not only wears an air force hat like O'Harris instead of a police hat, he also wears an air force jacket.

- Joe's disguise of the big black afro was brought by Jesse and used since it looked really funny.

- The way Joe managed to have his hat and mustache appear after his wig was removed was accomplished by falling over next to them on the ground and quickly putting them on while the camera was off him.

- Cops: Noir chief is now the more accepted image of the character since he looks more classy with his bobby hat and tie.

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