10 Movie Maverick Cops Who Just Didn't Give A Damn

Another forefather of the maverick copper. It is a part of his name, you don't acquire the nickname 'Dirty' Harry for nothing.

Carrying around a regulation-defying .44 Magnum, loaded with badass lines reinforced with a confident and sometimes sarcastic attitude that often goads criminals into making a mistake, just so he can shoot them. No love for his superiors and the politics, more likely to shoot a criminal dead then cuff him, a maverick to the tee.

Now in 2016, Callahan is the cliche, but it certainly isn't held against him, he owns that cliche, he made it what it is.