Used as a device to show that although they're incompetent, the police can also be nice; Lestrade is Sherlock's main contact within the force. There's nothing particularly bad about him and I bet if he wasn't put in a room with the World's Greatest Detective (Holmes not Batman) he'd actually seem rather good at his job. However, the issue is that he's always in Sherlock's proximity, which by comparison makes everyone else look like a complete cretin. Lestrade marvels as Sherlock comes up with clues which eventually crack the mystery, but you can't help but wonder if he would have been relegated to cold cases if our regular force had been in charge. This may seem like an unfair position to take but it even gets to the point where the police get annoyed that Sherlock is better than them. It only takes a bit of persuasion for Lestrade to ransack 221B Baker Street out of professional jealousy. However law enforcement are presented in a Sherlock Holmes adaptation, they must always be two steps behind. But still, this doesn't excuse their ineptitude in this modern take on the sleuth, where they released the terrifying Jim Moriarty even after a verdict by a clearly tampered jury, or believed Sherlock was committing the crimes he's been trying to solve. I mean, come on guys. While we're lead by the arm to make it seem like this could make sense to Lestrade and the whole force for that matter, take a step back like Sherlock and you'll see it's really just a case of bad policing.
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