Related Clues:

• Badge wearer
• One with a beat?
• Officer
• Your role in this puzzle [the asterisked clues will help you crack the case]
• Booking agent?
• Bobby's U.S. relative
• Crimebuster
• One who walks a beat
• Whodunit character
• Member of the force
• -- a plea
• "NYPD Blue" extra
• Ticket issuer
• Flatfoot
• Traffic follower