Technically, you work for the cops, but you're not a uniform, you're in the street. You’re like a cop in a John Woo movie - a street rat with an itch to keep this place from drowning in its own bile. Typically conflicted, in the way an undercover op always is. You’re chronically underfunded but your network is good. From the top, the brass will back you (sometimes). From the bottom, in their hearts, the citizens of Metropolis would prefer not to live in fear of the crazies or the Corps.