Police Department

Police Department
Appearances
First Appearance	The Invasion
Last Appearance	--

"Why would the police be... I mean, why would they lie?"
"Let's see, Captain Brilliant — would it be because the cops are Controllers?"
"Probably not all the cops."
"If the police have been infiltrated by the Controllers, who knows how many others have, too?"

―Jake, Marco, Tobias and Rachel

The police department of the Animorphs' hometown in California is a law enforcement agency that had many of its members infested during the Andalite-Human-Yeerk War to serve as hosts for the Yeerk Empire.

History

"I've been running around all day, trying to keep this story covered up."
"That's why you've been placed on the police force. It's your job to control police investigations that could be... difficult... for us."
"There's only one of me. Ten percent of the police force are our people. But that leaves ninety percent who are human."

―Police Controller and Iniss 226

In 1995, the Yeerk Empire began a secret invasion of Earth out of a city in California. By 1997, some of the officers of the city's police department had been infested by the Yeerks and turned into host bodies.

A cop-Controller speaks to the Animorphs

Later that year, Elfangor's fighter, along with Visser Three's Blade ship and two Bug fighters, were spotted landing on a construction site. In order to control the situation, the Yeerk Empire tasked its human-Controllers with dissuading these statements. One of these Controllers, a spokesman for the police department, claimed that the lights and explosions were done by kids playing with fireworks. As the Yeerks were aware that human children had witnessed their actions on the construction site, they began to search for them. One of the cop Controllers drove to Cassie's farm, where he grew suspicious of Cassie; however, after asking the kids to share any information they learned, the cop Controller invited them to join The Sharing. Later that night, this cop Controller, who was also an adult supervisor for The Sharing, noticed Cassie trying to eavesdrop on a meeting for Controllers. As a result, the cop Controller drove to Cassie's farm two days later and kidnapped her; he then brought her into the underground Yeerk pool complex to be infested. However, the rest of the Animorphs assumed their battle morphs and staged a battle, where they successfully managed to save Cassie. The cop Controller was killed during this battle, although the exact details were unknown since Cassie did not wish to talk about it.

Police surround Ax, Jake and Marco

Less than a month later, the police were en route to Dealin' Dan Hawke's Used Cars dealership after reports emerged that an elephant had destroyed many of the cars on the lot. Not too long later, the city police sped towards the mall when they received reports of a blue alien. While driving through the mall's parking lot, they spotted Ax, the blue alien in question, running out of the mall along with two humans (Jake and Marco). As the trio ran towards a grocery store supermarket that was nearby, the police cruisers surrounded them. A police officer then told them to freeze, but the three morphers ignored them and ran into the grocery store. The police's efforts to apprehend them were in vain, as many grocery carts and then a mass evacuation of the store impeded their attempt to enter the store. They were unable to locate Jake, Marco or Ax, as unbeknownst to the cops, the three had morphed into lobsters that were then purchased by a woman, who carried them out of the store.

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Appearances

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• The Invasion
• The Encounter (mentioned)
• The Predator
• The Capture (mentioned)
• The Andalite's Gift
• The Hidden

Gallery

Trivia

• In The Hidden, the inside cover illustration names them as "Orson Police", named after cover artist David Mattingly's pet cat Orson.