- Axel Foley: I'm a Detroit police officer, name is Axel Foley, my badge is in my pocket.
- Officer Paula Chavez: Don't reach for it!
- Axel Foley: I've been a cop for 30 years, I've been black a whole lot longer. Trust me, I know better.
- Jane Saunders: ... you're not a lawyer.
- Axel Foley: But I look like a lawyer.
- Jane Saunders: You look like you sell iPhone cases to teenagers at the mall.
- Axel Foley: You look nervous.
- Detective Bobby Abbott: I am nervous.
- Axel Foley: Why you so damn nervous?
- Detective Bobby Abbott: I crashed a fucking helicopter, okay? It got in my head, I haven't flown since. That's why I left LAPD.