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Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr., Jonathan Lajoie, Rob Riggle and Keegan-Michael Key, who are all stand-up comedians, improvised most of their dialogue.
Luke Greenfield got the idea of the film when a costume designer brought him an authentic LAPD uniform to wear for Halloween, which resulted him gaining high confidence.
Jake Johnson and Damon Wayans Jr. both work on New Girl (2011) together. Nick Miller, Jake Johnson's character on New Girl, has the same surname as Justin Miller, Damon Wayans, Jr.'s character in Let's Be Cops. Rob Riggle has also appeared on New Girl as Big Schmidt.
During one of their first appearances as 'Cops' Damon Wayons Jr jokes he feels like Danny Glovers character, Roger Murtaugh in Lethal Weapon. His dad, Damon Wayons Sr would later go on to play Roger Murtaugh in the tv series remake of Lethal Weapon.
At the end of the movie one of the officers on muster has the name tag Nicholas Thomas, the same name as one of the writers.
O'Malley's reference to Kinkos while placing the sticker on the car was misleading as Kinkos has not been around for many years. FedEx Office replaced Kinkos many years ago.
"Let's Be Cops" had the misfortune to be released just days after the shooting of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, Missouri, an event that sparked national protests against law enforcement abuses.
Damon Wayans Jr. is the son of Damon Wayans Sr. who played Bruce Willis' partner in The Last Boy Scout (1991). Wayans Sr.'s character did detective work alongside Willis although he wasn't one.
While not all officers in a department will know every other officer, it is highly likely that all officers will know the officers, especially supervisors (Sgt), in the same division, especially when working the same shift, so it would be highly unusual for the real officers to not know the pretend officer and Sgt. weren't not real.
Patricia French plays the front desk cop at the police station. She also played one of the cops who caught Fred in his car in Hall Pass (2011).
