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join "Philadelphia Citizens for Justice," a neighborhood watch group. Frustrated by the group's lack of weapons and authority, they decide to become vigilantes modeled after the Guardian Angels , complete with red berets and black tank tops.

take a different route, purchasing a beat-up police car from a junkyard to scare off "undesirables". Escalation and Corruption Bums: Making a Mess All Over the CityIt's Alway...

The episode kicks off when the Gang discovers a homeless man masturbating in the alley behind Paddy’s Pub. Horrified that the neighborhood is "going to s***," they split into two groups to solve the problem: Escalation and Corruption The episode kicks off when

Mac and Dee's attempt at community service fails spectacularly. After being dropped off in a "bad neighborhood" by actual police officers, they are quickly robbed at gunpoint by a homeless man (played by Rob McElhenney's real-life father ). The Climax: Charlie as Serpico The Climax: Charlie as Serpico In the It's

In the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode (Season 3, Episode 14), the Gang's attempt to "clean up" South Philly quickly descends into a chaotic parody of vigilantism and police corruption. The Catalyst: An Alleyway Incident

Disgusted by Frank and Dennis’s corruption, Charlie adopts the persona of , a gritty undercover cop from the 1973 film, to expose his friends. The episode concludes with Charlie destroying the fake police car with a Molotov cocktail. In true Always Sunny fashion, Charlie's attempt to deliver incriminating evidence to "the Mare" (the Mayor) ends with a janitor tossing the tape directly into the trash. Bums: Making a Mess All Over the City - IMDb

The taste of authority proves too much for the Gang. Frank and Dennis begin wearing police uniforms and abusing their perceived power, shaking down hot dog vendors for free food and harassing jaywalkers. Meanwhile, Dennis becomes obsessed with an "indestructible" junkyard cat named .