Does image show photo of futuristic US police officer? Fact Check

An image claims to show a photograph of a US police officer wearing a futuristic type uniform including helmet, face guard and armour.

FALSE

An example of the image on social media is below.

The image does not show a genuine photo of a police officer. In fact, it is not a photograph at all, rather computer generated artwork by a digital animator.

The image was first posted online in August 2016 by artist Mike Andrew Nash and was created mostly using a software tool called ZBrush. The same image and several others – all computer generated – can be seen here. Nash posted the following details with the images –

Thought I’d post this up here, shows whats possible in zbrush 😉 Its all dynamesh accept the cord and pistol.

We rank the claim that this image shows a genuine police officer as false.