Peace Officer

Name: Peace Officer
Genre: Documentary, News
Released: September 16, 2015
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 75

2015

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Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: September 16, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: Dub Lawrence is a man obsessed. As a young rookie cop, he used his savvy investigation skills to help break the Ted Bundy case. His obsession with turning around the systemic failings he saw as a young police officer led to a successful bid to become Sheriff of Davis County, Utah at a young age in 1974. Committed to the highest standards ofDub Lawrence is a man obsessed. As a young rookie cop, he used his savvy investigation skills to help break the Ted Bundy case. His obsession with turning around the systemic failings he saw as a young police officer led to a successful bid to become Sheriff of Davis County, Utah at a young age in 1974. Committed to the highest standards of peace officers serving the public good, he once wrote himself a parking ticket when a citizen called him out for his patrol car's violation. After years in public service, today Dub works in semi-retirement as a private investigator, with projects fueled mostly by income from his water and sewage pump repair service. When he's not wading through raw sewage, his remaining free time is spent investigating the shooting death of his son-in-law Brian Wood.… Expand

Director: Brad Barber and Scott Christopherson

Genre(s): Documentary, News

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 105 min

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RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Sep 17, 2015

A nearly great documentary about a national crisis, but its heart is a tragedy with a sickening ironic twist. Read full review

The Playlist Oktay Ege Kozak

Aug 3, 2015

Peace Officer creates an extremely timely narrative around a volatile issue and manages to not get lost in unproductive hyperbole. Read full review

Barbara VanDenburgh

Oct 8, 2015

The strength of Peace Officer is that it doesn’t attempt to pit the viewer against the police. Its target, rather, is the system. Read full review

Kimberley Jones

Oct 7, 2015

That Peace Officer cannot provide a complete picture of the myriad of problems that come with the increased militarization of police isn’t an indictment of the film. This trouble is too big for one film to contain. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Oct 1, 2015

Peace Officer piles up evidence of outrageous excess, provoking what is likely to be a response, from its audience, that is far less measured than that of its main subject. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Sep 15, 2015

While Peace Officer could offer more information, what is here is disturbing and sometimes eye-opening. Read full review

Peter Keough

Oct 2, 2015

Lawrence is an impeccable, commanding subject, not just because of his credentials but because of his presence and demeanor. Read full review

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