Peace Officer

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Peace Officer

2015

1h 49m

Documentary

Crime

Drama

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Dub Lawrence, the founder of Utah's first SWAT unit, investigates the death of his son-in-law and other shootings related to an increase in violent SWAT team raids.

Kimberley Jones

Austin Chronicle

10/08/2015

3.5/5

Its most lasting impression is a haunted, human one: of Lawrence in the long hallways of the airplane hangar he converted, walls plastered with his obsessive work, this one-man CSI unit on a mission to expose the cracks in a foundation he himself laid.

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Barbara VanDenburgh

Arizona Republic

10/08/2015

4/5

The strength of "Peace Officer" is that it doesn't attempt to pit the viewer against the police.

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Peter Keough

Boston Globe

10/01/2015

2.5/4

Surpasses the best episode of the now defunct "CSI" series in its suspense and fascinating procedural detail and rivals the intensity, ingenuity, and broader ramifications of Errol Morris's "The Thin Blue Line."

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M. Faust

The Public (Buffalo)

10/11/2017

A few of the revelations here are so disturbing that you realize an entire film of such stuff would be hard to sit through.

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Prairie Miller

NewsBlaze

03/26/2016

Or more likely not. An explosive investigative documentary about the deadly militarization of police in this country. And one of its victims - ironically a Utah sheriff who first introduced SWAT teams into his state. An emotionally shattering revelation.

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Michael Jaconelli

The Skinny

03/08/2016

4/5

A first-rate look at the increasingly relevant issue of police militarisation.

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01/28/2020

Phenomenal ! Throughout the entire documentary, you cannot go 5 minute without shaking your head. Our legal system is broken and in my opinion, it cannot be fixed until we have many more men like Dub Lawrence !

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@s_plewe 09/16/2017

Fueled by controversy and propelled by fascinating crime scene analysis and even-handed interviews, this makes its timely point very clear while keeping viewers begging for answers.

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11/02/2016

An interesting, truly eye opening documentary on the policing systems in America and the injustice and controversy it holds. Definitely worth a watch.

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John H

@jhritz 04/14/2015

Wow!! A remarkable treatment of a timely topic. The bullet path analysis makes CSI look like amateur hour.

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Scott Christopherson

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Brad Barber

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Radley Balko

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Brad Barber

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Dub Lawrence, the founder of Utah's first SWAT unit, investigates the death of his son-in-law and other shootings related to an increase in violent SWAT team raids.

Director: Scott Christopherson, Brad Barber
Producer: Brad Barber, Scott Christopherson, Dave Lawrence
Screenwriter: Brad Barber, Scott Christopherson, Dave Lawrence, Renny McCauley
Distributor: Submarine Deluxe, Gravitas Ventures
Production Co: Sorø Films
Genre: Documentary, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 16, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 27, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $26.6K
Runtime: 1h 49m