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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol

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seventh_son_of_a_seventh_son — 17 years ago(November 29, 2008 12:54 PM)

Has to be the most pointless (billed) character in any Police Academy movie. Is it ever explained why a lawyer would quit to join a volunteer police program?

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Creedence_Leonore_Gielgud — 16 years ago(July 09, 2009 06:52 PM)

Is it ever explained why a lawyer would quit to join a volunteer police program?
Might look good on a resume, or if he had political ambitions. He's a public defender, so if he ran for office of some sort he might want to go ahead and do some damage control, for when an opponent accuses him of being soft on crime.
But yea, he was rather pointless. It's possible he might have had a bigger role, but ended up having most of his scenes cut.

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richie_patrese — 16 years ago(December 18, 2009 07:41 AM)

I think he was a bit of an ambulance chaser anyway - a bit of a Lionel Hutz.

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mcgill_j — 12 years ago(April 07, 2013 04:21 PM)

Yeah.. I figured he was kind of a lousy lawyer..

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stingingtail — 12 years ago(April 28, 2013 11:20 AM)

Who said everyone had to quit their jobs to join this program? I thought it was about regular citizens being better trained to be aware of crime. They're not actually Cops. They don't get paid. They're still citizens.