Peace Officer

Year: 2015

Country: USA

Plot: Peace Officer is a documentary about the increasingly militarized state of American police as told through the story of 'Dub' Lawrence, a former sheriff who established and trained his rural state's first SWAT team only to see that same unit kill his son-in-law in a controversial standoff 30 years later. Driven by an obsessed sense of mission, Dub uses his own investigation skills to uncover the truth in this and other recent officer-involved shootings in his community, while tackling larger questions about the changing face of peace officers nationwide.The documentary follows Dub Lawrence, the founder of Utah's first SWAT unit, as he investigates the death of his son-in-law and other shootings related to an increase in violent SWAT team raids, while tackling larger questions about the changing face of peace officers nationwide.

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