Los Angeles Sheriff Baca's New Plan.

According to the Los Angeles Independent, L.A. Sheriff Baca has a new plan: to be on patrol duty, out there, on the streets; the Sheriff said:

"The movies are never going to depict what the L.A. County Sheriff's Department is all about because we're into public trust policing, core values, leadership, education and partnering with the community," he said. "It's a matter of us not needing a celebrity series on what the Sheriff's Department is all about. We're not relying on television shows to depict what we do."

I like this. But the entertainment industry is naturally attracted to what's going on in law enforcement organizations, and the individual lives who work in them, because of  the  highly visceral elements involved  in upholding and maintaining law and order; human casualties are involved, guns, violence, loyalties, disloyalties. Police drama is inherently Shakesperean; talented producers, directors, and scriptwriters can weave highly-marketable tragedies out of them, and can, therefore, use them as foundation for career longevity in that industry. Many people could view Baca's new plan for himself as a form of resistance against the  galmourization of police life in movies and television. The Sheriff is already 67. That's retirement age for many people.