
Cop It Sweet
1992-03-04 · 65 min · Not rated
In the winter of 1991 an ABC film crew spent six weeks following Sydney's Redfern police. The inner city patrol of Redfern is predominantly working class with a large aboriginal and migrant population. The police in this film are general duties officers mostly on mobile patrols. At the time of filming 78% of police at Redfern were under the age of 25.
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- Jenny Brockie
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- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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