A person and his family are at home eating dinner when ten police officers burst through the door with their guns drawn. They quickly surround the family, and clearly have the advantage. On television there would invariably be a fight, in reality there wouldn't be. For this reason, Marshfield does not typify many of the places on television. Also, in Hollywood there is an additional concern that does not appear in reality.
Action is necessary for any police film, while real police try to avoid action whenever possible.
Officer Page also had a strong opinion of youth. When inquired as to why he believed that to be true, he felt that when a younger person does not own something he or she sees no reason to treat it with any respect. This was likely reactionary to my age and the misconceptions that are involved with being a teenager. I asked Mark about police work in general. He said, any officer must be able to do more than the general public.