Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
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Theatrical poster by Drew Struzan
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| Directed by | Jim Drake |
| Produced by | Paul Maslansky Donald West |
| Written by | Gene Quintano |
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| Music by | Robert Folk |
| Cinematography | Robert Saad |
| Edited by | David Rawlins |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $28,061,343 (United States) |
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol is the fourth comedy film in the Police Academy series. It was released in 1987.
A group of Police Academy graduates are sent to train a group of newly recruited civilian officers. The original Police Academy cast reprise their roles in the film. Capt. Harris, not seen since the first installment, returns as the film's nemesis. In Police Academy 2 and 3, Capt. Mauser (played by Art Metrano) filled that role, but Metrano asked to be replaced for the remainder of the series after filming number 3. This was the last Police Academy movie to feature Steve Guttenberg as Carey Mahoney. This film also stars a young David Spade, as well as a brief appearance from pro skateboarder Tony Hawk as Spade's double in the skateboarding scene.
Commandant Eric Lassard (George Gaynes) decides that the police force is overworked and understaffed, so he comes up with the idea of recruiting civilian volunteers to work side-by-side with his officers in a program called "Citizens On Patrol" (COP). Carey Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg) and his friends Moses Hightower (Bubba Smith), Larvell Jones (Michael Winslow), Eugene Tackleberry (David Graf), Zed (Bobcat Goldthwait), Sweetchuck (Tim Kazurinsky), Laverne Hooks (Marion Ramsey), and Debbie Callahan (Leslie Easterbrook) are in charge of training the civilians. The civilians include the enormous Tommy "House" Conklin (Tab Thacker), gung-ho senior citizen Lois Feldman (Billie Bird), Tackleberry's own father-in-law, and skateboarding delinquents Kyle (David Spade) and Arnie (Brian Backer). They were caught by Capt. Harris and the judge is about to throw the book at them, until Mahoney speaks to the judge to let Arnie and Kyle join the COP program as alternative punishment. The judge agrees to this, and the boys are joined by their unsuccessful attorney, Butterworth (Derek McGrath).
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