"10-8: Officers on Duty" (2003) TV series 2003-2004

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Creators:

Louis St. Clair
Jorge Zamacona

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

28 September 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Crime

Plot:

Rico Amonte was brought out to LA by his older brother Angelo, a detective in the LAPD Robbery/Homicide Division...

Plot Keywords:

Deputy | Police | Lapd | Detective | Police Officer

Cast

Danny Nucci	...	Deputy Rico Amonte (15 episodes, 2003-2004)
Scott William Winters	...	Senior Deputy Matt Jablonski (15 episodes, 2003-2004)
Michael Dotson	...	Deputy Jackson (15 episodes, 2003-2004)
Ernie Hudson	...	Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes (14 episodes, 2003-2004)
Travis Schuldt	...	Deputy Chase Williams (14 episodes, 2003-2004)
Christina Vidal	...	Deputy Gabriela Lopez (14 episodes, 2003-2004)
Miguel Sandoval	...	Captain Otis Briggs (14 episodes, 2003-2004)
Charlie Shanian	...	Deputy Mike Moran (14 episodes, 2003-2004)
Jamie Luner	...	Senior Deputy Ryan Layne (8 episodes, 2003-2004)

Also Known As:

"10-8" (USA) (short title)
"10-8: Police Patrol" (UK) (promotional title)

Runtime:

USA:60 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Hungary:16

Filming Locations:

Highland Park Police Station - 6045 York Blvd., Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Spine Films

Trivia:

Ernie Hudson, who plays Los Angeles Sheriff's Department Deputy John Henry Barnes, is in real life a Reserve Deputy for the neighboring San Bernadino County Sheriff's Department.

Quotes:

Astrid Fonseca: You're sweet.
Deputy Rico Amonte: Thanks. My mom used to say that.

Shades of a "Bygone Era."

This show reminds me of the days when I was a "Rookie" Police Officer for the City of Ventura, California. I could relate totally to the way Deputy Amonte was being treated like "Crap" by the other Officers. You got a sense of how you're not fully accepted into the group until you "Prove Yourself" to the other Officers that you work with. In that sense, the show was very realistic.

It was amazing to me that with all of the chase scenes, shootings, taking of hostages, fist fights, etc; I never once saw ANY of the Deputies show any type of Report Writing.

I realize that this is Hollywood & they try to show all of the exciting action type "stuff" but they need to show some type of realism because, all of the above mentioned situations requires some type of Crime Report, Incident Report, Traffic Report, etc.

Report Writing is the "Backbone" of Police Work, yet the show never even "skims the surface" of this important function.

Further, Deputy Amonte seemed to always get the "Pretty Women" & he was just a "Rookie". I KNOW that this NEVER HAPPENS during the period when you are a "Trainee." Another thing I noticed was the relationship between Deputy Amonte & his "Training Officer" Deputy Barns (Ernie Hudson), was for the most part "too friendly." especially as the series progressed into the later episodes.

When I was a "Trainee," there was NO relationship that even resembled anything like "Friendly," In fact, we HATED our Training Officers!!! When these "dynamics" began to be noticed, I felt it impacted the show in a "negative" way.

I guess that's the difference between playing the part of a Police Officer & actually BEING a Police Officer. I feel that in order for a Police Show to be "credible" it must show ALL aspects of Police Work & not just the "exciting" part of it.

The "ironic" thing about it is the fact that the person who only "plays" the Police Officer role as an actor gets more money than the person who's REALLY out there doing "REAL POLICE WORK"!!!

All of the other aspects of this show were portrayed pretty good for the most part.