By Police1 Staff

WASHINGTON – A new report released by a federal police oversight task force has revealed 67 percent of footage captured by police body cameras was in some way linked to the film "End of Watch."

The task force released the information after a year-long analysis of patrol video. The review was intended to uncover police misconduct that departments failed to investigate. What they found, however, was an abundance of civil interactions with the public and a shocking level of enthusiasm for the 2012 police drama, which follows Los Angeles Police Department Officer Brian Taylor (played by Jake Gyllenhaal) and his partner, Officer Miguel Zavala (Michael Pena), as they patrol their beat in South Central.

"End of Watch", or "EOW" as many of the cops on camera referred to it, has quickly become a cult film among law enforcement.

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"End of Watch", or "EOW" as many of the cops on camera referred to it, has quickly become a cult film among law enforcement personnel for its gritty depiction of life on patrol and its strong portrayal of police brotherhood.



“We expected the number of misconduct incidents to rise when we obtained and reviewed this footage. Instead, we now know there has been a dramatic uptick in cops playing the shaving cream prank on rookies,” Derick Span, who led the oversight task force, said. “Barbasol must be cleaning up on this – it’s ridiculous.”

The prank is just one of a number of moments from the film that has evidently resonated with cops. In addition to the report, the task force released a series of clips it says accurately represents what was found on the majority of footage they reviewed.

In hours of video from a Springfield (Mont.) Police Department officer’s camera, the officer can be heard saying, “I am a consequence. I am the unpaid bill. I am fate with a badge and a gun,” en route to nearly every violent suspect call as his clearly exhausted partner rolls his eyes.

Nearly 30 percent of the footage captures heated arguments between cops over the realism of a fight scene from the film.

“Nobody would drop their Sam Browne like that and square up,” a Seattle officer can be heard telling his partner.

“Brother, I know at least five guys in our precinct that would do that in a heartbeat. You kidding me?” the partner argues.

“Through thorough analysis of patrol video from 5,000 police departments, we have determined the majority of United States law enforcement officers have fairly mundane lives for the majority of the time they’re on the clock and love 'End of Watch,'" Span said during a Monday press conference summarizing the task force’s findings.

“Nothing beats "Southland", though,” Span added. “God, they miss that show.”