Not only is Jeffrey E. Profitt a cop in real life, he also plays one in the movies.

Really small movies.

The 39-year-old Millville police officer indicted recently on charges that he violently assaulted several suspects has been spending the time since his suspension from the force by pursuing a career in acting and producing.

Jeffrey E. Profitt listens to Superior Court Judge Robert Malestein during last Friday's court appearance. (Matt Gray | For NJ.com)

In one of his films, titled Violent Justice, Profitt plays a detective who quits his job and takes the law into his own hands, dealing out his own brand of, well, violent justice.

Profitt is the head of 856 Films, LLC, described on its website as a producer of "micro-budget feature films and series programming," which can be found on platforms including Amazon, YouTube, Vimeo and Reel House.

Profitt pleaded not guilty last week following a 24-count indictment handed down by a Cumberland County grand jury alleging that he used excessive force in five arrests and then tried to cover up his actions.

In a 2016 case, he is accused of slamming a 62-year-old man face-first onto a concrete floor, causing injuries so severe that they required three hours of surgery to repair.

He allegedly threw another man face-first onto a concrete driveway and a third man face-first onto large landscaping rocks in front of a Millville restaurant. A 2015 traffic stop, in which a man claimed Profitt beat him, tried to jam a gun in his mouth, then pistol-whipped him, resulted in a lawsuit.

When Profitt joined the police department in 2012, his career as a writer, producer and actor on low-budget films was already well underway.

His earliest credit, according to his IMDB page, is a part as an extra in Brooklyn Sonnet in 2000, the story of a young man forced to decide "between a life on the streets and a career in the theater."

In 2003, Profitt wrote, produced and starred in Blue Collar Actor, about a family man who dreams of becoming an actor.

His other titles include Atlantic City Expressway, Small Town Hustle, Unpull the Trigger and Factory of Paranormal.

Several of his stories deal with cops and criminals, including 2016's Violent Justice, about a detective -- portrayed by Profitt -- who "becomes enraged with the failing justice system ... and decides to take justice into his own hands."

In a trailer for that flick, which shows Profitt apparently finishing off a bad guy with a hatchet, he opines, "Sometimes, violence is the answer ... Sometimes, violence is the only answer."

In another scene, he tells a baddie tied to a chair, "I want you to do the right thing and burn in hell."

He also has a project in pre-production called "Gangster with a Badge," which is due out next year.

Profitt remains suspended without pay from the Millville department and is free pending his upcoming court appearances.

He is due back in court Jan. 14 for his next hearing. His lawyer did not respond a request for comment about his client.

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