Chief Bogo: Incompetent Leader or Fellow Conspirator??

I have come to an interesting realization regarding Bogo.

I think he may have been working for bellwether

1) 14 Missing mammal cases, and no progress, at first this looks to just mean that it was just a hard if not impossible case. But something rubbed me the wrong way about the case file

Two weeks and all there was, was an incident report and jam cam photo, and nothing else, which means NO ONE INVESTIGATED IT, two weeks not one actual investigation,

Bogo said “Our detectives are very busy“ but didn’t he JUST say earlier that the missing mammal case was “Priority Number 1“ and Mr. Otterton was on that wall.

So for a case that is supposed to be priority number 1, yet no detectives have been working the case?

Later when clawhauser busts into the chiefs office, he messing around on his phone claiming to be working the case, yet it’s clear he is not.

Bogo is making absolutely NO attempt to find these mammals.

Now the question people could ask, well he’s working with lionheart except

2) Lionheart clearly states that Bogo doesn’t know, and wishes to keep it that way.

Bogo being a cape buffalo is considered a prey not pred, is chief of police and therefore in high political standing, which is interesting because his seemingly incompetent nature, one wonders how he got the job in the first place?



3)Regarding Hopps



His mentality on Hopps changed when preds started being arrested and restricted, going from hostile, to almost friendly.

He was hostile to her being on the force making her a meter maid, relegating her to mediocrity.

Then came Weaselton’s bust, and he was angry, as she pointed out she stopped the buy guy, it was her responsibility to stop the bad guy meter maid or not. Bogo dismissed this. Was he truly angry that she abandoned her post or angry she had run into a low level operative?

I think Bogo knew exactly what the “Moldy Onions“ were.

I also think that is exactly WHY he goaded her into taking the high stakes bargain for the case, why he didn’t bother to help her, give her access to the system or any assistance what do ever.

He was trying to get rid of her, but not for the vacuous reasons of, she’s a bunny. But because she busted weaselton and the seemingly minor mystery of why he would steal flower bulbs.

He made the over the top statement just after manchas chased them, which seemed really out of place

“Or do you think, EVERY predator is dangerous.“

this wasn’t a defensive statement, HE was GAUGING HER RESPONSE, she had proven to be smart and resourceful, now he needed to know if she could be turned. THIS is where I think Bogo thought, she COULD be recruited. But she was working with a Fox, so the choice to try to keep her or dump her teetered.



A dramatic shift in personality, especially since she had only found the missing mammals and not solved why they had gone savage in the first place.

He also put her on the podium to give the press conference, a buck recruit, fresh out of the academy, with absolutely NO idea how to speak to the press, and even when she was having difficulty, no one intervened.

Folks this is what PIOs or Public Information Officers are for…



And isn’t it convenient they had a perfect slide show to go with her presentation of putting the fear out there? Combine that with Hopps’ stuttered speech and opinions as fact, you got the recipe for fear mongering, which is exactly what bellwether did.

We didn’t hear what bellwether said during the conference either because we were focusing on Nick and Judy

It’s a case of misdirection, which any good conman or magician knows how to use. We were watching Nick and Judy, while a few feet away, we weren’t even listening to Bellwether and Bogo.

What did they say I wonder?

After the conference, with Nick gone, Judy was alone again, she made the statement against preds, so it seemed her mentality matched that of Bogo and Bellwether, so it was time to try and recruit her.

“It seems Hopps, you have finally arrived…“

That line creeped me out a little bit, arrived for what? To be recruited…



When Judy was up in bellwether’s office, and she was trying to present her as a hero to the city,

BELLWETHER WAS TRYING TO RECRUIT HER!!!

Judy always sees the good in people and she didn’t realize it, but knowing who the real villain was, isn’t that exactly what bellwether was doing.

“We need you to be the face of the ZPD“

“people trust you, Judy“



“You’re a hero..“



Bellwether was trying to recruit Judy Hopps, and in fact may have been doing so from the very beginning, getting her assigned to the case with the purpose of bringing down lionheart, putting her in power and having a ‘golden child‘ in which to parade around the city.

And BOGO WAS IN THE OFFICE WHEN THIS HAPPENED, trying to convince her to stay calling her a “Good Cop“ in that comforting voice. Trying to convince her not to blame herself.



And going back to when Judy was assigned in the first place, Who was there in front of Bogo’s office, Deputy Mayor Bellwether, at the station, going to Bogo’s office, where she encountered Mrs Otterton and Judy Hopps, but of course she didn’t know that, she was coming to meet Bogo.

One of the great subterfuges between hidden allies is that in public they must appear antagonistic, which is exactly what we saw.

In fact most of the scenes where we see Bogo, Bellwether is there, where we see Bellwether, Bogo is there. Now I said most not all, but enough to consider it a majority of the time.

Bellwether going to station to meet Bogo

Bellwether and Bogo at the conference

Bellwether and Bogo in her office, recruiting Judy.

Etc.

Now you probably asking, how can any of this be true, since Bogo arrested her in the end.

Well the problem, like any conspiracy, if one of the members comes to light, you still have to play your part.

Chief Bogo is the Chief of Police, he still has to act like a cop, so of course arresting her, there was evidence now, a confession. So Bogo has to go through the motions. But that is NOT to say that his part in the conspiracy or even bellwether’s is over. She may not be able to be Mayor anymore but she can still be a heavy hitter in the conspiracy.

And Bogo, well there is a power vacuum in the mayor’s office, and being Chief of Police, it certainly wouldn’t be a stretch to suggest that maybe Bogo tries to run for mayor, or even Deputy Mayor along with someone else.

The powerplay continues and I believe, Chief Bogo I feel is apart of it.