Independent Lens | 'Peace Officer'

WKAR Public Media | By EDITOR

Published May 3, 2016 at 11:53 AM EDT

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Dub Lawrence recreates police standoff with his son-in-law Brian Wood

Courtesy of Brad Barber / PBS

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Dub Lawrence investigates shooting at Matthew Stewart's home. The red strings represent bullets fired by police, the yellow represent bullets fired by Matthew Stewart.

COURTESY OF BRAD BARBER / PBS

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Peace Officer directors Scott Christopherson and Brad Barber

Courtesy of Tim Irwin / PBS

Mon. May 9 at 9pm on WKAR-HD 23.1 | Explore the effects of our increasingly militarized policing through the eyes of a former sheriff.

Learn about the increasingly militarized state of American police as told through the story of William “Dub” Lawrence, a former sheriff who established and trained Utah’s first SWAT team only to see that same unit kill his son-in-law in a controversial standoff 30 years later.