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PEACE OFFICER

Directed by David Holbrooke
Produced by David Holbrooke, Christi Cooper

Logline: In a town that transformed over fifty years from a remote, hard-drinking mining outpost to a celebrity ski haven, the longest-serving sheriff in Colorado history grapples with blizzards, avalanches, cocaine, and murders—without ever once firing his gun—while boldly reinventing what it means to police with humanity.

Summary:
A Valley Boy rolls into Telluride in 1974 with $20, a VW Bug, and one plan: ski. The town has other ideas. Shanghaied into Town Marshal at 25, Bill Masters is suddenly responsible for keeping the peace between old-guard miners and a new wave of outsiders chasing powder and freedom. He keeps getting elected—again and again—and spends the next 50 years patrolling 1,200 square miles of rugged San Miguel County, from high desert to lethal mountain passes. Along the way he confronts avalanches, blizzards of cocaine, a serial killer, cult deaths, and the mysterious murder of a U-Hall heiress—without ever firing his gun in action. Once a hardline drug warrior, Masters comes to believe the War on Drugs did more harm than the drugs, and he redefines himself as a “peace officer.” Riding into retirement, he leaves one question: is there a more human way to police?

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