Jackie Chan “Supercop” to advertise for LA Sheriffs
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This is kind of awesome in its own way. I guess this would be the most appropriate thing to happen in LA — to have the biggest asian “supercop” celebrity show up in an advertisement for the LA County Sheriff’s department. Apparently there’s a lack of asian representation in the police force, so who better to get potential recruits to sign up?
Jackie was made an honorary member of the Sheriff’s department and stated that he’d always wanted to be a cop. “I’m the police ambassador in Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, China, everywhere.”
This is definitely a good thing, and shows some real race sensibility on the part of the LA police force. If you’re out there, and this is an idea you guys have been playing around with in your mind, we encourage you to give it a shot. We need more asian representation in law enforcement!
Mar 11, 2007 1:39 am US/Pacific
Jackie Chan Kicks Off Sheriff’s Recruitment Effort
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_070031643.html
(CBS) MONTEREY PARK, Calif. Martial arts actor and stunt man Jackie Chan is jumping into action to help the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department recruit more Asian deputies.
Sheriff Lee Baca is betting the Chinese superstar, whose mixture of slapstick, swift-footed martial arts and death-defying stunts helped him gain popularity with American audiences, will also win over Asians in his latest film — a public service ad aimed at recruiting minorities to the force.
“I’m the police ambassador in Taiwan, Japan Honk Kong, China, everywhere, first time in America, thank you very much,” Chan said.
The PSA, lasting about as long as a TV commercial, will feature Chan getting out of a squad car and donning a sheriff’s deputy uniform, urging potential recruits to join the force and “doing his own stunts as usual,” said sheriff’s Deputy Luis Castro at the Sheriff’s Headquarters Bureau in
Monterey Park, where the actor appeared with Baca to announce the recruitment effort.The ad will be shown during recruitment fairs and other events.
“As far as an icon, he’s well-known and looked up to in all communities, not just the Asian community,” Castro said. “He is very law enforcement based as well humanitarian based and wants to help bring the bonds closer together, just like the sheriff, so he and the sheriff have the same ideology.”
Chan, who left Saturday’s news conference to begin filming the segment at the Sybil Brand Institute for Women, is doing the PSA for free, Castro said.
Of the 10 million people in Los Angeles County, about 20 percent are Asian, while most sheriff’s deputies are white, followed by Hispanics and blacks, Castro said.
The number of Asian deputies “are on the lower end,” and Native Americans rank last, he said.
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