Every police force in the country has those seasoned, experienced senior officers who have seen just about everything a career in uniform on the front line can serve up, from tackling abusive, crazed meth-heads to domestic violence and tragic homicides.
So when Canberra filmmaker Steve Cooke was racking his brain for just the right person to fit the small, but key role of a grizzled senior sergeant for his new independent feature film The Blacksmith, he knew he had the perfect candidate.