Recurring characters in Police Academy

Recurring characters in Police Academy are all film characters who appear in at least two films in the Police Academy film series. The Police Academy series has a total of 24 such figures. 11 of these characters are only introduced in later films.

Overview

There are two groups in all of the films:

The positive main characters who function as "good" police officers (green), as well as their opponents, who are also police officers, but make life difficult for the former for lower motives such as opportunism or simple antipathy (orange).

There are also a number of other characters that appear in several films (blue).

Characters in previous Police Academy films
1st film ( 1984 )	2nd film ( 1985 )	3rd film ( 1986 )	4th movie ( 1987 )	5th film ( 1988 )	6th film ( 1989 )	7th film ( 1994 )
Eric Lassard
Carey Mahoney
Larvell Jones
Eugene Tackleberry
Moses Hightower
Laverne hooks
Douglas Fackler					Douglas Fackler
Debbie Callahan		Debbie Callahan
	Zed
	Sweetchuck
				Nick Lassard
Thaddeus Harris			Thaddeus Harris
	Mauser
	Proctor
Chad Copeland		Chad Copeland
Kyle Blankes		Kyle Blankes
Commissioner Hurst
Mrs. Fackler		Mrs. Fackler
	Kathleen Kirkland		Kathleen Kirkland
	Max Kirkland				Max Kirkland
	Bud Kirkland
	Mrs. Kirkland		Mrs. Kirkland
		Nogata
			Tommy "House" Conklin
1st film (1984)	2nd film (1985)	3rd film (1986)	4th movie (1987)	5th film (1988)	6th film (1989)	7th film (1994)

Positive main characters

Surname	rank	actor	Appearance
Eric Lassard	Commandant	George Gaynes ; Tedd Dillon (animated series)	all films, animated series
Carey Mahoney	Cadet (1st film), Officer (2), Sergeant (3 and 4)	Steve Guttenberg ; Ron Rubin (animated series)	Films 1 to 4, animated series
Larvell Jones	Cadet (1st film), Officer (2), Sergeant (all other films)	Michael Winslow ; Greg Morton (animated series)	all movies, animated series, television series
Eugene Tackleberry	Cadet (1st film), Officer (2), Sergeant (3–7), Captain (TV series)	David Graf ; Dan Hennessey (animated series)	all films, animated series, guest appearance television series
Moses Hightower	Cadet (1st film), Officer (2), Sergeant (3–5), Lieutenant (promotion end of 5th film, 6th film), Captain (TV series)	Bubba Smith ; Greg Morton (animated series)	Films 1 to 6, animated series, television series
Laverne hooks	Cadet (1st film), Officer (2), Sergeant (all other films)	Marion Ramsey ; Denise Pidgeon (animated series)	Films 1 to 6, animated series
Debbie Callahan	Sergeant (1st film), Lieutenant (3–6), Captain (7), Prosecutor (TV series)	Leslie Easterbrook ; Denise Pidgeon (animated series)	all films except 2, animated series, television series
Douglas Fackler	Cadet (1st film), Officer (2), Sergeant (3 and 6)	Bruce Mahler	Films 1 to 3 and 6
Zed	Civilian / villain (2nd film), cadet (3), officer (4; cartoon series)	Bobcat Goldthwait ; Dan Hennessey (animated series)	Films 2 to 4, animated series
Sweetchuck	Civilian (2nd film), Cadet (3), Officer (4; cartoon series)	Tim Kazurinsky ; Howard Morris (animated series)	Films 2 to 4, animated series
Nick Lassard	sergeant	Matt McCoy	Films 5 and 6

Eric Lassard

George Gaynes (1964)

Lassard is the commandant of the academy and, unlike some other higher-ranking police officers, a very pleasant appearance for the cadets. Lassard runs the academy with paternal indulgence, but is very absent-minded, unworldly and almost never seems to know what is going on around him. In the first and second films he is still a secondary person, but in the following it moves more and more into the center. From the fifth film on, he's even the center of the plot. Several of his relatives can be seen in the course of the series. His wife appears briefly twice in the first film. His brother is Captain Peter Lassard, who runs the police station in the 16th district of the city and in the second film asks Eric for good cadets in order to reduce the high crime rate in his district. Eric's nephew Nick is also a cop and appears in two films.

Extremely important for Eric Lassard is his goldfish, which over the course of the series becomes his trademark and loyal companion that is taken almost everywhere. In the first film, he tells Mahoney that the goldfish belongs to a friend. In the second film, however, you can see him feeding the fish. Later in the same film, he brings his brother a goldfish as a gift, although it is not clear whether it is the same fish - a short time later it is accidentally cooked in his aquarium on the cooking plate of a sushi restaurant, which he probably does not survive should have. Lassard's goldfish also has to endure a lot. In the third film he accidentally briefly leaves his aquarium, in the fourth film he is almost eaten by Zed and in the fifth film he is briefly kidnapped.

Lassard usually drives a golf cart through the academy and examines the work. His style of speaking is also typical: he tends to repeat the words "a lot" and "many" several times for reinforcement. In the later films he is very often part of slapstick scenes where he accidentally knocks something over with a stick or drops balls. Lassard's character remains essentially the same, but despite his central position for the course of the plot he becomes less and less important and his appearance more ridiculous. So in the first film he is still quite a respectable person, while towards the end of the series he hardly contributes anything constructive to the good ending of the story through naivety and stupidity.

The character's performer, George Gaynes , passed away on February 15, 2016.

Carey Mahoney

Steve Guttenberg (2005)

Carey Mahoney , played by Steve Guttenberg , contributed significantly to the success of the series. After Guttenberg's departure, the thematic focus of the films changed significantly.

Mahoney is a likeable guy at the beginning of the first film, but he keeps getting involuntary visits to the police station through little stupid things. The district manager there, Captain Reed ( Ted Ross ), forces him to visit the police academy as an alternative to prison. Even if he wants to disappear there as soon as possible, he will stay until the end of his training and continue his career as a police officer. He received a medal in the first film. From the third film onwards he has the rank of sergeant. In the second film he is temporarily suspended.

Mahoney is characterized by a personable and funny manner. Due to his disrespectful humor he comes into conflict with the respective antagonists Harris and Mauser. In addition, he is a heartthrob and flirts in each of the films. In the fourth film, he ends up driving away with his beloved in a hot air balloon . In keeping with this character, Mahoney first does his duty as a beach policeman in the second film, before he is called to his new assignment.

The producer of the film series, Paul Maslansky , originally wanted Michael Keaton , Tom Hanks or Judge Reinhold for the role of Mahoney. But he was so enthusiastic about the test recordings of Steve Guttenberg, who was still quite unknown at the time, that he decided on this one. Guttenberg, whose father was a police officer, wore a police shirt to the casting, which meant that he was able to convince the filmmakers immediately.

Larvell Jones

Michael Winslow (2008)

Larvell Jones , played by Michael Winslow , stands out because of one thing : he is able to imitate all kinds of noises. He uses this talent both for useful things and for all sorts of jokes. In particular, the unsympathetic antagonists Mauser and Harris are often tricked by him. Of course, completely unrealistic, but for the sake of the junk it is necessary that those affected never notice in time that the noises are actually coming from a completely different direction. He also uses his acting talent to demonstrate his skills in Asian martial arts. In the sixth film, he spontaneously steps in as a cabaret artist when a power failure makes normal performance in a club impossible. Jones gets his first appearance when he meets Mahoney at the police station, where he ended up because his mischief caused confusion. Mahoney asks in an interview with Captain Reed that Jones can come to the Academy as his "personal doctor". Larvell Jones appears in all of the films, and is also the only character from the films who appeared regularly in the later Police Academy television series. However, he was not allowed to develop the person in the form of relationships and the like.

Although this makes Larvell Jones one of the longest-lived characters in Police Academy, it wasn't even included in the original script. But when the filmmakers saw Michael Winslow's stand-up comedy show, they really wanted him in the film, so the role was added later.

Eugene Tackleberry

David Graf (1989)

Tackleberry is a gun fanatic who also likes to slip into the disguise of a Rambo. He uses gun grease instead of aftershave and usually solves problems with the use of guns. He doesn't value female colleagues too much. He therefore embodies a soldier rather than a police officer. Nevertheless, he has positive traits. He never harms anyone and he takes Sweetchuck under his wing when he has problems with his training. His preferred weapon is a large revolver that his mother gave him. Tackleberry's arsenal, however, includes a lot more: in addition to a Detonics Scoremaster (2nd film), he also uses a machine gun (6th film), a small smoke grenade launcher (2nd film) and a mini crossbow (3rd film ) in the course of the series ) a. But he also has another hobby: he plays the saxophone .

In the second film, he falls in love with officer Kathleen Kirkland , who is assigned to him as a partner on motorcycle patrol duty and shares his infatuation with guns. This attracts him very much and makes him forget his doubts about her as a colleague. Kathleen's family also suits her and can be seen several times. It includes her brother Bud Kirkland , her father Max Kirkland, and her mother (see supporting characters). Tackleberry marries Kathleen at the end of the second film.

The character's performer, David Graf , died on April 7, 2001.

Moses Hightower

Bubba Smith (2009)

Moses Hightower , embodied by the former American football player Bubba Smith , is particularly impressive because of his height (2.01 m) - hence the name. Before he started working for the police, he was a florist, and he briefly returned to this position in the first film. In the films he often shows that he has an extraordinary amount of power. He also stands out by saving Captain Harris twice (in the first and fifth films). He is honored both times and promoted to lieutenant the second time. His private life is never discussed any further.

The character's performer, Bubba Smith , passed away on August 3, 2011.

Laverne hooks

Hooks is small and a little chubby. She has a soft and high-pitched voice that ensures that she is often not taken seriously. But it can also get very loud if it wants to. In the films she takes on multiple monitoring and management tasks in the command center. In the first film, she still has a very careful driving style, but that changed a lot by the third film. Her private life is never a theme in the films.

Debbie Callahan

Leslie Easterbrook (2006)

While Debbie Callahan initially only embodies the dominant, blonde and busty trainer who sometimes snatches one or two cadets, in later films she becomes a sympathetic figure who also shows some traces of Tackleberry's infatuation with violence, but above all the female side stressed. She often wears extremely tight clothing, and her bust is the subject of numerous gags in the film series. All of these properties ensure that it goes down very well with the male sex. She has affairs and romances in all films with the exception of the sixth, whereby the approach to the gangster Konali in the seventh film only takes place as part of an undercover assignment.

Douglas Fackler

Outwardly actually more of the accountant type and also quite brittle in nature, Douglas Fackler is characterized above all by his clumsiness, through which he repeatedly causes small catastrophes. In some cases, however, he also accidentally incapacitates approaching villains. In the second film, he can also be seen as a typical American policeman sitting around in the car and eating donuts . The relationship with his wife is interesting. In the first film, she literally tries with hands and feet to keep her husband from the plan to become a police officer. She even jumps on the hood of his car and drives in this position to the Academy. The scene is reversed in the third film, when Douglas tries to prevent his wife from becoming a police officer. She argues that she wants to be close to him. However, when asked if she wanted to kill him, she replied cynically that she had already thought about it a few times.

Douglas Fackler is the least seen of all the main characters, but appears in four films and is always presented as part of Mahoney and Lassard's troupe.

Zed McGlunk

Bobcat Goldthwait, who starred in Zed, in 2013

At the beginning, Zed is the leader of the gang that makes life difficult for the protagonists in the second film. From the third film, however, he changes sides and becomes a recruit at the academy. He can often hardly articulate himself and often yells around. He often wears torn clothing even in uniform. All of this is obviously intended to give it an animal character. He also presents himself as a musician and a poet, but both his music and poetry are rather bizarre.

A love-hate relationship connects him with the shopkeeper Sweetchuck. Although his business is completely destroyed in the second film in connection with the series of crimes he caused, the two roommates are in the third film. Zed often terrorizes Sweetchuck without really meaning to.

In the fourth film, he falls in love with Laura, who is a participant in the “Citizens on Patrol” program and accepts his strange ways.

Always referred to as Zed in the films, he was given the last name McGlunk in the animated series.

Sweetchuck

Tim Kazurinsky, who starred in Sweetchuck, in 2014

His real name is Shevchuk, as the inscription on the window of the lamp shop he runs shows. However, everyone calls him Sweetchuck. After he is a victim in the second film and his business is completely destroyed in a failed police operation, he decides in the third film to become a police officer himself. However, he is very weak and can actually never prevail. Therefore, it is difficult for him to endure Zed as a roommate, although the two more or less pull themselves together over time.

Nick Lassard

Nick Lassard is the nephew of Commandant Lassard and a Miami cop. In this role he appears in the fifth film. In the sixth film, however, he is a police officer in the unnamed city where the Police Academy is located. The character fulfills a similar function as that of Carey Mahoney, who no longer appears from the fifth film onwards. What both characters have in common is that they appear as smart and attractive Sonnyboys, who play tricks on the respective antagonist and love to flirt with attractive women. The looming romance between Nick and Kate in the fifth film appeared in a similar form in Mahoney's first, third, and fourth films.

Opponent

There is at least one opponent in the ranks of the police in every film.

Surname	rank	actor	Appearance
Thaddeus Harris	Lieutenant (1st film), Captain (4-7; animated series)	GW Bailey ; Len Carlson (animated series)	Films 1 and 4 to 7, animated series
Mauser	Lieutenant (2nd film beginning), Captain (from the middle of 2nd film), Commandant (3rd film), Sergeant (cartoon series)	Art Metrano ; Rex Hagon (animated series)	Films 2 and 3, animated series, television series
Proctor	Sergeant (2nd film), Captain (3rd film), Lieutenant (4-6; animated series)	Lance Kinsey ; Don Francks (animated series)	Films 2 to 6, animated series
Chad Copeland	Cadet (1st film), Sergeant (3rd and 4th film)	Scott Thomson	Films 1,3 and 4
Kyle Blankes	Cadet (1st film), Sergeant (3rd film)	Brant from Hoffman	Films 1 and 3

Thaddeus Harris

Left to right: G. W. Bailey, David Graf and Lance Kinsey

GW Bailey, cast member of Thaddeus Harris

The antagonist for large parts of the series is Captain Thaddeus Harris (Lieutenant in the first film), who, as a kind of trademark, always walks around with a small stick with a silver knob. At the beginning he is just an arrogant superior who insults his subordinates and with his typical call “Move it, move it, move it!” (In the German version mostly with “Bewegt dich!” Or “Movement, movement, movement!” “Translated) drives. It is also typical for him that he likes to use a megaphone as a trainer .

From part 4 at the latest, like Mauser, he is a careerist and opportunist. In the first film, he immediately offers to make life difficult for the cadets in order to reduce the number of new police officers. His opponent is Carey Mahoney, whom he tries to get rid of, but this is not possible because of Captain Reed's instructions. He likes to use willing helpers in his activities. In the first film, these are Cadets Chad Copeland and Kyle Blankes . In the later films (with the exception of the last one) Lieutenant Proctor stands by his side as a loyal assistant. In the fourth film, too, Carey Mahoney in particular is his opponent. Then it is Commandant Lassard and all of his troops.

His career sees some ups and downs. In the first film, he is the Police Academy's chief instructor and harasses the cadets. When he returns to the series in the fourth film, he is actually head of a police station, but during Lassard's absence temporarily takes over the management of the academy to lead Lassard's "Citizens on Patrol" program and sabotage it if possible, as he does not believe in it. He would also love to take over the post from Lassard. In the fifth film, he tries to use Lassard's upcoming retirement due to old age. This fails, whereupon he tries in the meantime for the sixth film to be transferred. In this episode he is again the district manager in a district, which is, however, haunted by a series of crimes, so that Lassard and his troops are assigned to him as support - of course he wants to get rid of them all as soon as possible. If Harris in the first film is still a serious threat to the good course of the plot, he becomes a break clown from the fifth film at the latest, who does not even achieve intermediate successes, since each of his actions ends in an embarrassing fiasco.

In the fifth film he calls himself Thaddeus Aristoteles Harris at one point . However, this only occurs in the German version of the film.

Mauser

Like Harris, Mauser is an unscrupulous careerist who obviously and in a primitive way flatters when he sees fit. He even takes it as a compliment that Commissioner Hurst calls him the biggest ass-boy he has ever seen.

As a lieutenant in the second film, he tries to push Lassard's brother out of the district management so that he can become a captain himself. He even manages this temporarily. In the third film, he is in command of the state's second police academy, which competes with Lassard's academy in a competition whose loser awaits the closure of the academy. Mauser runs his academy far more strictly and militarily, but also uses dirty methods. So he has his "agents" Copeland and Blankes, who act as moles in Lassard's academy and are supposed to ensure Lassard's failure. Despite having a lead in the meantime, he does not succeed in winning the competition.

Mauser does not appear in the other films. This has the background that Art Metrano, who portrayed the character, suffered a serious fall from a ladder after completing the third film, in which he suffered six fractures. Today he is able to walk with difficulty again, but he usually uses a wheelchair. For the fourth film, G. W. Bailey returned in his role as Thaddeus Harris.

Proctor

Lance Kinsey in his film uniform in June 1989

Proctor is Mauser and Harris' personal assistant in films 2 through 6. He himself has no ambitions like his respective bosses, but is characterized by overwhelming stupidity, ineptitude and loyalty. Although he is no good for anything and is seldom a help to his boss, he is still a good assistant, as he accommodates the self-amorous nature of Harris and Mauser and is available for every assignment due to his bondage. Proctor is portrayed more and more stupidly in the course of the film series and leaves no faux pas. In the 2nd film he still acts quite independently, but by the 5th film at the latest he hardly utters an intelligent sentence and is limited to his role as an assistant.

Chad Copeland

Copeland is in the first film with Bare's cadet, and then under Lassard's tutors in the third film. He is portrayed as a bit clumsy. Kyle Blankes takes the lead between the two.

Both are characterized by over-correctness and absolute obedience. They see the training very militarily and therefore like to let Harris use them to harass Mahoney. Due to their arrogance towards the insurgents towards the end of the first film, however, they get into serious problems when their revolvers are stolen from them. In the third film, the two moles are in Lassard's police academy to give Mauser's rival police school an advantage.

Copeland reappears in the fourth film as a police officer who forbids teenagers to skateboard in his district and then hunts them when they don't obey.

Kyle Blankes

He takes the lead in the Blankes / Copeland duo and does his best to pester Mahoney and the others. It shall Mahoney example, his old smelly socks under the face to him even to some press-ups "to inspire" more. In contrast to his colleague Copeland, he does not appear in the fourth part.

In the credits of the first film it is written as "Blankes", but in the third film as "Blanks".

Secondary characters

In addition to the main actors, there is a large number of characters, some of which appear in many films, but only in a few scenes.

Surname	role	actor	Appearance
Henry J. Hurst	Commissioner and thus the highest ranking policeman	George R. Robertson	Films 1 to 6
Mrs. Fackler	Wife of Douglas Fackler , cadet in the 3rd film	Debralee Scott	Films 1 and 3
Nameless prostitutes	"Good friend" of Eric Lassard and Carey Mahoney	Georgina Spelvin	Films 1 and 3
Kathleen Kirkland	Policewoman (officer in the 2nd film, sergeant in the 4th film), colleague of Eugene Tackleberry , marries him at the end of the 2nd film	Colleen Camp	Films 2 and 4
Max Kirkland	Eugene Tackleberry's father-in-law	Arthur Batanides	Films 2, 3, 4 and 6
Bud Kirkland	Eugene Tackleberry's brother-in-law, cadet (3rd film), officer with the rank of officer (4th film)	Andrew Paris	Films 2 to 4
Mrs. Kirkland	Eugene Tackleberry's mother-in-law	Jackie Joseph	Films 2 and 4
Nogata	Exchange cadet from Japan (3rd film), representative of the Japanese police (4th film), lover of Debbie Callahan	Brian Tochi	Films 3 and 4
Tommy "House" Conklin	Participant in the COP program (4th film), Academy graduate and officer with the rank of officer (5th film; animated series)	Tab Thacker ; Don Francks (animated series)	Films 4 and 5, animated series

Henry J. Hurst

He is Commissioner (still referred to as Chief in the first film) and thus the superior of Commandant Lassard. In the first film he takes a clear position against the relaxed guidelines for accepting new police officers and asks Lassard to organize the training in such a way that unfit cadets feel the desire to drop out as early as possible. In the second film, too, he has to put up with the comment from Peter Lassard , Eric Lassard's brother and captain in a police station, that he should stick his nose where it usually is - what is meant, of course, is that he is an ass-creeper dancing to the tune of politicians. In the following films, however, he takes a neutral position. He is absolutely loyal to the decisions of politics, but always remains correct and shows openly antipathy towards the behavior of Harris and Mauser. In the sixth film, the villain Mastermind pretends to be Commissioner Hurst through a brilliant disguise.

Mrs. Fackler

She is the wife of Douglas Fackler (see section about him) and becomes a police officer against his resistance. She is noticed twice during her training, when she wants to occupy a room with a man on the one hand, and when she puts a police car on the roof due to an unskillful driving style.

Mrs. Fackler's actress, Debralee Scott , passed away on April 5, 2005.

The prostitute

The prostitute, played by the legendary US porn actress Georgina Spelvin , appears in two films in the series. She remains in both films without a name of her own and is only mentioned as "The Hooker" ( German  "Die Prostituierte" ) in the credits. Although originally hired by Copeland and Blankes to harass Leslie Barbara, after Mahoney intervenes, she ultimately ends up under a lectern. When Commandant Lassard approaches this to give a presentation, she performs fellatio on him, which makes it much more difficult for him to speak. At the closing event in the first film, she also sits under the lectern and makes it difficult for Mahoney to speak. In the third film, she reappears at the police ball, where she is greeted by Mahoney and Lassard as an old friend. Mahoney puts them on Proctor. She tricked Proctor - he then had to run around naked and, to his misfortune, ended up in the Blue Oyster Club.

The Kirkland family

The somewhat unusual Kirkland family is introduced in the second film when Tackleberry meets Kathleen and later marries her. Its members appear several times in the films. Tackleberry is often completely incomprehensible to the hustle and bustle of Max and Bud, while Kathleen finds it hilarious.

Kathleen Kirkland

In the second film, she is Eugene Tackleberry's partner and drives motorcycle patrols with him. She shares his infatuation with weapons, so that the two soon grow closer. At the end of the second film, they get married. In the fourth part you can see them again briefly at family dinner.

Max Kirkland

Max Kirkland is Kathleen Kirkland's father and therefore Eugene Tackelberry's father-in-law. He's a good boxer and was middleweight champion in 1944 with the Seabees , the construction regiment of the US Navy in the South Pacific. Above all, he lets his son Bud feel this, whom he repeatedly gives a blow or two for fun. In the fourth part he wants to take part in the Citizens on Patrol program, which his daughter supports, but his son does not, because this would look like nepotism. He is then not to be seen in the program. He has another short guest appearance in the sixth film.

This was also the last station of Arthur Batanides' acting career. He then retired and died on January 10, 2000.

Bud Kirkland

Bud Kirkland is Eugene Tackleberry's brother-in-law. Boxing is clearly one of his strengths thanks to his father's “boxing training”, with whom he fights for fun on all possible occasions and without prior notice. So he was on his high school boxing team . He is a cadet in the third part of the series and also wins the boxing championship of the two academies there. In the fourth part you can see him again briefly at the family dinner with tackleberry.

Mrs. Kirkland

She is a picture book mother who takes care of the food and who acknowledges the goings-on of the men in her family with a smile as if the two were schoolboys. You can see them briefly in the second and fourth films at family dinners with tackleberry.

Nogata

He is a Japanese exchange cop in the third film who is thrown from his academy by Mauser and ends up at Lassard's academy instead. He falls in love with Lieutenant Callahan, who reciprocates at least on a sexual level. In the fourth film, the two revive their relationship when Nogata is back at the Academy as a representative of the Japanese police.

Tommy "House" Conklin

The very heavyweight Tommy Conklin, called Tommy "heap" in the German version, takes part in the Citizens on Patrol program. In this part he tells that Hightower was once his babysitter. In the fifth part he can be seen again as a policeman. Among other things, he stands out because he has great strength. In the fourth film, for example, he carries a scooter.

The actor in Tommy Conklin, Tab Thacker , died on December 28, 2007.

Bad guys

In the first four films, the opponent takes up considerably more space within the police than the criminals, whose fight it is the actual task of the police. From the 5th film, however, a classic fight between good and bad moves more into focus.

But in every Police Academy film there is a criminal who should be arrested:

• In the first film, shortly before the end, during the general unrest in the city, a man appears in the action, who takes their weapons from Blankes and Copeland and thus first takes Harris, then later Mahoney, hostage. He remains nameless.
• In the sequel, Zed's gang terrorizes the entire district with robberies, which are more anarchist than planned.
• In the third film, the hostage taker from the first film appears again briefly, but only in one scene. Towards the end, a party is robbed in a yacht club where jewelry is stolen and the governor is taken hostage. The leader of the criminals remains nameless.
• In the fourth film, a man named Zack leads a prisoner escape. He still does not appear and gradually all escapes are caught.
• The fifth film first introduces a long battle between the criminals and the police. By accident, stolen diamonds end up in Eric Lassard's travel bag. The thieves under their leader Tony and his employer Dempsey try to get them back. Lassard and Harris are taken hostage.
• In the sixth film, it is the so-called Wilson Heights Gang, under their initially anonymous leader Mastermind , who haunts a city district with a series of crimes.
• In the seventh film, the exchange of blows is completely open for the first time. The task is to confront the Russian mafioso Konstantine Konali .

Special feature: Mrs. Lois Feldman / Mrs. Stanwyck

A specialty and exception are the two roles that Billie Bird embodies in parts 4 and 6. In the Police Academy films, a role is usually played only by a specific actor - if he is not in the film, the character does not appear. Conversely, however, each actor only ever plays one specific character. This is not the case with Billie Bird. Although she plays in two films, she plays two different roles. In the fourth film, she plays the feisty pensioner Mrs. Lois Feldman , who takes part in the Citizens on Patrol program. In the 6th film you can see her as Mrs. Stanwyck , who is present at an official reception. She and Larvell Jones seem to know each other, but everything else remains in the dark.

Billie Bird passed away on November 27, 2002.