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How would a police sergeant not know about coffee grounds?

posted 7 years ago by courtey8400
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They really made Taggart look dumb not knowing what Foley and Bogomil knew about the reason for packing cocaine with coffee grounds. I mean, he's working in LA, not some town in Idaho with a population of 640.

[–] justxme 7 years ago

I mean, he's working in LA, not some town in Idaho

Beverly Hills is not LA, it's an independet town situated between LA and West Hollywood. Maybe there is (or was in the 60s, 70s and early 80s) much less serious crime than in LA because the population was much wealthier and there just wasn't much need to make a living by crime.

Or maybe they just did it that way to show that Axel is more "street smart" than Taggart and Bogomil.

[–] courtey8400 7 years ago

Ok, so it's not LA. But cocaine use was at an all time high among the rich and famous in the 80s. It certainly made its way to Beverly Hills.

[–] Brew_Swayne 7 years ago

It was meant to show Beverly Hulls as a safe place full of rich people and a police force that doesn't have experience dealing with real crime, while simultaneously depicting Foley as a street smart cop.

Also, you have to consider the era this was filmed in. In the early 80s, drug smuggling techniques weren't commonly known by the viewing audience, so this was also a "learning experience" for the viewers as well.