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<\/p>\nPC Darren Pearson has completed 25 years of dedicated service with the Wells Neighbourhood Policing Team in Somerset – the very town where the comedy film Hot Fuzz was filmed. His son Callum, also a PC Pearson, joined him on his final patrol in a touching send-off that echoes the famous movie’s storyline.<\/p>\n
Jeff Reines Editor and SWNSLaurenBeavis (Lauren Beavis)<\/p>\n
21:33, 04 Jul 2026<\/p>\n
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A real-life father and son policing duo have completed their final shift together in the very town that inspired the cult classic Hot Fuzz.<\/p>\n
PC Darren Pearson concluded his 25-year career working alongside his son Callum – who also serves as PC Pearson – in Wells, the Somerset town where Simon Pegg’s beloved comedy was filmed.<\/p>\n
The 2007 hit featured Jim Broadbent and Nick Frost portraying a father and son police partnership, mirroring the Pearsons’ own story.<\/p>\n
The elder PC Pearson, a long-serving member of Wells Neighbourhood Policing Team, leaves behind what colleagues describe as a “meaningful” legacy.<\/p>\n
His team say he made a “real difference” across the Somerset area, with the patrol giving the family a public send-off in Wells.<\/p>\n
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Mendip Neighbourhood Policing shared an image of the duo standing side by side, writing: “I’m PC Pearson and so is he!”.<\/p>\n
The post continued: “Today we’re proud to see a very special father and son team out on patrol together in Wells.<\/p>\n
“As one chapter comes to a close, another continues – with Dad hanging up his uniform tomorrow after 25 years of dedicated service to our communities, and his son carrying on the family tradition.<\/p>\n
“Today marks the final tour of duty for PC Darren Pearson who has made a real difference across the area.<\/p>\n
“Having his son alongside him on patrol makes the day all the more meaningful.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PC Darren Pearson has completed 25 years of dedicated service with the Wells Neighbourhood Policing Team in Somerset…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,2207,3882,56,54,55,165289],"class_list":["post-675245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-people","tag-somerset","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wells"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}