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We wait. Terrorism is a very tricky business. Massive and immediate retaliation is the best policy. Unfortunately...
~ Lt. Hedgecock during the rescue of Mayor Gibson before RoboCop arrives into the scene.

Lt. Roger Hedgecock is a supporting antagonist in the 1987 film RoboCop, and the secondary antagonist in the animated TV series RoboCop: The Animated Series. He was only mentioned in Robocop: Rogue City.

He is a corrupt leader of the Detroit Police SWAT and also a friend to Anne Lewis until his betrayal, when he followed Dick Jones' illegal orders to destroy her partner RoboCop at the cost of his friendship with her. He is indirectly responsible for the Detroit Police Strike and become an outcast after he followed the orders which is put to an end by The Old Man and his fate after this is unknown and his SWAT team still appears in the sequels.

He was portrayed by Michael Gregory in the first film, and voiced by Rex Hagon in the animated TV series.

Biography[]

RoboCop[]

Lt. Hedgecock first appears in the Detroit City hall negotiating the former council member Ron Miller who holds Mayor Gibson and his staff hostage demanding his job back which Lt. Hedgecock fails because he carelessly goaded Miller and nearly got the mayor killed up until RoboCop saves the mayor's life and Ron is then arrested afterwards.

Betraying RoboCop and Anne Lewis[]

However Lt. Hedgecock later betrays Detroit Police, having taken control of SWAT to follow Dick Jones' orders in destroying RoboCop. He and his SWAT team arrive at the OCP parking complex confronting Robocop who had just escaped the ED-209. Before they open fire RoboCop's comrades Kaplan, Jerry, Ramirez, Manson and Starkweather protest and tried to stop him, but he simply tells them they have orders to destroy him causing them to walk off in disgust. Lt. Hedgecock ignores them and orders his team to open fire at RoboCop who then escapes into Parking level 3. Anne Lewis, RoboCop's partner arrives having been alerted by Kaplan and the others of Lt. Hedgecock's treachery, helping him aboard on her police cruiser. During that time Lt. Hedgecock sees Lewis having defied her orders to destroy her former partner, ordering his team to open fire at her causing Lewis to realize that her former friend Lt. Hedgecock is a traitor and she boards on her police cruiser immediately flees from the scene as her SWAT comrades open fire at her. Lt. Hedgecock's actions and attempt to destroy Roboop resulted the Detroit police to go on a strike, putting Detroit into chaos and allowing Clarence Boddicker and his gang to be release from prison to finish off RoboCop, but they were killed.

Fate[]

It is unknown what happened to Lt. Hedgecock, after The Old Man furiously fires Dick Jones for murdering Bob Morton and putting the orders to destroy Robocop to an end and he didn't appeared and not mentioned in RoboCop 2 and RoboCop 3 and is no longer leading the SWAT. Due to his rule to follow the illegal orders to destroy Robocop (viewed as a very successful project and property of OCP), which indirectly triggered the police strike and allowing a new organization called Nuke Cult to rise with RoboCop unable to stop them and return to his duties due to need repairs of his damaged he sustained by ED-209, Lt. Hedgecock and his SWAT team, Clarence Boddicker and his gang, Lt. Hedgecock is branded as an outcast among on the Detriot Police and a traitor. It is also possible that he was stripped off his position and dismissed from the police service and was arrested in disgrace, after he was sued by Anne Lewis (whose friendship with her is been severed) and The Old Man for obeying Dick Jones' orders to destroy Robocop and indirectly triggered the Detriot Police to go on a strike. He was mentioned by Lt. Robbins that SWAT is on the way when a group of gang called the Torch Heads invaded the TV station. However, It is revealed he was dismissed for obeying the illegal orders and was replaced by an unnamed SWAT captain.

RoboCop: The Animated Series[]

Lt. Hedgecock appears in the TV series based on the movie of the same as the secondary antagonist, though he is not always a villain in all his appearances. In this show, he is very jealous and envious of RoboCop and often tries to discredit him. He also seems to have a crush on RoboCop's partner Anne Lewis. In an episode, he made an alliance with Dr. McNamara, the main villain of the show, in order to defeat RoboCop with a giant robot. When RoboCop was being brainwashed by The Scrambler he tried to stop him from destroying OCP and killing the Old Man.

Personality[]

Lt. Hedgecock was a disgrace corrupt SWAT captain of the Detroit Police Force. He was very opposed to RoboCop as shown in the first film, when he arrived to save Mayor Gibson, but lets him distract Ron Miller whom hold him hostage long enough for RoboCop to save him.

However his true nature was revealed that he want to get rid of RoboCop, when he received orders from Dick Jones to destroy him to erase Bob Morton's "mistakes" and lead RoboCop's police force to betray Hedgecock and happily obliges so he become a greatest cop than RoboCop, despite Kaplan and the regular and SWAT Metro West police officers tried to stop him (knowing he will be sued and branded as a traitor), due to his opposal to RoboCop. However this was ultimately backfired and failed, due to the efforts of Officer Anne Lewis and The Old Man who both very furiously and disgustedly sue him for doing so.

Quotes[]

Lt. Hedgecock: Prepare to fire.
(Lt. Hedgecock's SWAT team prepares their weapons and aims at RoboCop)
Kaplan: Hey, wait a second!
Manson: He's a cop, for God's sakes!
Ramirez: Hedgecock, you can't do that!
Lt. Hedgecock: We have orders to destroy it.
Manson: Ah, shoot!
(Ramirez angrily shrugs)
Kaplan: You're maniacs!
(Kaplain walks off in disgust)
Lt. Hedgecock: Fire at will.
~ Lt. Hedgecock revealing his true nature to Kaplan and the others who tried to stop him after he followed Dick Jones' orders to destroy Robocop
Move it.
~ Lt. Hedgecock ordering his team to chase Robocop and continue firing their weapons at him.
Open fire!
~ Lt. Hedgecock's last words before his would be dismissal, after seeing Officer Anne Lewis whom being alerted by Kaplan and the others of his betrayal rescuing Robocop in parking level 3 and ordering his team to kill her and she escapes with a damaged Robocop on her police cruiser.
I gonna get that renegade Robo is the last I ever do.
~ Lt. Hedgecock after a brainwashed RoboCop escaped from an OCP factory which he tried to destroy under orders by The Scrambler.

Relationships[]

Allies[]

  • Alex Murphy/Robocop - formerly attempted victim
  • Anne Lewis - former good friend
  • Warren Reed
  • Dick Jones - formely

Enemies[]

  • Alex Murphy/Robocop - attempted victim
  • Anne Lewis - attempted victim
  • Ron Miller
  • Clarence Boddicker - initial target
  • Boddicker gang
  • Dick Jones
  • The Old Man

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • In RoboCop: The Animated Series, he is not always a villain and is only shown looking very jealous and envious of Robocop and tries to discredit him.
  • Lt. Hedgecock's first name is revealed in the animated series is Roger.
  • Lt. Hedgecock's fate in the first film is unknown after Officer Anne Lewis narrowly prevents him from destroying Robocop and he did not appeared and mentioned in the sequels.
  • Obeying the orders to destroy RoboCop that Lt. Hedgecock chose and also trying to kill Officer Anne Lewis is considered as an act of betrayal.
  • In Robocop: Rouge City, Lt. Robbins mentioned to RoboCop and Anne Lewis that SWAT is on the way. It is unknown it would be Lt. Hedgecock. Lt. Hedgecock was supposed to appear in the game.

Navigation[]

           RoboCopTitle Villains

OCP
Old Man | Richard Jones | Lieutenant Hedgecock | ED-209 | Juliette Faxx | Second CEO | Daniel O'Hara | Felix Weber | David Kaydick | Wendell Antonowsky

Boddicker's Gang
Clarence Boddicker | Emil Antonowsky | Leon Nash | Joe Cox | Steve Minh | Bobby | Dougy

Nuke Cult
Cain/RoboCop 2 | Angie | Hob | Catzo

Urban Rehabilitators
Paul McDaggett | Ōtomo | Coontz | Margaret Love | Carl Seltz

OmniCorp
Raymond Sellars | Rick Mattox | Tom Pope | Liz Kline

Others
Antoine Vallon | Thomas King | The Scrambler | Bone Machine | Ron Miller | John Killian | Mr. Brink

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