age. This is brought to his superiors' attention by Captain Harris, and Lassard's retirement is announced to the surprise of everyone (including himself) at the subsequent graduation ceremony. He flies with his contingent to Miami Beach, Florida to be honored as Police Officer of the Decade at the National Police Chiefs' Convention. While in Miami, he inadvertently foils a jewel thief's escape, earning him and his men and women medals from the city. As a result, back in his home state, his superiors waive his mandatory retirement and allow him to continue to serve as long as he wishes. His age seems to be approximately 70 years old. In Police Academy 6: City Under Siege, the criminal mastermind who has begun to seize control of the city attempts to frame Lassard for a jewel heist by planting stolen jewelry in his desk at the Oakdale Station, where he has been leading a task force. As a result, Lassard is suspended from active duty, until Nick and Hightower prove that he is innocent (and that Harris had been leaking information to the thieves to keep them ahead of the police and humiliate Lassard and his men). Comdt. Lassard's family consists mainly of his wife, seen briefly during the first movie and never named, and a younger brother, Captain Pete Lassard (played by Howard Hesseman), whose precinct has a horrendous crime rate until the fresh graduates from Comdt. Lassard's academy bring down an enormous gang. A nephew (possibly Pete's son), Nick Lassard, is with the Miami Police but leaves to join Eric in Police Academy 6. Lassard has other nephews in the animated series. References Police Academy (franchise) Lassard, Eric Film characters introduced in 1984 Comedy film characters Male characters in film