Chief Martin Brody

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Jaws: In the autumn of 1973, the Brody's left New York City and moved to Amity Island, where Martin got a job as the Chief of Police. During the summer months of mid 1970's, a rogue great white shark staked a claim near the community of Amity Island, Massachusetts and began to terrorize swimmers, directly affecting the local economy. Local police chief Martin Brody attempted to get permission to destroy this shark, but the town's then-mayor, Lawrence Vaughn, adamantly refused to comply. After another death during the Fourth of July celebrations, Vaughn finally was reluctantly pressured into allowing Brody to follow through with the contract to hire Quint. Brody requested help from the Woods Hole Institute, who then sent oceanographer Matt Hooper. With Quint as captain, they set out to capture and kill the killer shark. Brody first encountered the shark while he was chumming the water for Quint. Witnessing its enormous size, he advised Quint to get a bigger boat. The following day, Brody shot a few rounds of bullets to the shark with his revolver, although it failed to minimize the fish's strength. After witnessing the gruesome death of Quint, Brody struggled inside the flooded cabin of the sinking Orca. He later warded off the ambushing shark inside the cabin by throwing Hooper's scuba tank into its mouth.