Ed Hocken
Background
Ed Hocken is a police officer in the Police Squad which is a special division of the Los Angeles Police Department.
During the events of The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) played by George Kennedy
Frank Drebin's airplane from Beirut arrives and he is met by Ed. Frank mistakenly believes a large crowd is there to congratulate him on the success of his mission but they are there to see "Weird Al". Frank asks how Nordberg is doing and Ed tells him he has a 50/50 chance of living and is on life support. Frank and Ed visit Nordberg at Our lady of the Worthless Miracle hospital. Frank asks Nordberg who injured him, but Nordberg is only able to give cryptic responses about Love, boats and heroin. Frank and Ed try to comfort Mrs. Nordberg but fail. Mrs. Nordberg hands Ed a photo she found in a drawer of a ship named I Luv You out of Caracas. During a news conference the Mayor discusses the upcoming visit by Queen Elizabeth II. Frank and Ed visit the dock where Nordberg was found and split up to look for evidence. Frank returns to the police station to find out if any of the lab techs were able to find anything on Nordberg's jacket found on the dock. While in the police lab, Ted Olsen shows Frank and Ed some of his new experimental devices including a Swiss army shoe and a cuff link dart that fires capsules that temporarily incapacitate the target. Frank takes a pair of the cuff links. Ted tells Frank they found traces of heroin on Nordberg's jacket. Ed then gives Frank 24 hours to clear Nordberg of any wrongdoing. Frank and Ed stake out Vincent's apartment and then Frank goes inside. The next day Frank and Ed are sitting in the Mayor's office explaining why Frank illegally entered Vincent's apartment and the Mayor tells Frank he is not to show up at the Queen's reception. Frank shows up at the Queen's reception and tells Ed about the attempt on his life at the stockyards. After Jane warns Frank about Vincent using a baseball player to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II, Ed has his men set up in the stands.
