City police departments often have testy relations with their local superheroes, at least in the movies. In "The Amazing Spider-Man" they issue a warrant for his arrest. In "The Dark Knight Rises," a cop pledges to take down Batman.
A real-life report to the Seattle Police Department seems to echo those comic-book plotlines. It advises SPD to explore legal strategies to restrict superheroes this coming May Day from “creating crime and interfering with law enforcement operations.” It’s one of the recommendations in the report written by Michael Hillman, former deputy chief for the Los Angeles Police Department.