Do not disrespect the Canadian Mounties. They are professionals, and they have important work to do. But I can’t help but feel badly for the Mounties who were called in to protect and serve Robert Pattinson’s dirty mop of hair from a gang of unruly teenage girls. On second thought, those teenage girls are probably some of the most dangerous people the Mounties will ever have to deal with.

Radar Online is reporting that the Canadian production of New Moon has been attracting a “barrage” of female fans, to the point of the producers calling in the Mounties. To help facilitate their continued protection, the producers helped the officers raise several thousand dollars to support Mountie-related activities in local schools:

When you have the biggest heartthrob of the year on your hands, you have to do everything in your power to protect him.

Producers of New Moon, the second installment of the Twilight series, have called in some serious reinforcement to protect star Robert Pattinson from the barrage of female fans. They’ve hired Canadian Mounties! RadarOnline.com talks exclusively to the brave gentleman who is keeping the actor safe and sound.

While filming on the tiny scenic island of Tofino, on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, producers enlisted the help of local cops Constables Brendon Baillant and Brandon Builziuk to make sure filming went off without a hitch. Not their usual cup of tea, the constables encountered their fair share over overzealous teens during the assignment.

“It was an unusual mission but our remit was to keep the fans off the set,” Constable Baillant told RadarOnline.com exclusively. “Everything went well on the first day but then a group of teenage girls got a little too close when the filming moved to the Long Beach area of the island.”

“They were totally miffed with us when we told them that they could not get any closer, however, their spirits lifted when Kristin Stewart came over to pose for a few photographs with them,” he recalled. “It was raining really hard the whole time but the producers loved that because it helped to make their scenes much more gloomy and atmospheric too. This is a beautiful part of the world but when it gets cold and wet even a vampire would get the chills.”

The two Mounties’ services helped to raise over $3000 of sporting equipment for two local schools. The money was donated by the film’s producers.

[From Radar Online]

Do they call that sort of thing a bribe? I’m not sure. Probably not. I’m trying to imagine the NYPD asking a film crew for “donations” to go to police charities. Actually, that probably happens. But they certainly don’t announce it to Radar Online.

What’s the deal with everyone being in love with Robert Pattinson? He smells, he looks dirty, and the boy is incapable of closing his mouth. All in all, I would describe him as “mangy.” Maybe I just don’t get it because I’m no longer a teenage girl. Do you know who I was in love with when I was thirteen? Eddie Vedder and John Malkovich. I totally stand by those crushes, too – they stand the test of time. Ten years from now, are all of these little girls going to embarrassed by their long-lost Robert Pattinson crushes?

Here’s Robert Pattinson picking up a coffee and a snack before going to work on ‘New Moon’ on March 11th. Images thanks to BauerGriffinOnline.