Clips

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ypl9 Quite a good watch.

ITV doc - car crime, drugs drinks and dogs YouTube (2009) with Trevor Macdonald. Very interesting, none of that tatty music and narration you get on the TV ones.

YouTube page I was pleasantly surprised to see swords still being worn by police in the UK. I think it is at Chelsea Barracks. Well done to all involved.

How embarrassing for the police. It's a shame all the good ones become firearms officers.

The arrest of an armed robber. Set in 1987.

From 1996, football hooligans and police forces clash for Euro '96 games.

Another 90s doc on RPC, London. Channel 4 (1997).

Worth a watch - UK police officers working within UN police serving overseas. Really insightful into our worldwide policing effort.

An excellent BBC documentary (1987) about a death row inmate in Mississippi who is due to die in the gas chamber for killing a town marshal. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05m5xb9 Talks to corrections officers, the convicted, other prisoners, the Superintendent of the penitentiary. Explores the issues of: - moral issues - race and fairness - time in prison - faith and death - carrying out a professional execution - the law It’s proper 80s with chain gangs etc. The convicted’s lawyer is British I think.

Mid 90s documentary on sort of 'anti-crime' group and community police team.

Interesting new (Nov '19) programme showing newer and older police officers in the city of Stoke on Trent. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000gxmf/cops-like-us-series-1-episode-3 Some good bits, some bad bits, usual editing with sad/happy music at appropriate places to try and evoke empathy/joy, but also shows a vigilante 'Bike Watch' group, retirement, new bobby and protecting a political conference (general election run up), chief constable interview and shows a PC working as a cleaner in spare time. Worth a watch. Believe there are two other episodes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000dv66/crime-are-we-tough-enough-series-1-4-the-police Done by a couple of QCs and naturally focuses on big cities such as GMP/Manchester and Glasgow, does both sides of the argument. Quite good to see something on the TV that isn't just the Channel 5 'cops and robbers' type stuff. fbo