LIVE P.D. TELEVISION SHOW EXPOSES POLICE ACTIVITIES WHICH ENDANGER PUBLIC
On the July 14, 2018 - two hours into the (so-called) Live P.D. broadcast on the A & E television network, Greene County Missouri Sheriff's Corporal Tim Haynes is shown responding to a call (several miles away) where someone was stabbed in the hand - at speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour - while reading aloud from the vehicle mounted computer screen.
As noted in previous posts, this show (not a program - a show) does have some inherent value in exposing actions of police from across the country while driving which, if commited by any other citizen, would result in at least a citation and fine, including not wearing seatbelts (even when speeding to calls), running stop signs without lights/sirens or failure to signal when making turns or lane changes. These officers and deputies constantly use (non) hands-free telephones while driving and type on computer keyboards - even when driving at outragous speed.
While the show can be entertaining at times - if you watch it with an eye toward what actually goes on inside the cop cars, you'll get more out of the experience. If you listen to what some of the cops actually say, you may get a laugh... for example, immediately after the scenes with Corporal Haynes putting the public at risk with his inattentive driving at excessive speeds, the scene cuts to Warwick, RI and police there who had responded to eleven children stuck in an elevator. One of the senior police officers on the scene explained to the Live P.D. producer that the fire department was on the scene to "eradicate" the children. I hope they they didn't do that...
DS
As noted in previous posts, this show (not a program - a show) does have some inherent value in exposing actions of police from across the country while driving which, if commited by any other citizen, would result in at least a citation and fine, including not wearing seatbelts (even when speeding to calls), running stop signs without lights/sirens or failure to signal when making turns or lane changes. These officers and deputies constantly use (non) hands-free telephones while driving and type on computer keyboards - even when driving at outragous speed.
While the show can be entertaining at times - if you watch it with an eye toward what actually goes on inside the cop cars, you'll get more out of the experience. If you listen to what some of the cops actually say, you may get a laugh... for example, immediately after the scenes with Corporal Haynes putting the public at risk with his inattentive driving at excessive speeds, the scene cuts to Warwick, RI and police there who had responded to eleven children stuck in an elevator. One of the senior police officers on the scene explained to the Live P.D. producer that the fire department was on the scene to "eradicate" the children. I hope they they didn't do that...
DS