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1 online resource (streaming video file) (46 min. 48 sec.) ; 281616526 bytes |
| Summary |
As police budgets, and numbers, come under threat, this hard-hitting series reveals what police officers across England really think about being on the frontline of 21st-century Britain.With access to police forces across the country - from Kent to West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester to Cambridgeshire - and from inner cities to rural beats, Coppers shows what police officers are up against every day of their working lives.The series captures the reality of the job: from the riot police who face serious public disorder on the streets, to the seasoned custody sergeants who've seen it all, and from the traffic cops picking up the pieces after accidents to the thin blue line who face abuse and violence from binge-drinkers every weekend.Traffic officers in Cambridgeshire offer an insight into their jobs, which include arresting drink drivers and issuing speeding tickets. The film reveals the close bonds that often develop between colleagues, and the banter they use as a shield against the duty they all dread - informing the next of kin when someone dies as the result of an accident on the road. PCs Terry Sharpe and Stuart Appleton discuss how this task never gets any easier, despite their training and camaraderie. (From the UK (Documentary Series) (Part 2 of 5) MA (L) CC Follow the conversation on Twitter #SBSdoco |
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Broadcast 2013-01-15 at 21:30:00 |
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Classification: MA |
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Binge drinking.
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Drinking and traffic accidents.
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Drunk driving -- Law and legislation.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Fenton, Leigh, contributor
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Osker, Darren, contributor
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