JOKING ABOUT

I watch a bit of reality TV but draw the line at crap like Meet the Kardashians, The Bachelor, Master Chef, Hell's Kitchen, Big Brother and various Idol shows.

The ones I watch are often the police, Customs and Traffic programmes much to The Old Girl's disgust.

Police 10 Seven is one along with RBT.

The format pisses me off with all of the repeated segments but generally the content is interesting - watching basically idiots who would qualify for a Darwin award going about their pathetic daily business.

There's been an annoying PC (pun intended) creeping in of recent though where obviously the PR advisors to the Police have suggested that they interact a bit more with their 'clients' in a more positive manner.


This is why we're seeing the cops joking around with the idiots that they apprehend.
The trouble with this is that the low-life's are mentally challenged and think that they are more important that they are and that their offending is a joke.

Bring back the old-fashioned Graham Bell who used to head up Police 10 Seven.

He called these guys scumbags and didn't see any of it as funny. The new format with a voice-over guy trying to be a comedian, to me, robs the show of impact.

My suggestions are:

• Get rid of the bonhomie with the crims, lowlifes and idiots that they pull over
• Totally ban police scanners - they should be illegal to buy
• Show a bit more of the victim's story 
• Demonstrate the consequences of crimes, drink-driving and speed

Also, what is extremely frustrating and definitely must be so for the police is that after a police chase and apprehension for anything from drink-driving, burglary, assault, abusive drunkenness, speeding and running red lights we see that the outcome is that the charges are dropped or, if they go to court the sentence is community work, very small fines, divergence or for very serious cases, home detention.

It's a joke alright