Exam Question 2

The police are presented as having a hard job and there is contrast between the voice-over and what is being seen on screen. Ryan has to deal with a group of stag-do revellers, harassing a group of people on a nudist beach but the voice over from the chief super. He says that police officers "Ensure cohesion and security" as Ryan struggles to stop a fight between the stag-do revellers and the naturists and when he says "earning the enduring respect of the people they serve" Ryan is then insulted by the people he was trying to help despite him trying his best and desperately requesting back-up. Never the the less this scene is quite comic. Here the polices point of view is depicted as being very annoyed that despite doing all he can to solve a dispute and keep the peace, he is still insulted and shown no respect by the public.

When dealing with the drug addict, Ryan comes across as a very kind officer. He uses a very gentle and reassuring voice to calm the drug addict down, so that he can get him into hospital. The experienced police officer shows the rookie police officer the way. He teaches him how to be more sympathetic, and as Jake looks around the room he realises that things can get on top of people. He realises that the addict is a damaged creature that needs help and Jake starts to reassure the addict that everything is alright and starts to see the world more like Ryan, who is more experienced, sees it. Here we see that the police's point of view changes with experience, Jake doesn't start off very sympathetic for the drug addict, but Ryan does because he knows how to deal with these situations. The drug addict is not really portrayed as a criminal and Ryan certainly doesn't see him that way. By the end of the scene Jake changes and, like Ryan, feels sorry for the addict.

This is the first serious crime scene in the episode. We see a, recently released from prison, racist who stabs an Indian 21-year old man. The criminal uses racist slurs like "Rag-head" and "Mussi"before stabbing the boy with a screw-driver. Joe is the detective who comes in to try solve the crime and clearly wants to solve the crime as quickly as possible. Joe tries to be gentle but firm to get information out of the boy and his father but the father is very reluctant to let his son be interviewed.  Joe is clearly annoyed about this. She clearly tries everything she can, whilst still being a nice person, to get information and arrest the man who stabbed the 21-year old. Here, although Joe is more of a detective, the police's view is presented as always wanting to bring criminals to justice. In the first two examples you wouldn't really describe the people as criminals but this time you definitely would. Joe's point of view is clearly that she is annoyed that the father will not allow his son to be interviewed and even more annoyed at the lawyer that is backing him up.

Overall the police are shown to always want to bring criminals to justice, but be nice to and help others at the same time. They also clearly want to be respected by the public because policing is a hard job and the police officers certainly agree.