PREP Look back at the bullet point questions and write down your own responses on your blog.
- Do you agree with the view that the programme offers a 'pro-police perspective'? What do you understand by that? What evidence is there of that so far?
I believe that in Cuffs police are seen as good because in the scene were Ryan, Jake, Donna and Lino are all having lunch they act normal and are chatting while on their break, but then Donna asks what happened to Jake today and he replied, "I've been bled on, spat on and felt up". When we hear what he has to go through as a police offer we start to have empathy for him and other police offers and feel sorry for them and how they are treated when they are just trying to do the right thing. Also we feel nervous when Ryan is being backed into a corner and being threatened by a criminal called 'Benson'. Because we get to see an insight to what a police officer has to face daily.
Good. You pick the 'behind the scenes' canteen lunch in which the police let down their guard and reveal their personalities and feelings, in particular, Jake whose first day has shown that the police are tested to the limits. You also mention how Ryan faces very real danger in Benson's attack; the audience is made to side with Ryan and feel horror looking at the blood lust in Benson's face.
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