I found the direction and camera work captivating, content insightful (my assumptions corrected and eyes opened) however, I found it very white washed and one sided and not a real representation of the diversity of Stoke on Trent's police force or stoke on Trent. My issue with the show is about inclusion and not a matter of race. Throughout history, non-white accomplishments and achievements have been pushed aside and whites celebrated, causing everyone (especially non-whites) to have an inaccurate depiction and view of things, sadly this has been demonstrated in cops like us. Again, this is not about race but about being fair, having equal representation and giving a true and familiar message to and for the community that all should be celebrated. This is were the program failed, failed us as humans and only helped show white privilege to help further increase the racial divide here in stoke. We are what we are fed You expect a program form the bbc to be more neutral and well-rounded especially when presenting to and for a town struggling with its cultural integration, so why is it only one face was represented. With such strong Asian, Afro Caribbean, African and Multi mixture mixed race constituents, plus success stories of people turning their lives around within these groups, it advised everyone there was no one like them they can identify with or aspire to be like, that stoke was only for white (officers) disgusting. So to ONLY see one section of the population represented and celebrated, that's not just a lie but helping to strength the already huge divide in Stoke. Another angle is, much in the documentary was voiced about the lawlessness due to the lack of police yet none of the kids spoken of had anyone to identify with. Where were the stories of getting out and making it in the police (white or otherwise), where was the stories of helping eradicate the stigma brought with the police to help encourage these kids to turn their lives around and maybe join the police who are there to help and protect them in a non biased way......no wait ....you couldn't do that because the stigma and bad representation of the police lays predominantly with white officers..... I'd like to believe neither the bbc or production company are racist and so I would hope going forward there will be better conversations about looking at things with different eyes. We are proud of our entire police force and what they do and just want a fair report of them for us and the community and the officers.
Review of Cops Like Us
