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Back Seat Cops
Back Seat Cops will explore the police ride-along scheme that invites members of the public to spend a shift in the back of a police car, getting a close-up look at what policing involves in 2025. And it’s not for the faint-hearted! With access to police forces, the series will take people who have been victims of crime out on shift with the local neighbourhood policing team.
Audiences will see how the ride-along impacts them and the motivation behind signing up. Once they’re in the car, the Back Seat Cops are given a no-holds-barred experience of modern policing, with few limits on what they see or where they go. They’ll witness first-hand the challenges that crime and anti-social behaviour bring, and, as is the case in the real world scheme, they’ll get the opportunity to feedback their thoughts on what policing priorities should be.
Back Seat Cops will be available on BBC One and BBC iPlayer later this year.
Back Seat Cops is made by Full Fat TV, produced in partnership with The Open University and has been commissioned for 12×30 episodes by Rob Unsworth, Head of BBC Daytime and Early Peak Commissioning, Rachel Platt is the Commissioning Editor for BBC Daytime. Catherine Welton and Colette Foster are the Executive producers for Full Fat TV.
Read the full press release here
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