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Police publicity comes before police work
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Review - Institute of Public Affairs
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September 1, 2008
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Law and order / Law and Order
At a time when our freedoms are being further curtailed in the name of law, order and the Nanny State, police departments across Australia are spending more and more tax-payer dollars on public relations.
The Australian reported in July that police departments are spending around $10 million a year nation-wide on boosting their image in the community through media, communications and prime-time television programs such as Policing the Pacific and Forensic Investigators.
Whether or not these shows rate poorly and exemplify the inanity of free-to-air programming is not the main issue. We fund law enforcement agencies to simply enforce the law. Should public money ...