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Bogomila Chelebieva UNIT 24 P5/M3/D2




Assignment 2
P5/M3/D2
HOW THE PUBLIC SERVICES ARE
PORTRAYED IN THE MEDIA.

,Bogomila Chelebieva UNIT 24 P5/M3/D2




Positive and negative images of the public services.

This is a very important aspect of the media unit as the public opinion is mainly formed on

what the media writes and says for the Public Services. Most of the things happening in the

UPS are private events, far from the public eye, which makes the media the reason for the

pressure that is put on the Police, especially nowadays. Some of the news that the media is

distributing could be with many more details, which essentially is twisting the whole truth of

the case they are looking into. There are tv shows that also investigate the performance of the

UPS in a most commonly negative way, as this is a way of increasing their views. Most of the

time the lights are being put over the Police as the crimes are one of the major problems

questioned by the public and one of the biggest problems in the UK. A report produced by the

Sun shows that around 31% of the news they are publishing is related to crime news and

police investigations. Which by itself once again shows the media's influence on the UPS and

the public opinion. Related to that there are numbers of dramas broadcasted and sponsored by

Netflix that aim to show the inside of the Police Force, which in most cases are functional

details that cause distress. For example, the Line of Duty series on Netflix implemented how

corrupt the police are and how police officers are part of the biggest crime organisations.

There are no official details of that but seeing this on the TV makes people believe it, as we

are all used to watching something without questioning the reliability of the materials.

,Bogomila Chelebieva UNIT 24 P5/M3/D2



Negative images of the Public Service influenced by the

media.

Brutality.

On many occasions, the Public Services presence could be implemented brutally in the public

eye as this is a way of selling stories by the media. The brutality is normally presented

through the Police, as the media uses cases in which the public is in a position of a victim.

This has been done as a way of making people believe that the media is the true voice in the

situation, making them believe in the things they are saying which usually results in a lot of

views. This could have many negative effects as it makes the Police look unreliable source

for protection and eventually could result in a lot of protests organised by the concerned

citizens that believe in the things that the media is saying. An example of this common event

is the case of the tragic death of a female, Sarah Everard this year where a serving police

officer was accused of causing her death under very brutal circumstances. /2/The whole story

is true, but the way the media presented how the selection process and the whole system of

testing the psychological health of the serving officers are easily tested made the public

believe and question the skills of the whole police force. What I mean by this, is many big

media companies as the iNews and the Guardian published horrific details around the

circumstances around the murder, and seeing this as a public member could make you believe

that this is expected by the whole force. Reading this made me question the whole friability

that we have around the Police. The details realized by the media caused a huge protest in

Central London on the 13th of March 2021, as many women raised awareness around the

serving police officers who murdered the victim, Sarah Everard. This had many negatives

effects as the protests went from peaceful to harmful when the police arrived. This by itself,

once again proves that the media is the one to blame for making the police look brutal

,Bogomila Chelebieva UNIT 24 P5/M3/D2


overall, blaming every officer for the actions of others. This is extremely bad and negative, as

every person pays for his own mistakes and the other has nothing to do with the murder,

should not be standing on the same level and receiving the same judgments. As at the end of

the day, if something bad happens we will be killing the police, and they will be the ones

arriving first at our door to help. That is why, in my opinion, we all as a public should look at

reliable media sources and make our conclusion alone, as every truth is different when put

through a different perspective. We must ensure that before putting labels and reflecting the

police image negatively, we have the whole truth on the table.

Corruption.

Another negative image that affects, is the corruption that is been implemented in the actions

of the Public Service. Many tv shows aim to show us the public the underground and the

inside world of the UPS or in other words how common corruption is. There used to be a

show called ‘NO Land’ that aimed to show how the cartels work closely with the police,

exchanging private information for money. Another example of that action is the West

Midlands Serious Crime Squad that was very active in the ’90s. This organisation that was

lately exposed by the media used law forbidden techniques during interviews, making

suspects confess under the pressure of brutal actions conducted by the people part of the

squad. /3/ This squad of people used many aggressive techniques to make the whole process

easier for them, reducing the time as they were putting a lot of pressure on the people that

were questioned or suspected of committing a crime. They used to put plastic bags on the

heads of the suspects, making them give false statements and avoid the whole lawful

procedure.

By putting this information on the media and all the newspapers they made a huge corrupt

world the media caused a lot of negative effects on the public services. Even though that was

, Bogomila Chelebieva UNIT 24 P5/M3/D2


not a very commonly used method of questioning people, the public was forced to change

their whole perspective. For example, if somebody was questioned, they felt unsafe with the

procedure which made them feel uncomfortable during the polygraph tests which by itself

made the result unreliable. This happening was such a bad image for the whole system as the

citizens started to believe that there is no truth, and the criminals could be still walking the

streets. The actions of the squad made the whole Police look unreliable and created a lot of

extra pressure in the whole working process. Many citizens started to take justice in their

heads as a way of finding the truth. Which by itself had another negative effect as the crime

rate started to increase. A prove of that is the case of Peter Jefferson who took justice into his

hands and killed the person who then he believed was responsible for the killing of his wife.

It was later proved that the person who he killed was just a witness of the crime, not a

committer which put Peter J. into prison. Making him part of the statistics as part of the

negative effect that media have on the Police as people started to question the procedures and

make a false conclusion, putting innocent people in danger and making them pay for crimes

they have not committed. /4/ The corruption, in my opinion, was something that could have

been prevented if actions were taken on time as many people were going to get the right of

going through a fair trial, not paying for someone else’s mistakes.

Going into details about that this reflected the moral of the police, making them appear as law

brokers, not protectors. Many police officers were faced to watch how the procedures were

conducted which led to a serious mental change in the way they do their job. This by

psychology was called apophenia, as seeing something daily makes you believe is the right

thing to do. This by itself makes me believe that the West Midlands Serious Crime Squad is

the one to blame for changing the whole working procedures at that time and making many

officers part of the corrupt world they organised. Eventually, those procedures are still

conducted by other countries with low income as many police officers are forced to become

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