i wish somebody had told me about this program years ago so that is what i'm doing today
with the hope that people who like me are a little bit obsessed with the criminal justice system will
watch this show and fall completely in love with it this is of course 24 hours in police custody
it's set in luton with the bedfordshire police and as one would expect it follows crimes and the 24
hours that the police have to prove that that culprit that suspect did it so this is a very
intense program and to be honest i think the 24 hours to prove it is a very short time especially
when you're talking about something like murder maybe not so much if you've just seen somebody
bat or somebody on a cctv camera that's going to be a little bit easier to prove but 24 hours to
you know charge somebody with murder is you know it's heartbreaking you do think come on you can do
this and one of the things about this is you're watching it not actually knowing whether or not
that suspect is guilty these are real life stories where somebody who's been brought in
uh accused of something or suspected of having done something and you are watching it almost as
if you're on the side of the police thinking have they done it do we have enough evidence can we
charge them with this and have we got the right guy or girl and sometimes i was there thinking
they haven't done it they're not responsible look at their defense it's brilliant
and then there's solid evidence and they get charged and for me that's very frustrating
but there are also times where somebody
potentially hasn't done it and i think they have and you know it messes with your mind really makes
you question the way you view people something i love about this is the way it breaks down walls
i love the police i really do i would love to be part of that world i would love to be a dci
even just a di but there are a lot of times when people think that the police are horrible nasty
evil people and they're not there to help us but actually seeing these people being brought in
to custody the police officers actually have a little bit of banter with them they're quite
friendly obviously that's probably because of the whole innocent until proven guilty
but it it shows that police brutality is often not a thing you know we think somebody's going to be
in prison they're going to get shoved in a cell and they're going to be treated like dirt but
that's not always the case as this shows i'm not saying that they're going to be best friends
with the officers but it's just an interesting relationship and it's very interesting to see
how certain officers react uh compared to certain others so there are eight series
i think there are 49 episodes at present i'm halfway through which i thought was the perfect
time to do this video because i'm still really psyched about how absolutely incredible it is
um the one thing i will say is that prepare to expect anything there are obviously a lot
of it is set in police custody a lot of it is set inside the building itself but
back now it's not a hundred percent graphic i assume that if in a later episode they find a dead
body they're not going to just show you the body cam footage of the body but there will be blood
there will be screaming there is a lot to take in and it will make you question humanity
there are cases from something as non-invasive as theft from a retail store
to something as horrific and personal as a stabbing as a murder as pedophilia you need
to be prepared that this is real and it does not sugarcoat anything and for me that is exactly what
i was looking for it is fabulous i kind of wish it was set with the met because i live in london
i love london i love the met and to see that side of things would be incredible but luton
is an interesting place clearly a lot goes on 24 hours in police custody is perfect