Kasinsky offers us somewhat of an insders view about what actually occurs between the cops and the media people as opposed to what the films and tv shows us. In real life, the police work continuously with the press to come together on some of the stories about crimes that are being released to the public. They also know that if the press displays them in a bad light, everyone is going to think of them in a bad light because people get all of their information today from what the media decides to show us. Whereas in films, either the police use the media to help them solve a crime by "leaking" information or they find them completely annoying, useless, and hindering to any police work. Cops are placed into a few categories for the use of media. Good cops that use ulterior methods of getting things done. Good cops that follow all the rules. Corrupt cops that abuse their position in the system in order to get ahead, also related to criminals. Or the cops who just cannot get anything done.
Kansinky seems to nail it right on the head about everything involving cops and the media. Almost every film involving cops makes it almost too easy to place what category the cops belong in. For example, we can look at Detective Stabler from Law and Order: SVU, clearly he is one of the good cops that relies on using motives just barely inside his limits. He has no issues with using physical force to get a confession out someone he believes is a perp. Especially if the suspect could be a child molester. Whereas his partner Detective Benson belongs in the good cop category, while she'll go along with lying to the perps, rarely is ever do you see her use physical force unless a life is in immediate danger and even then she's hesitant.
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