“Television is a powerful medium that has to be used for something better than sitcoms and police shows. On the other hand, if you don't recognize the forces that play on what people watch and what they don't then you're a fool and you should be in a different business.” PeopleIfsShouldDifferentPlayShowsHandsUsedForcePowerfulWatchesTelevisionFoolPoliceMediumsSomething BetterSitcom Author:Roone Arledge
“Police thrillers are so widely read and police dramas so commonplace on television that many people think they have a good understanding of what a cop's world is like. But in truth that world is seldom revealed with anything approaching verisimilitude. We get it with The Wagon.” PeopleThinkingWorldUnderstandingTelevisionDramaPoliceCopCommonplaceThrillersWagonsGood Understanding Author:Daniel Horan
“Remarkable. . . . Moskos manages to capture a world that most people know only through the distorting prism of television and film, where police officers are usually portrayed as quixotically heroic or contemptibly corrupt.” PeopleKnowsWorldFilmTelevisionPoliceManageRemarkableCaptureOfficersHeroicPolice OfficerPrisms Author:Daniel Horan