http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw-act/police-profit-from-crime-tv-pays-up/story-e6freuzi-1111118423699
Police profit as TV pays up for reality crime shows
THE insatiable demand for reality-TV is proving to be a boom for NSW Police with the force signing an increasing number of exclusive deals with "true crime' style shows.
The force has signed contracts with at least four highly-rated shows, granting film crews exclusive access behind the crime scene tape in "user pays" arrangements.
The deals are being made as the force limits the amount of information being made available to the mainstream media, including The Daily Telegraph.
But police say the access being granted to shows such as Channel 7's The Force and Crash Investigations Unit, Channel 9's Missing Persons Unit and Channel 10's upcoming The Recruits, is an arrangement available to any media outlet that wishes to enter into a user-pays contract.
In return for signing confidentiality agreements and allowing NSW Police to vet their final products, reality-TV crews are ushered in by police film supervisors to crime scenes while other media are being kept back.
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