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America's New Most Wanted - The NCP
Local officer signs on for new TV show
COURTNEY BRUMMER, Staff Writer 02/01/2005 http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?n...=2554&PAG=461& Consider it "America's Most Wanted" for parents who don't pay child support, and a Council Bluffs Police officer is in on the ground floor. Officer Jack Price recently signed an agreement with dick clark productions in Burbank, Calif., to film a sales tape of a new television show that targets deadbeat parents. Price came up with the concept for the show after working with people in Child Support Recovery Services and through the department's Crime Free Multi-Housing program. In Iowa alone, roughly $200,000 is owed in child support payments, Price said. "I've seen the impact deadbeat parents have on the quality of life for their kids," he said. "I've seen the single mothers or fathers having to be the bread winners for the families, and it can be very hard. It affects the kids in untold ways." Price contacted Beaux Carson, producer, packager and CEO of Carson Signature Films, who took the project to dick clark productions. The show - its title is still a work in progress - will seek cooperation from state-run and private support collection agencies to "build a show that will showcase real life situations." Price, who has been with the Council Bluffs Police Department for 18 years and worked for the Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office prior to that, said he hoped to utilize his law enforcement background to work with other agencies on this project. "Every state has a list of offenders and warrants," he said. "It's mostly men, but there are some women, too." The pilot or "sales tape" will be shot in Council Bluffs, but Price was not at liberty to say when. Once the pilot is filmed, the tape will be presented to various networks. The series will then be sold to the highest bidder. For the time being, Price said, he will take a leave of absence from the department and would retire if the show becomes successful. Each segment will begin by profiling the family owed the support, then the life of the deadbeat parent will be profiled. The show will follow the investigation, the arrest and the court proceedings. A "hot line" will also be set up at the end of the show for viewers to phone in tips on locating deadbeat parents. Unlike "America's Most Wanted," where several cases are covered, the 30-minute show will take a case through to its conclusion. Price said that will be what sets it apart from similar law enforcement shows. "We don't want to just throw the person in jail," he said. "That might happen in some cases, but that doesn't help the family. We want to be able to work with the offender, possibly get them into a training program so that they can learn a trade and become productive." -- "The most terrifying words in the English language a I'm from the government and I'm here to help." --- Ronald Reagan |
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Dusty wrote:
Local officer signs on for new TV show SNIPPED FOR BREVITY All other issues aside, it sounds like a God-awfullly boring show. |
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"The Dave©" wrote in message ... Dusty wrote: Local officer signs on for new TV show SNIPPED FOR BREVITY All other issues aside, it sounds like a God-awfullly boring show. Actually it could be quite entertaining. We can flood the show's hotline with requests to look into CS system gender bias, father abuse by the courts, arbitrary treatment of issues in family law, failures to provide due process, mother abuses of visitation rights, etc. It's a great opportunity to force some light onto the abuses in the system and drive them nuts until they respond appropriately. I plan to call in multiple tips every week to make them chase their tails trying to find the missing "deadbeats." |
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"Bob Whiteside" wrote in message
nk.net... [snip] Actually it could be quite entertaining. We can flood the show's hotline with requests to look into CS system gender bias, father abuse by the courts, arbitrary treatment of issues in family law, failures to provide due process, mother abuses of visitation rights, etc. It's a great opportunity to force some light onto the abuses in the system and drive them nuts until they respond appropriately. I plan to call in multiple tips every week to make them chase their tails trying to find the missing "deadbeats." Humm... interesting, I hadn't given much thought as to how something with such potential to be nasty and evil could be turned around and used for good. Think I'll mention it to Krightsradio (www.krightsradio.com) and suggest to them not to boycott the show (should it ever get off the ground). BTW, here's the site with more info on the C$ Chasers TV Show - http://www.krightsradio.com/dickclark.php |
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"Dusty" wrote in The show - its title is still a work in progress - will seek cooperation from state-run and private support collection agencies to "build a show that will showcase real life situations." Good, I'll volumteer to be the first "real life" situation and let them see me driving my 1980 Honda Civic to work at my $10/hr job to pay my CS $1200/mth payment. We can spend the evening watching my 2 channels on the TV too! |
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