Wasting Police Time

There may be more police officers than ever, but what are they actually doing? Frontline officers tell Panorama they find it increasingly difficult to do their job effectively and claim they're being undermined by paperwork and pressure to meet government targets.

Aired: Sep 17, 2007 Genre: Documentary NewsDuration: 30m Rating: 0 Country: United Kingdom Production: BBC, BBC Productions

Episodes

01: IVF Undercover 02: How to Poison a Spy 03: Secrets of the Drugs Trials 04: Should I Fight Back?05: Please Look After Mum 06: For Queen and Country?07: GBH on the NHS 08: Go Green or Else 09: Stalkers: Murder in Slow Motion 10: A Good Kicking 11: Soldiers on the Run 12: Death on Corfu 13: Life Behind Bars 14: TV's Dirty Secrets 15: The Real Spooks 16: Murder at the World Cup 17: Midwives Undercover 18: White Fright 19: Scientology and Me 20: WiFi: A Warning Signal 21: Married to the Mob 22: On a Wing and a Prayer 23: Princes, Planes and Payoffs 24: Is TV Bad for My Kids?25: Trust Me I'm Gordon... Not Tony 26: What Happened Next?27: Our Missing Children 28: Heroes of 21/7 29: Tagging Undercover: A Panorama Special 30: Immigration: How We Lost Count 31: Children's Fight Club 32: The Cost of Keeping Britain Dry 33: On a Knife Edge 34: Return to Gaza 35: Weekend 'Nazis'36: Dogfighting Undercover 37: Real Apprentices 38: Destination Europe 39: Wasting Police Time 40: Give Us Your DNA 41: How I Became a Muslim Extremist 42: Sub-prime Suspect 43: Is America Ready for a Black President?44: FIFA and Coe 45: Kidnapped: The Alan Johnston Story 46: Jill Dando: The Jury's Out 47: Taking on the Taliban: The Soldiers' Story 48: What Next for Craig?49: The Mystery of Madeleine McCann 50: Please Look After Dad 51: The Battle for Basra Palace 52: Basra - The Legacy