I've portrayed cops as heroes for far too long, I think.
I know that all cops are not sterling characters. But you have to have someone to root for. I balance it with rotten cops who will take a bribe, who will beat somebody up.
What the media does to Trump is what they did the cops - say the police are really harmful, then later ask why people are so scared of the police.
Most cop movies and TV shows are fantasies.
When you're writing about cops from the perspective of cops, that level of sarcasm about their job and how they treat people will color the writing to a certain extent.
People are used to watching cop shows in which the cops are very straight down the line and they solve the crimes, but I think people actually have a much more sophisticated and varied view of the police.
We watch so many TV shows and movies about jaded or corrupt policemen, we forget people join the police force to do good, and they really care about that.
I did a pilot for a show about community support officers, and all the community support officers were pleased that we didn't portray them as idiots.
It's an interesting situation to be in to play a cop on TV and to know so many police officers through our training and our advisors.
The police who did our training said 'Happy Valley' is one of the only police programmes they can watch and not burst out laughing, saying, 'As if you'd do that.' They think it's really authentic.
