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Credit. Caroline Tompkins for The New York Times Supported by Continue reading the main story By Lindsey Underwood March 19, 2020 For most of the last two years, Sean Larkin has worked six days a week four days in the gang unit of the Tulsa, Okla., police department, where he is an officer, and two days in New York City to film episodes of Live PD, a live reality TV show about policing.Mr. Larkin, 46, who goes by Sticks, didnt plan for this weird life.He grew up the son of active-duty military parents, and he attributes his interest in law enforcement to his structured home life and to life in the Bay Area during the late 80s and early 90s.Thats when criminal street gangs manifested into what they turned into, he said.
![]() ![]() He moved to Oklahoma for college, where he spent two years at Rogers State University and then transferred to Langston University for night classes, while he worked full-time during the day. I planned on just going to get a degree and then go back to the West Coast and being a cop, because I was a West Coast kid, Mr. Larkin said. But after he did an internship with the Tulsa Police Department, in 1997, he got hired right away. Nearly 20 years later, Live PD premiered on AE in 2016, and the Tulsa Police Department was one of six police departments that signed on. From the start, Mr. Larkin was one of the officers whom the cameras followed on rounds and in the field. Now hes in the studio, helping to host the show with Dan Abrams (of broadcast news fame), analyzing the footage on Live PD much like a sportscaster. Feels Like Entertainment With Purpose Image Sean Larkin at AEs office in New York City. Credit. Caroline Tompkins for The New York Times Live PD cuts between footage of police officers around the country as they make traffic stops (suspected D.U.I.s, busted taillights), respond to calls (domestic disputes, gunshots) and go on high speed chases (on foot, by car). Theres a delay, in case something unusually gruesome happens. The mission of the Live PD is to provide transparency of policing in America, said Elaine Frontain Bryant, the executive vice president and head of programming for AE. The reality presented is not a fabricated competition, but that doesnt mean there arent winners and losers. Especially if youre one of the people featured on the show who would rather not be. Its not uncommon to hear people say they dont want to be filmed, curse out the camera operator or shield their faces. The show gets by with showing some of the worst moments of peoples lives without their consent because its live, according to an AE spokeswoman. Live PD follows news gathering standards like any news organization your local nightly news show or newspaper would in covering a story, she wrote in an email. ![]() All suspects are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. But the audience never finds out what happens to those who are arrested. Image Sean Larkin in 2014 searching a vehicle during a drug bust in a mall parking lot in Tulsa. Credit. Todd HeislerThe New York Times There are some people on the show who seem happy, or at least OK, about getting their 15 seconds of fame this way. They notice the cameras and ask Is this Live PD or wave and say Hi Mom Mom very well may be watching. According to Nielsen data, Live PD averaged nearly 2.4 million viewers last season, which was its third. Theres Live PD Presents: PD Cam, which Mr. Larkin hosts, and Live PD Presents: Women on Patrol and Live PD: Roll Call and Live Rescue.
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