Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Police POV

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The result was keep. ✗plicit 13:24, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Police POV

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Found one article from the Washington Post, but no more than that. Prod contested. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 04:07, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 04:07, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
1. Yahr, Emily (2011-04-15). "TV Review: 'Police POV' on truTV". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2022-05-15. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  The review notes: "Short of magic, that would be nearly impossible, but truTV is attempting the next best thing on its new live-action cop series, “Police POV,” which debuts Sunday. Fitting officers with tiny, specialized camera equipment, the idea is that the audience will get a first-person, police-eye view as the cops chase down suspected criminals. While a somewhat intriguing idea on paper, the show seems to be trying to enhance a genre that doesn’t really need to be spiced up. ... Unfortunately, letting the audience run in the cops’ footsteps is more likely to give viewers motion sickness. Cameras bounce all over the place during chase scenes, and the dizzying result is hard to view, especially when the police are on foot. ... “Police POV” will tackle several cities — Memphis, Cleveland, Chattanooga — during its run, and while the events may be an adreneline high for those involved, it’s not necessary to take the audience along for the ride via specialized camera."
2. Kiesewetter, John (2011-04-14). "'Police POV' features familiar Cincy cops". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Archived from the original on 2022-05-15. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  The article notes: "Mandy Curfiss and Rose Valentino from "Police Women Of Cincinnati" return to TV Sunday — with six other Cincinnati police officers — in the new "Police POV" reality show (10 p.m., tru TV). Most of the 10 episodes feature five female and three male Cincinnati officers. Producers also use footage from two officers in Chattanooga, Tenn., and four in Fort Smith, Ark. The TV series was assembled from video shot early last year by officers wearing tiny "point of view" cameras over their ears, like a Bluetooth earpiece."
3. Kiesewetter, John (2011-04-17). "McKeown seeks new station. Local police on reality TV again". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Archived from the original on 2022-05-15. Retrieved 2022-05-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  The article notes: "The 10 shows were assembled from video shot last year by officers wearing tiny "point of view" (POV) cameras over their ears, like a Bluetooth earpiece. ... Officers Alicia Bruewer, Jennifer Chilton, Melissa Cummings, Andy Davis, Eric Gilbert and Dan Roellig also appear on the show, shot 10 months before TLC came here in October."
4. South, Todd (2010-11-27). "Cameras film Chattanooga police for new reality TV show". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Archived from the original on 2022-05-15. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  The article notes: "Cameras are rolling with Chattanooga police for a new reality TV show scheduled to air in April. The show, "Police POV," follows midsize city police departments across the country. The truTV cable channel will feature Chattanooga police along with departments in Fort Smith, Ark., Cincinnati and Cleveland, Ohio, on the show. ... To help the audience see events through a police officer's perspective, the show uses a pensized camera that rests atop an officer's earlobe with a wire that attaches to a fist-sized computer where the recording can be reviewed. For the television show, a camera operator also films separate angles with a traditional shoulder-carried camera."
5. McAlister, Nancy (2011-04-17). "truTV's "Police POV", a whole new look at law enforcement". Archived from the original on 2022-05-15. Retrieved 2022-05-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  The article notes: "Up close and personal from an officer's point of view is the basis of a truTV series that takes on-the-scene law enforcement to a new level. "Police POV," which premieres Sunday on the network, uses specially designed cameras worn by officers in the field to record encounters, including chases, shootouts and other confrontations."
6. Less significant coverage:
  1. Belz, Kate (2011-10-03). "Chattanooga becoming a destination for police reality TV shows". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Archived from the original on 2022-05-15. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
    The article notes: "In one clip on truTV's new show "Police POV," a van veers onto the shoulder of Interstate 24, clips a vehicle and rolls down an embankment, taking out a utility pole. And then the driver pulls onto Rossville Boulevard with Chattanooga police Officer Jim Fielden hot on his tail. ... "Police POV" is one of three police reality TV shows to select Chattanooga as a filming location in the past year. ... "Police POV" allows viewers access to the officers' actual point of view through a small camera fitted to their temple. "Cuff'd" highlights the interactions between cops and freshly arrested young people in the squad car on the way to jail."
There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Police POV to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".
Cunard (talk) 08:40, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I created this article a decade ago. At the time, it seemed relevant to create stub articles for all shows currently airing on major television networks regardless of how much information was known about them. I have no opinion on whether to keep or delete the article. — CobraWiki ^{( jabber | stuff )}

Keep per Cunard's sourcing. Jclemens (talk) 03:24, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

All but one of them is just "X to appear on Police POV". All those sources confirm is that the show exists, nothing more. How is that significant coverage? Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 14:39, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:07, 19 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep based on sources listed above, at the very least it passes WP:GNG. DonaldD23 talk to me 14:36, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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